Customer Reviews for Prime-Line Satin Nickel, Pocket Door Privacy Lock

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These are cheap, as in inexpensive but also cheaply made. The lock relies on a bent spring and a crude mechanism to make the locking tab move in and out. Ultimately, I had to buy four to get two that worked smoothly. We have used two of these for about half a year. Once you get one that works it seems to continue working well. However, given how flimsy the mechanism is I expect it to fail within a couple years.

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It was easy to install and fit perfectly.

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this thing is total junk, doesn't work at all, it binds up when you try to lock it. maybe Home Depot should buy from USA instead of china !

Thin metal but well made

Was able to replace a broken existing lock with this one. Worked out great.bkd

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It worked good but twice as much as home depot

Item works well except that it is designed to operate with lock traveling left to right with locking key being inside the room being secured. To secure a room with locking key traveling right to left requires interchanging the two retaining plates that holds the looking mechanism in place. Also the two treaded philipes head bolts that secure the locking mechanism in place have rounded heads which tend to jam against the door jam making it difficult to have a smooth sliding pocket door from the open door position all the way through the slot in the door jam. To help solving this problem it would help if installation instructiions came with the Privacy Lock. Andrew Salazar

after a few turns, the latching mechanism was quite difficult and rough to operate. i returned to the store and tried to exchange. i tested another 4 at the store with a HD associate and all 4 had the same issue — very disappointing.

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Nice finish. Note it has a handle to pull the pocket door closed. To use it push the face of the lock - I expected this though the outside of packing does not clearly explain this feature.

Very easy installation - as this was used to replace an existing model that was almost identical. The screws that came with this product worked well; I usually get frustrated when the screws are flimsy and prone to break.

The lock sticks and no adjustments seem to fix the issue. Could be a one-off defect. This is my first purchase of a sliding door lock and it was all that Home Depot had stocked. It does the job, but could be better.

Great product that looks nice

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easy to reverse and use in other applications other than what is shown

The lock works hard intermittently. It does not like to stay locked. If you jiggle the door a little the lock will not stay latched.

Bad tolerances inside the latch, would not operate properly. I use the flat spring in the new pocket door lock, and used it in my old Prime-Line pocket door lock.

Replaced a brass unit that was 25 years old, perfect fit!

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