YaleLocks YALY600120 120 mm Combination Locking Bolt

Great product, recommended

Bought a batch of these as a quick solution to locking upstairs rooms when we are out of the house and carers etc are working downstairs with an elderly relatiive. Fairly easy to fit for anyone with a drill and a basic toolkit. I chose these especially for their looks as the rival brands look like shed bolts. These are elegant and unobtrusive. Only reservation I have is that when fitted tightly to our (cheap) doors the outer metal housing and internal plastic housing clamp together too tightly and jam the bolt. I had to loosen mine to allow the bolt to slide properly and apply some generous lubrication using lithium grease and silicon spray. I would recommend testing the bolt for free movement before locking the door for the first time, in case you find the bolt is jammed and you can't open the door.

I'm using this lock to secure my high garden gate for security, yet whilst still allowing the window cleaner access. As yet, it's standing up to the weather (will come back and amend this review if it changes). Looks really nice and feels heavy/quality.

Strong, easy to fit, good quality

This should be a lot better than it is. Yale cannot be proud of it. The designer prioritised form over function. It looks a lot better than it's competitors for sure. It is sleek and smooth. Unfortunately, it doesn't work very well. As mentioned by another reviewer, if you tighten the bolts too much it squeezes the guts and it jams. After a short while the numbers stick and won't turn. Because of light reflection on the numbers you have to crouch to see the combination. The smooth thumb slide is too smooth to give much purchase, and so it can be hard to open or shut. The instructions contain an error in drill sizes ...All of this was avoidable. Are these really Yale?Update: a few months on into winter and the lock is almost unusable. I have loaded it with oil, greased what can be greased, loosened the bolts to free up the insides, said nice things to it ... The result is that I would remove the 1-star that I gave. Personally, however much better this looks than the opposition, you avoid it. I will soon have some redundant holes in my shed door :-(

What made me really upset was that it has no clearly written instructions.How studpid it is not to supply proper and clear instructions?!Instead of instructions some microscopic pictures which I cannot make sense of even when wearing glasses.

This is a solid and well made bolt, however although it was identical to the one my son has (which we assumed this was) but it was twice the size and much too big for the gate we wanted to fix it to, so we had to return it as it was too big and heavy for our purpose, so we received a refund from the seller.

Previous reviews have highlighted the shortcomings of this bolt and I've experienced all of them. Having fitted the lock it became very stiff due to the mounting pressure on the backplate. Needed a hammer to open again!! The handle does not allow enough grip (too low profile) to overcome the stiffness. This has to be installed upside down for a left hung gate (unprofessional looking) and makes reading the code harder. The numbers are anyway difficult to read at the best of times (bad design) but in dim light impossible. In summary unusable and not up to the expected quality from Yale. Looks good but not if you have to fit it upside down. So removed and now have mounting marks on the gate! Disappointed.