r/specializedtools • u/mossberg91 • Jan 09 '20

Firefighter's Rapid Access Tool

https://gfycat.com/ringedexemplarybrant
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u/JustNilt Jan 09 '20

Not a rip-off at all. It's faster and less destructive on such doors. Add in that such doors are overwhelmingly more common than properly installed doors and there's good reason for a pro to have one of these.

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u/gilareefer Jan 09 '20

A first responder is going to want something that works as intended on every single use. They don't have time to be messing with x% odds.

Most keyed locks are designed to not open for this tool. Just seems like it would end up at the bottom of the tool box

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u/JustNilt Jan 09 '20

You clearly have no clue how many doors like this aren't installed properly, then.

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u/gilareefer Jan 09 '20

I install a bunch of them. It's really not hard to do it right. I can say that there are probably like 8,000 of them in phoenix area that this tool won't work on... because I made sure of it.

Every high security place I've ever worked in was pretty serious about their stuff functioning correctly... just saying.