Door Security Bar Breaks Too Easily By kateri27 on - Updated Sep 18, 2011
We have two sliding glass doors in the back of our house. they both have locks, but I like the feeling of extra security. We bought two of these dual function door security bars so that I felt safe when my husband was not home.
The bars are amazingly flimsy. While they were easy to install, it did not stay in place. About a month after screwing it into the wall it fell out. It turns out the screws that come with this product were rather short and did not hold it in place.
The second problem we had with these bars, and the reason we stopped using them, is because the little clip that is supposed to keep the bar locked, does not stay locked. The bar just collapses without the clip.
The bar was rather affordable and I guess you get what you pay for, but I would have thought that a company such as master lock would have made a security bar that would have kept our family a little more secure.
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Master Lock Dual Function Door Security Bar Purchased at: Lowe's Price: 19.99
Sorry these did not work out for you. I think I'll just keep my sawed off broom handle in my sliding door.
What we did, where I used to live, was to cut a piece of wood to fit almost exactly into the slot behind the glass door. We left about an inch of leeway to make it easy to get the board up and out when we wanted to open the door. I know that have the board in there is a bit inconvenient, having to pick it up to open the door, but there is absolutely no way that anyone could open the door with that board in there. Plus, it is cheap!
I wouldn't want a flimsy security bar! :)
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