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 SAMMAMISH, WA wrote Another Firm: Deadlock installation. The installer did not have the proper tools or skills to install........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: excellent work and very responsive to crises.......
• Subscriber from AUBURN, WA wrote Another Firm: Outstanding work. Professional. Fair prices. Would use again........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Re keyed a motorcycle. Flexible abput timing, cost on low end of average quoted prices........
• Subscriber from BREMERTON, WA wrote Another Firm: Very professional and knowledgable........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: A real find. No nonsense well run shop........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Reliable; when they cut a key it works. Owner also helped create a complicated system..........
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Firm: showed up on time. did job in 15 minutes. couldn't ask for better service........
• Subscriber from BREMERTON, WA wrote Another Firm: Costs more than Lowe's or Home Depot, but you get professional service and advice........
• Subscriber from ENUMCLAW, WA wrote Another Firm: Does good work on making keys, keying locks, etc. but poor follow-through when asked to..........
• Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote Another Firm: Over the phone, they talked me through the process of opening a lock, rather than..........
• Subscriber from MUKILTEO, WA wrote Another Firm: Service was great and prompt. Price was better than other company........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: I've used them twice when I locked myself out of my own house. Both times..........
• Subscriber from SILVERDALE, WA wrote Another Firm: Got quick response and solution when we locked ourselves out of our house. He was..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Fast, knowledgeable, and reasonably priced........
• Subscriber from GIG HARBOR, WA wrote Another Firm: way too expensive---$150 for a deadbolt c'mon!.......
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Excellent service and good prices on re-keying and upgrading the locks on a rental house........
• Subscriber from BURLEY, WA wrote Another Firm: I sent my daughter with our truck and trailer to have a key made for..........
• Subscriber from RENTON, WA wrote Another Firm: Excellent service and quality.......
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Bergman has a lower estimate this time........
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Firm: I have only bought locks and keys here. I have not used their services for..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: If you want things to work properly the first time go to Accurate. Woman owned!.......
• Subscriber from MUKILTEO, WA wrote Another Firm: They are a little expensive. They take a long time but they do the job..........
• Subscriber from NORMANDY PARK, WA wrote Another Firm: good work and good price.......
• Subscriber from KIRKLAND, WA wrote Another Firm: Pirces are a little high, but performance is superior........
• Subscriber from SHORELINE, WA wrote Another Firm: Bought locks from Argens. They were very helpful in letting us know how to do..........
• Subscriber from PORT ORCHARD, WA wrote Another Firm: Same day response. Work was done quickly and very reasonable pricing........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: The locksmith was over an hour late and the office did not call to let..........
• Subscriber from RENTON, WA wrote Another Firm: Very pleasant experience plus received a discount on the invoice because I am a Checkbook.org..........
• Subscriber from NORMANDY PARK, WA wrote Another Firm: high quality work. very reliable locksmiths that take pride in their craft. not the cheapest,..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: This little shop is not flashy but they sure get the job done........
• Subscriber from SHORELINE, WA wrote Another Firm: A superior locksmith with blanks to almost every type of key, whether for home or..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Excellent service. They go out of their way to be helpful........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: I had to have the security car door lock replaced and keyed. not cheap but..........
• Subscriber from EVERETT, WA wrote Another Firm: Rcommend highly. Recommend to my friends.......
• Subscriber from BURTON, WA wrote Another Firm: The service is very ethical, competent and the personnel are very pleasant to work with...........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Good products, service, and advice; prices seem reasonable........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Firm: Would not recommend. Late, expensive, caused other problems........
• Subscriber from BURIEN, WA wrote Another Firm: a great place and they were very helpful.......