DIFFERENT KINDS OF KEYS

The keys are used to unlock and lock the doors of your vehicles and your property’s lock to ensure better security from intruders. A key is your safety element that enables a lock to operate and enhances the security of its owners. Each of us contains a key, either for our house, vehicles, or commercial areas.

Being an owner of a certain property, you need to have a basic study about the keys, and which one is suitable for your property can be decided by you easily.

Locksmith Guru can help you with the correct information and all you need to know regarding keys and locks. As there are different types of locks available in the market, there are several different kinds of keys available for you, including some remote and non-remote keys and depending on what you prefer to own.

Below is a list of ten different kinds of keys you may need to know and pursue as per your needs and develop a better understanding of keys:

Transponder Key

Modern vehicles are equipped with these types of keys. They usually develop a microchip that needs proper programming and is programmed to start up a specific vehicle. This type of modern car key is made with complex features resulting in great protection from car theft, which marks a countable feature of transponder keys. If a person loses his transponder key, then he might require calling an automobile locksmith as it is very much complicated to replicate a transponder key.

Skeleton Key

The skeleton keys are made up of a thin cylindrical shaft along with a set of teeth at the end. These types of keys are manual and used to open up the warded locks. These keys were used mostly in ancient times and are now not commonly used but are kept in an antique collection.

Double-Sided & Four-Sided Key

These are the most common types of keys used, especially home locks, to ensure your house’s security. They have two or four sets of teeth that are seen at the end of this key. Out of these two, the locksmiths would recommend the four-sided keys as they are much more durable than a two-sided key as a four-sided key makes the lock robust and difficult to open easily by thieves.

Dimple Key

Dimple keys are manufactured with concave-shaped dimples that match up with a combination of two sets of pins present inside the lock. The mechanism on which this type of key works is that the pins are aligned inside the lock, appearing similar from each side, so the pin needs to be turned at a particular side to open up the lock.

VAT Key

VAT keys are abbreviated as Vehicle’s Anti-Theft (VAT) Key that ensure your vehicle’s safety and security at the utmost level. These are the upgraded version of your manual key that involves the insertion of a security chip inside the key, making it difficult for burglars to unlock the car’s door easily.

Tubular Key

These are the specifically designed keys comprising a cylindrical shaft to open the tubular pin tumbler locks. A tubular key is also known as a barrel key. Tubular keys are used to unlock ring locks, motorbikes, and more.

Padlock Key

The padlocks are small in size and are rectangular-shaped locks with a key. These are easy to identify due to their tiny size and are useable for your houses and commercial offices. If you lose your padlock keys, a locksmith can easily replicate them based on brand specifications.

Paracentric Key

The paracentric keys are used for achieving higher security levels, such as prison/. These are manufactured with odd blade-shaped and small teeth. This type of key makes the lock super strong that it isn’t able to pick easily by thieves, so they can’t get an easy escape from the prison cell.

Abloy Key

Abloy keys are made for unique abloy locks made up of rotating disc cylinders providing higher security. It is based on one cut key to fit and unlock different locks. These keys are designed specifically according to the demands and needs of the customers.

Magnetic Keys

A magnetic key is based on magnets, and the magnets are aligned in the correct direction; the mechanism of magnetic force appears to be functional, creating a push and pull inside the lock, promoting the lock and unlock function to work efficiently.

Locksmith Guru- Handling professionally any kind of key

Locksmith Guru works with expert, certified locksmiths who can manufacture almost every type of key per customers’ requirements all over Dubai. In some cases, our professional locksmiths cannot duplicate a key for you due to some legal reasons, but we can guide you with the other options without any worry.

Along with the advancement in technology these days, the security systems are getting better day by day, and our locksmiths are trained accordingly to meet the customers’ criteria, providing them with all sorts of keys from skeleton to VAT key systems; we cover it all.

We are able to create any sort of key for you as meeting the customer’s criteria provided by them is our top most priority. We ensure the safe making of keys in terms of security and as we are verified locksmiths and trustable for your key requirements as the keys are the most essential thing a person owns for his valuable item so; you can rely on us with that and we are just a call away for you anywhere in Dubai.