Heard about locksport and want to try it for yourself? It’s a fun hobby you can pick up easily (ha!). It’s like a Rubik’s cube but you have to work by feel alone. And all you need to get started is a lock and a pick-set. We recommend kicking off with our beginner transparent padlock, it’s a perfect first lock. Once you’ve gained confidence you can check your local hardware store (or look through your basement/attic?) for other locks to try.
We have two different sets to match your needs and budget! First up, the Basic Set!
This Basic Lockpick Set is easy on the budget, but has a range good quality picks and wrenches with rubber foam covers. Simple, but effective – you don’t need to spend more!
This set contains two torsion (tension/torque) wrenches and nine lockpicks, including varying hook picks, half-diamond, and a dimple lockpick. They have a nice, grippy handle, so your hold won’t slip while you’re gleefully picking away.
Now for the Fancy Set!
This Fancy Lockpick Set is easy on the eyes, has a wider range of good quality picks and wrenches, and comes in a portable leather pouch in classy Adafruit black. The picks made with a strong yet thin hardened steel, with riveted handles, and have a better ‘touch’ than stamped metal. It’s a lovely, fine set to treat yourself (or an enterprising friend!) to a lock-sport upgrade.
This set contains two torsion (tension/torque) wrenches, one variable tension wrench, and twelve picks, including varying hook picks, half-diamond, L-rake, double-round, and snake.
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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