Nightlock Security Lock Door Barricade Brushed Nickel

I was very concerned that this would not install securely on my backyard French door. One size fits all usually means it's going to be a problem. I was very pleasantly surprised when I placed it against my door and realized that it is engineered to install snugly against anything that could be considered a door.The included hardware is more than secure enough for any purpose. This is meant to stop a bash and enter break in. Longer screws or gluing the plate to the floor are adding nothing to the security. There is no way that the supplied screws are going to be ripped out before the intruder gives up or you hear the tremendous noise of someone trying to get past this thing. The supplied hardware is excellent.Installation is very easy. The design makes it very hard to install incorrectly. You just snug it up to the door, use an ice pick to mark the center of the center hole. Drill the 3/16" pilot hole into the mark. Screw in the center screw. Double check the alignment (it is not very fussy), then screw in the left and right screws. It is very difficult to do it wrong.A drill, an ice pick to mark the first hole, a 3/16" drill bit, vacuum cleaner (handy to remove wood dust), and an impact driver for driving the screws are all that I used. You could certainly screw this in by hand after drilling the pilot hole as well, but it is very convenient to have an impact driver to speed things up.That's it. I ordered a second one for the front door. When not in use it is inconspicuous. Guests are not likely to see much of interest. And when in use it's bedtime.Fantastic! Much better than I expected given the one size fits all designs.

Our sunroom, in back of the house, is the obvious target for The Big Break-in. The room has a medium-strength french door (two doors together, with no brace or wall between them), and its appearance seems to invite a bad guy to break it down. So we got a NightLock.The device installed easily. We used the screws that came with it, and the installation was easy, with our 3/4-inch hardwood floor.When we attempt to open the door from outside, there is a little slack at first. Then the door encounters an immovable object at its bottom (the NightLock). I ain't gonna be able to kick this door in. Even if I break the doors' glass, now what? It's strong glass, and I am not going to be able to penetrate before the owner has time to read America's Second Amendment to me. Our peace of mind has gone way up.I like that we can slide the slide with our foot, and we never have to bend over. The slide never comes out of the base, because we inserted a tiny stopping screw most of the way down into the 3/4" hardwood floor, forming an almost invisible stopper on each side. (Works great.)

Of course, the only real way to test this product is to attempt to kick down my door with the night lock installed, and I'm not going to try that! However, after installing this on all my exterior doors, I did pull very hard on the door with the deadbolts unlocked and the door nob twisted open, so the only thing keeping the door from opening was the nightlock, and it held very well. Based on this, I think in an attempted break it, it may not prevent someone from entering the home, but it would slow them down for a bit and give you more time to react (as in getting your gun and being ready for them!).The product was easy to install, only took a few minutes. I installed 2 on wood floors and one over carpet. The wood floor ones are super secure. I think the one on carpet is as well, but maybe at 90%. Because of the c arpet, the night lock can't be secured directly to the floor from the thickness of the carpet. There is a space between the bottom of the night lock plate and the subfloor under the carpet. Because it's not flush, it probably doesn't secure the door quite as well as the ones directly attached to wood flooring. However, I think it's still better than not having one at all and should still slow someone down.Overall, not an expensive investment to add extra security to your home.

After reviewing various types of residential door blocks, I decided to purchase Nightlocks for my home's 4 exterior doors. Thru my research, I found that items like "dead-bolt" locks on doors can be picked or easily kicked-in due to weak door jam wood that the dead-bolt goes into. I wanted to install something on the (inside) of the door that crooks and home-invaders could not access from the outside and that would keep the door from opening at all. When I recieved my nightlocks, made of extruded structural aluminum, it was evident that these floor-mounted door blocks are built tuff. They are easy to install on the floor and very easy to slide out and back in. They also look attractive and are not noticeable much. I feel better about having these on all 4 of my doors. I would propose that it would take a whole lot of kicks from the outside of the door before these devices would let-go. They truely are tuff and sturdy and give a much needed security enhancement to any door, especially at night when I am asleep. Again, a good kick can compromise a dead-bolt. I dont think it will compromise a nightlock. Just my honest opinion.