Armor Concepts AML-SDD-10000 Armor Latch Sliding Glass Door Deadbolt

Easy install, helps add that extra bit of security in the easy to brake in sliding doors. Highly recommend, prevent the lift up technique that some burglars use, and also great for he little ones who already figured out how to open the cheap sliding door lock

This lock works just as advertised. Easy to install --- especially the 2nd one. And it seems extremely secure. My slider opens from both sides, so needed two locks. This fit the bill nicely -- relatively unobtrusive, easy to operate, and secure. Would add a star if there weren't so much black that could just as easily been white to blend in with the white door and frame. Can't remember the last time I saw a black sliding door!

A very un intrusive lock that did a VERY good job of securing the sliding glass door. As a first responder I have used sliding glass doors to get into peoples house to check on them, it is a HUGE liability. This latch does not allow giggling of the door to the point that the door can be lifted out of its tracks.

I like the premise for this latch a lot. when you lock it, you know it is locked i.e. now way to mistake it either way. The downside, for me anyway, is that the "female" recepticle that secures inside the door jam is too long. The kit comes with a long and a short (better terminology escapes me at the moment) recepticle but neither one "fits" appropriately IMO. I used the longer of the two and now my door doesn't quite seal as it should/used to. If I would have installed it flush I would have defeated the seal on the double pane.

Nice Latching mechanism, pretty secure. For installing it was harder than I thought to drill straight into the door and get level. My complaint is that the wall side receiver only has 2 screw holes and came with pretty short screws. It should have been made with 3-4 screw holes in the wall plate and come with 3 1\2 screws to be totally pry proof.

The latch mechanism on our sliding glass door, without our realizing it, was nicking away at the metal piece it was supposed to be latching onto to lock the door. Two ideas my dad had was to buy a new door handle for that door or to replace the door with French doors entirely. The French door idea was put on hold because it would be too costly (we already replaced the front door) and the door handle we bought would require retrofitting the door, something none of us were skilled in. I’m not sure what cause me to think of a bolt lock for that door. I was just looking for ways to deter theft and one suggestion was to make a sliding glass door harder to pick up and lift out of the way. This bolt lock is an easy to put together kit. There’s two different hinges you can use as well as plastic pieces to make sure it’s flush at the anchor points while still being able to bolt. It’s simple yet rugged enough to deter theft. Even if someone did try to do something, there are some vibration alarms you can buy on Amazon for $10 each.

Easy to install but I did have to go buy shorter screws to install the lock on my slider because my door had a metal part that I could not drill or screw through. This has stopped my two year old from opening the door and I like that my slider is locked up tighter and you can't see the lock from outside.

Simple, effective, ingenious idea! Makes the door jimmy proof, and won't lift out of the tracks! Great idea!