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I was just wanting to know what everybody uses to pick tubular locks, there are a bunch out there and I want one now, what brands work and what ones don't, and NO, I will NOT buy a Southord anything!! For the life of me, I can't pick these with much success with my regular tools, so I want to buy a regular pick.

Get the southord one... you'll LOVE it... LOL

Haha Elbow. I have a HPC Model B for standard seven pin tubular locks, works wonders in most of the locks I have messed with. I agree with you on the South Ord ones, I have the seven and eight pin picks, anything slightly better than a cheap ass bike lock and they don't work in my experience. Also I have not had much luck with ACE tubular locks, with any tubular picks I have tried. SPP is possible but difficult, at least for me. I have a tension tool that was over priced and rarely used that is meantfor SPP. I hear the Peterson Tubular pick is amazing, yet it is expensive...Hope this helps a bit.

started with i believe they were a1 picks years ago..then 3-4 years back bought i beleive HPC picks from lockpicks.com and have also the bought the chinese type with the return type button on them...and those have also worked well.

i have the klom, the southord, and neither outperform the one i had before, but i cant for the life of me remember the brandname,however THIS is the tool i am saving for....
but cannot find available to the hobbyist...
http://www.gun-room.com/online/index.ph ... oductId=61

Peterson pro. It's a real pick after all, and you can add additional tips to do different locks.

I have a HPC model B. I have'nt use it enought to give it a review.It's opened a few locks for me.Priced $ 82.50

Get a dowel a rubberband and some bobby pins... har har har

One more vote for the HPC model B, been using it for year, works great. I do not do enough tubular picking to buy the one from Peterson.

got a HPC model B as well, picked it up off ebay a couple of years ago for $64.00. Works best with a rotating motion on well worn locks.