Lightweight ABS 4-Digit Combination Luggage Lock

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Lightweight ABS 4-Digit Combination Luggage Lock

Name: Lightweight ABS 4-Digit Combination Luggage Lock
SKU: B322
Price: 17700 TZS
Availability: InStock

Locks

A light ABS-bodied combination padlock with a four-digit code you set yourself and a TSA keyway. No keys to lose.

TZS15,000+ VAT

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Highlights

Four digits, no keys, almost no weight

Ten thousand combinations instead of three thousand, and nothing to lose at the bottom of a bag. The ABS body keeps it light enough that you forget it is on the zip - which is the point, because a lock you leave at home protects nothing.

4-digit code

10,000 combinations, set and reset by you as often as you like.

ABS body

Light. This is a deterrent lock, not a hardened steel padlock - see the honest note below.

No keys

Nothing to lose, nothing to leave in the other trouser pocket.

TSA keyway

Screeners in the US can open and reclose rather than cut. Read our note on what that is worth.

Product description

About this product

A four-digit combination gives ten thousand codes against three thousand for the usual three-dial lock. That is a real difference against someone idly spinning dials, and no difference at all against anyone serious – which is the honest frame for every luggage lock ever made.
The body is ABS, so it is light and it will not corrode the way a cheap zinc lock does in coastal air. It is also plastic, and we are not going to pretend otherwise: this stops a casual hand in a baggage hall and gives you tamper evidence on arrival. A soft zipped bag can be opened with a ballpoint pen and re-zipped by anyone who knows the trick, lock or no lock.
It carries a TSA keyway. That matters if your bag is screened in the United States, where agents hold master keys and can open and reclose the lock instead of cutting it off. Flying out of Julius Nyerere to Dubai, Doha, Istanbul, Nairobi or London it does nothing for you – TSA is a US agency and nobody else carries those keys.
We have not verified the Travel Sentry licence on this lock ourselves, so we describe it as having a TSA keyway rather than claiming approval. If the licence matters to you, look for the red diamond mark on the body.

Buying a Combination Tsa Luggage Lock in Tanzania

361 Degrees Adventure keeps the combination tsa luggage lock at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.

Every combination tsa luggage lock is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.

Not sure which combination tsa luggage lock suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.

Browse more Travel in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on travel, see this overview on Wikipedia.

Specifications

The details

Type	4-dial combination padlock
Body	ABS
Combination	4-digit, user-settable
Keys	None - combination only
TSA keyway	Present (licence mark not verified by us)
Weight	Not published
SKU	B322

Questions

Good to know

Do you deliver in Dar es Salaam?

Yes. We deliver across Dar es Salaam and ship countrywide to Arusha, Mwanza, Dodoma, Mbeya, Zanzibar and the rest of Tanzania.

Do I need a TSA lock flying out of Dar es Salaam?

Only if your bag will be screened in the United States. TSA is a US agency. Flying Dar to Dubai, Doha, Istanbul, Nairobi, Addis, Mumbai, London or Amsterdam, a TSA keyway does nothing for you - screeners in those countries have no TSA master key and no obligation to use one. It matters if you are connecting onward to the US, or if you want one lock that covers every trip.

What does TSA-approved actually mean?

It means the lock carries a keyway that US Transportation Security Administration screeners hold a master key for, so they can open and reclose your bag instead of cutting the lock off. Genuine ones are licensed by Travel Sentry and carry a red diamond mark, or by Safe Skies and carry a torch mark. If a lock has no mark, nobody can verify the licence - including us.

Is a TSA lock less secure than a normal one?

In one specific way, yes, and you should know it. Every TSA lock has a master keyway by design, and photographs of the master key patterns leaked publicly in 2015 - working copies can be reproduced from them. So a TSA lock resists a casual opportunist and nothing more. That is true of every TSA lock on the market, not just this one.

So what is a luggage lock really for?

Deterrence and tamper evidence, not security. Any zipped soft bag can be opened in seconds with a ballpoint pen and re-zipped, lock or no lock. What a lock does is stop a casual hand in a baggage hall, and show you on arrival that someone has been in. Nothing you would genuinely miss should be in checked luggage at all.

What if I forget the combination?

There is no reset service and no override for you - only the TSA keyway, which you do not hold a key to. The lock would have to be cut off. Set a code you will actually remember, write it somewhere that is not in the bag, and test it twice before you check the bag in.

How do I set the combination?

Combination luggage locks are normally set open, with a small button or lever held while you turn the dials to your chosen code. The exact sequence varies by lock, so follow the slip in the packet. Set it before you pack, not at the airport.

Will it corrode on the coast?

Salt air along the Dar and Zanzibar coastline attacks the shackle and the dials faster than anything inland. Rinse it in fresh water after a beach trip, dry it, and put a drop of light oil on the shackle occasionally. A lock that has seized on its dials is no more use than one that has been cut off.