My Medeco sidebar horror story
Well, today I decided to remove the sidebar for the 2nd time. I forget why. Well, you know those very tiny springs the sidebar has? One of those sprang out and fell into my shag carpeting. To some of you this might not be a big deal since you might have extras from other locks, but to someone who has just started out with these sorts of locks it is a terrible feeling to lose one.
Of course, I did what anyone would do and take a flashlight and start scoping around. I spent a good 45 minutes looking through it but found nothing. I knew it was in there but it was much too small to see. The next step I did was to take a magnet across the ground in hopes that it would be picked up. Again, nothing.
So I went for the final route and pulled out the vacuum cleaner. Went over the whole area with the vacuum and then emptied it onto a stainless steel tray. And let me tell you something, you realize that there's a lot more dirt in there than you think when you're forced to rummage though it. I took a few different magnets through it and thought nothing showed up. Finally as I was giving up, I checked the magnets one last time and finally found it! Turns out I had been going through the dirt for a good 10 minutes longer than I had needed to because I failed to check the whole magnet.