Smalles ball bearing locked padlock?

[Adrian Weber]

Do you know what the smallest padlock is, that is locked by ball bearings?

I do not really care whether it is new or old I am just interested what the smallest one is.
It would be nice to know

Thanks,

Adrian

[Pschiffe]

Do you know what the smallest padlock is, that is locked by ball bearings?Adrian

Perhaps Abus 83 Series 83AL/40 S2? Case is 40mm/1-1/2" wide. They also offer 40 mm models in other series which are "ball bearing locking" as well.

Pacific Lock (Paclock) also makes some 1-1/2" wide models, like their Series 90; which feature a double ball bearing locking mechanism.

Pete Schifferli

[wylk]

Darn, I thought the 833/951 used the same locking bar as the 831 but as you point out, I mistakenly thought I was mistaken.

The Mul-T-Lock padlock I have is, I believe, the E14L (blue bumper if that means anything). I see they have discontinued the E series (expensive to make, low demand). I feel this is a terrible padlock because the two screws holding the body together can be removed at any time. This doesn't significantly compromise it when locked, but does allow it to fall apart when unlocked (assuming the user didn't notice), possibly making it useless if parts are lost (in computing this would be a denial-of-service attack). But it is big and impressive!

[Adrian Weber]

Nice idea Pete and these are definitely small. I believe the Abloy 321 is one of the smallest, only 33mm wide and the shackle is only 5mm thick. I just thought or hoped there would be a smaller one.

Adrian

[Tom Gordon]

This is a 38mm lock but there was an identical but smaller version -about 25mm

[Adrian Weber]

Thanks Tom!

Any idea where to get the 25mm version?

[Adrian Weber]

The one on Ebay is indeed tempting but I am quite broke at the moment.

[Tom Gordon]

get a time machine and go back 20 years - glad to be of help

[Adrian Weber]

That is sadly not an option... but I'll think about it

[Parautoptic]

T`would be interesting to know about the biggest too :)