First door I tried I had a slight difficulty, but it worked great. I do building maintenance and our doors get damaged all the time. We shall see about the major one I want to get open. Previously had to cut through the metal frame because they broke the internal mechanism. The key worked, but the latch arm was disengaged inside the door. Fun.
I’m an amateur locksmith. I have a bunch of tools. You just need practice. This will get me to do a little practice and add to my work kit. Locks are enlightening at several levels. Thanks.
This simple tool is great! It works quite well. I will always have one with me while at work. Hopefully I never have to use it, but in EMS/Fire things rarely go as planned.
Thanks for such a great tool!
Swipe tool itself worked great. I decided to upgrade to the metal case, it was so hard to even pull out that it shaved some plastic off the tool, and after multiple tries I won’t be even trying to get it back in. Bummer on the case.
Felt solid in the hand, but when used in the field, doors with weather strip or tight seal damage the actual swipe tool when slipping into the jam. Cause it to leave permanent wrinkles in the tool making it flex and not giving the leverage to insert. Half moon cut out also bent when pulling the door latch open. This is just my experience in a real world situation.
Very cheap and ineffective in my opinion. Even “knowing how to” use it properly I still think it seems like it would not last more than one or two times before breaking or chipping therefore making it inoperable. Love the idea but the quality of product needs to be improved drastically for a sustainable business future. Again this is just my opinion though and to some I’m sure it’s working fine. Just not what I expected I guess. Idk what I expected. Just not this piece of plastic that looks like a toy from china. 🇨🇳 (no offense to your company, but much offense to china) 🖕🏻chinkah!
Store owner replied:
I appreciate your review, but for the record I would use this every single 24 I worked with the FDNY and had the same one in my gear for 3 years. Most of my customers agree with this as well. As far as “sustainable business future” we have been in business for 8 years now and have sold well over 100,000 of these with amazing reviews. My only recommendation to you is to keep practicing with it and if you need help learning proper technique just email me. You have only owned it for 11 days, give yourself some time and practice. info@JobTownTools.com
I’ve tried this on multiple different doors with just the door knob locked. It is extremely flimsy and stays curled up, plus it does not defeat the simple locked door knob to open the doors I’ve tried it on. A credit card works 100 times better than this. I’m completely disappointed in this item and would not recommend it.
Store owner replied:
Shoot us an email, I am sure I can walk you through it as the rest of the customers have. It’s not complicated, most likely just need your technique tweaked. I have even FaceTimed people to help them through. Email us at info@JobTownTools.com
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This tool is meant for inward opening doors. It also defeats various hotel secondary latches.
No, but insert it above the deadbolt, slide the tool down to see if the deadbolt is locked. If it is, either use traditional forcible entry, or find a window.
It can defeat bar latches, chains and the newer style hotel security latch.
"Small easy to carry….Use this in the EMS setting. Only works on 50% or less of current door and knob configurations but it’s worth having for the times it makes forced entry fast and minimally invasive."
Justyn Erb
"I love this tool and have been practicing on many doors for my “Everyday Carry” situations. This tool can be used for several other things as well. I highly recommend this tool."
Joe Perez III
"This wedge has held up to some major stress during forcible entry practice on an iron door. Everything about this wedge is perfect. Highly recommend it and i guarantee you’ll love it. Will Definitely purchase again if i ever need to."