Do you lack good locks? If so, this article should help. We give some advice on choosing effective locks and also ratings of area locksmiths.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Locksmiths

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Locksmiths Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Locksmiths.

• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Firm: Have used Collier several times over the years, most recently a month ago. Consistently excellent........
• Subscriber from ELMHURST, IL wrote Another Firm: Had a new cylinder installed in my lockset as it was necessary to have a..........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Firm: Willing to provide do-it-yourself advice if you bring in the defective lock........
• Subscriber from SKOKIE, IL wrote Another Firm: I called with a broken lock and asked for cost of service call, intending to..........
• Subscriber from PARK RIDGE, IL wrote Another Firm: I use locksmiths all over the country in my work and my favorite, most trusted..........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Firm: most knowledgeable around.......
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Firm: I've used this guy multiple times........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Firm: Very professional and extremely knowledgeable........
• Subscriber from MORTON GROVE, IL wrote Another Firm: Had to call him back a second time but it may have been my miscommunication..........
• Subscriber from EVANSTON, IL wrote Another Firm: Used them for a long time and am satisfied. Not sure they are most economical,..........
• Subscriber from BUFFALO GROVE, IL wrote Another Firm: Prices were good; however, quality of the product could be better. Locksmith was in the..........
• Subscriber from TINLEY PARK, IL wrote Another Firm: As Executor, had to change locks on a home. Came out same day and cost..........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Firm: I hired Collier Lock & Security on Aug.25,2006 to completely replace my building intercom system...........