Owning your own home

Why the double deadlock? We are getting Banham but only going for the single deadlock and nightlatch.

Depends on your door. Would be pointless for me as if you have my door and frame a stern talking to it would fail in at least 3 places.

I'll never keep a determined intruder out, just need enough forced entry that my insurance pays out.

If you want one of the deadlocks to lock from the inside at night then you'd want one with a thumbturn on the inside. You don't want to be locked inside trying to find a key when you really need to get out in a hurry.

An extra deadlock for when you go away for a prolonged period isn't a bad idea but 3 locks on a single door is ultimate "London" living which makes me sad that it could be a necessity (although having them keyed alike makes it a lot easier).

We have some expensive ingersoll lock, tbh I’ve no idea if it’s any better than a Yale.
In a previous life, smashed a few front doors in, if you want security a London bar and a Birmingham bar work - reduced a quite hefty friend who thought he could kick a front door in to a wreck who had to ring up someone for a big red key.

I think lockpickinglawyer raked the m2002 open in about 20seconds, granted not everyone has his finesse.
Abloy protec2 gubbins are on my shopping list if this purchase ever goes through.

I had two Banham locks fitted front and rear (4 locks) plus 5 pass through keys and hinge bolts for £1300 so that looks expensive. Give them a call and they will do a security consultation free and make recommendations. The bloke fitted all locks and deadbolts in a couple of hours, which is about five times faster than I could manage it.

I have Banham x2, 3 seems like overkill.

I have an M2003 rather than 2002 as that has the internal lever rather than requiring a key.

They feel very secure, pretty chunky with much bigger plates than a standard lock. I think they'd be very difficult to boot in.

They also feel very nicely engineered. It sounds weird but I find using them quite satisfying.