What should be considered when choosing keys?

One should consider security against copying, durability, size, ease of use and appearance.

Duplicating keys of more simple locks cannot be controlled and usually it is not necessary. But one should pay attention to the quality of duplicating the keys – an imprecise key of poor quality quickly spoils the lock, thus creating extra cost.

When keys are protected against duplicating, the locks are provided with a
safety card. Key duplicates can be ordered from reliable lock companies,
whose representative is obliged to check the safety card and its consistency with the key to be copied. Such protection mechanism ensures that no one can “borrow” your keys and makes duplicates of them.

Keys protected against duplicating have usually a more complicated patented profile and the lock cores are protected against lock picking or drilling.

Locking systems that need very high key control have a special key profile and duplicate keys can only be ordered from the factory that has produced the lock. Here special rules apply about having to provide proof of identity for duplicating keys. The rights and obligations are established in a contract between the owner and the lock producer.

In addition to mechanical keys also electronic keys are used. These have several advantages before mechanical keys.

We can say that the code of an electronic code lock can also be called a key. It is easy to carry on you and convenient to use. But it is also easy to pass the code on without leaving a trace.

An electronic key provides a more modern and secure solution with its programmed electronic identification code. The lock opens only with a key belonging to this locking system, having in addition to the right mechanical code also the right and valid electronic identification code. The aim of the electronic code is to make the key unique and enable an easy entry for the user.

The number of electronic codes is almost endless, so every lock and key is unique in the whole world.

Magnetic card that we use daily for making payments is also a key that for a brief moment opens our savings box to the shopkeeper. The same magnetic card can also be used for opening a door lock.

The number of possible key combinations of button keys reaches over a million. The key is easy to use – you only need to press the tablet against the reader, and the code of the key is passed on to the control center. It is easy to programme the control center and add or remove keys.