Originally Posted by LóFarkas

That's just plain untrue. You could call the infamous evo series defective, but the truth is that many-many other tubular locks are only a bit more difficult to pick. Even I can pick them. It takes a bit of 'technique' and common sense approach, but it's pretty easy. As far as I know, the better companies have stopped making them altogether.
Here's a video that documents my fastest pick on a $25 Master Lock: http://cyrex.axio.hu/stuff/masterlock.wmv
4 seconds... That's way less than it takes to cut the shakle of the crappiest U-locks with powertools.
Even the wicked expensive street cuffs have been picked this way.

This sort of theft may be rare, but it sure does happen, and if you are buying a lock, avoid tubular tumblers if possible.


Ask alanbikehouston, the lock expert here. He said something like he wouldn't trust them to secure an emtpy beerbottle.