In case anyone's curious about the actual locks in these devices: Turnart: Dimple lock - Can be picked about as easily as a standard pin-tumbler lock in most cases (they're basically just pin-tumbler locks with the pins running perpendicular to the keyway). Bump kits and pick guns exist for these, as well, providing methods for unskilled, non-destructive attack. Just not the Brockage pin-tumbler gun Jer was using. Munirator: Tubular lock - Can be both opened and decoded using a simple, pocket-sized tool with no skill required. I've seen chintzy, Chinese knockoffs sold in sets of three for ~$25.00. Tevlaphee: Slider lock - Requires a different tension tool than the pin-tumblers but seldom more skill. You can usually manipulate the sliders just as easily with a standard short hook or medium hook/Peterson Gem-type pick. The cheaper ones (vast majority of them) can be easily bullied open with high tension and just sliding the sliders around until they set similar to how one would handle most Master Locks. California Immobilizer: Another shit tubular lock - Nothing new to add. Barnacle: Has an obvious mechanical override that, according to the website, seems to allow you to remove the device without triggering the alarm. This looks like it's to allow the device's owner to remove it in case it fails or the batteries die or the vehicle it's attached to is abandoned, etc. etc. Judging from appearances the lock is likely a standard pin-tumbler, dimple or slider like the ones mentioned previously. I doubt it'd be difficult to pick or bump. There are apparently also a variety of wireless vulnerabilities including one that allows anyone nearby to hijack the device's unsecured SIM card's wireless connection for free internet access. This is likely all irrelevant, though, as the website warns against applying the device to any vehicle with _any_ amount of windshield cracking or damage as the suction can further damage or destroy the windshield. Knowing how common this kind of damage is, I'd be incredibly surprised if anyone decides to pay the MONTHLY FEE to _rent_ a device that can be so easily bypassed while also being an enormous liability. It just takes one lawsuit from one busted windshield to wipe out any potential profits from these things _real_ quick. I'd imagine the embedded tracker (which I believe can be jammed) would also generate a sizable amount of costs in the form of privacy-related lawsuits if their use doesn't end up banned entirely in some places for this reason. Long story short - Fuck these things. Edit: Did some small changes in verbiage to make a few lines sound a bit less clunky. No significant change in content.
About the last one: do you think it would be easy to remove with ordinary objects (even if you destroy them in the process) like a metal hanger, a 40 cm ruler, a longer knife/sword or even a stronger fishing line?
@@c.varela You mean the Barnacle? If so then yes. Getting anything under the edges of the suction cups _should_ break the vacuum and allow it to be removed. Students at the University of Oklahoma (where it was being temporarily used for testing to see if the school wanted to actually go through with renting the things) even managed to get 'em to come off by just running the defroster for 15 minutes and then breaking the vacuum with a credit card. They've supposedly "fixed" this vulnerability but I don't see how they could, they never explained how they did and there's conflicting reports from customers about whether or not this vulnerability still exists. The problem is that the thing's equipped with a tracker and an alarm, so if you break the vacuum on the suction cups or move the device more than a few inches then it triggers the alarm and prompts it to send an alert to the paired app on the customer's phone, so trying to get it off that way is less than ideal. Picking/bumping/raking/etc. the mechanical override lock or (apparently) coating the thing with aluminum foil to break the wireless connection should cause it to detach on it's own without any alarm. Two other solutions were to coat your windshield in something that it can't stick to or cover your windshield in a cloth sheet or something like that with the ends smashed in the car door frames so it can't be removed without unlocking and opening the doors, forcing the parking enforcement people to risk a lawsuit cutting through the sheet to attach the device. Or, if this is somewhere you have to park a lot, get together with other people who have to park in the area, find out how many Barnacles are in use, pitch in together to buy enough cheap, shitty junkyard cars to illegally park so they have to use all their Barnacles on the junkers nobody's ever gonna move. I apologize for answering your fairly simple question with a massive wall of text but I tend to get kind of obsessive over anything vaguely security related. I just can't _not_ break shit.
Did you guys ever boot some expensive ass wheels? I'm thinking about the TE37's on mine and imagining someone just slapping a boot on them and scratching them to shit LOL
Thought: the mini truck you used has offroad tires, which are fairly common, but not the most common wheel/tire setup. It may be worth trying this test on something with more standard street wheels and tires, there's less give/flex in something with a smaller sidewall.
@shepshifter8742 Think about the Donut audience and what their cars look like. Sure, some have offroad oriented vehicles, but think of the folks that have stanced Honda civics, a drift import car, or bagged classic. The sidewall in those tires is next to nothing, and airing down will do nothing for you in this situation. Heck, even new cars from the factory will have crazy low profile stuff. Look at a Ford Explorer ST, any BMW, Audi, Lincoln, or Genesis.
Thought: Thats useless to those of us that have offroad tires, which is 100% better than the idiots with the suped up imports that i cant wait that wrecks
Yup, power tools can make short work of it but that's true of most locks. That said, it's cheap enough that you could buy 4 and put one on each tire and even if someone is walking around with power tools you'll raise the chances of someone noticing before they get all 4. Kind of a pain in the butt to take on and off 4 but if it's say the trailer for a boat or an ATV or something else you only take out once every week or two (or seasonally in cold weather places)? Worth the hassle for $120 bucks.
Barnacle relies on suction, so anything that penetrates the seal or changes the pressure underneath the cups will cause it to come off easily. Like heating the windshield or spraying it with wd-40
The knife I carry is the CEO By Columbia river knife and tool. I think it’s just long enough that I could get in there with it and Nick the edge of the suction cups
The $20 one was pretty decent. If you bought 2 and put them on opposite wheels. Someone would have to spend alot of time and make noise just to get it off.. As a deterrent. Not bad for $40.
This is more something I would do to someone who pisses me off. Buy 2 and lock their car up. Even if they change one out with a spare, they got another to worry about 💀
And then of course if you were gonna spend 450 on that useless CA one, why not just buy like 20 and nobody is gonna bother stealing your car without just jacking all your tires.
He'll be the first to admit that being able to brute force disable a locking mechanism with your bare hands is a bigger flaw than even the flimsiest, most easily pickable lock design. Anything that can be done with zero tools and zero skill is the worst kind of security flaw.
@@megachonk9440 Worked in physical security for several massive IT and technical services... It's astounding how some of the most gifted people can't understand - it doesn't matter if you have a 5 million dollar "digital" security system, if I can break the door lock by just pressing against the door and enter the room, that's still a massive security issue.
While LPL is impressive in how he demolishes a lot of locks using his skills, this test was probably more representative of the average criminal or blameless driver who get their car booted for no reason whatsoever... That looked like a wafer lock in that first $30 boot. These are generally, according to LPL, the shittiest locks on the market. I think he has shown one or two that were decent, but the rest of the wafer locks he's shown has been total garbage. But the thing is that even total garbage locks are enough to thwart most people as they don't know where to start picking them, and don't have the tools that LPL consider everyday carry items. Heck just look at the compact pocket kits he sells. I think the has some that take up about the same space as a credit card. But I and most other people doesn't have any of these. We haven't spent time learning how the locks work or how to pick them, or bypass them as is often an option. We resort to a lot of grunting and tools, both those we might be carrying in the car and whatever we find that can make for an improvised tool. And yes, even power tools if ve can get our hands on them in time.
Presumably it'll trigger an alarm when it detects movement and its gps tracker will ensure that a patrol car will find you in minutes. Better get some tools first, remove it, and get the hell out of there. Is it worth it just to dodge a relatively small fine though? Your license plate is noted and you'll have a warrant out for you. I don't get car booting by police anyway; license plate owners information isn't publicly available in every state, but the police does have access to the owners information - just send a ticket to their address without booting the car. This system is probably a bigger inconvenience to the state than it is for the car owner.
@@Forgivefull That's a lot more than I thought - that's outrageous. I'd still rather pay it than be on a list, but I get why people resort to drastic measures then.
@@Die__EneI’d say someone must have stole it before I got back to my car. Oh they trashed it one block away? Weird…. Did it say it was tracked via gps? Maybe they read that a little too late
I love how places are like "YOU CAN'T PARK HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO IMMOBILIZE YOUR CAR.... HERE." Like I literally saw a car with a boot on it in a parking garage of a local university, I'm just like... How does this help anyone?
@@nephicus339 But the car is in a state/national register. They could just give you the ticket then follow up afterwards if you don't pay. That's how it's done in the rest of the world.
@@volundrfrey896 That requires them to keep track of it, look up your info and they don't get to charge you a $150 tow fee and $90 a day for storage. Then if you don't pay they can legally sell your car after 90 days. If they just give you a ticket then they just get $50-$100 for the ticket if you actually decide to pay it and not fight it. Boot gives you an inconvenience and more likely to just pay to get your car back. Pretty easy to understand why they do it like that once you realize they do it to take advantage of people and not to "help" anyone.
Just to make it more inconvenient. I work at a university and when I started, I bought an 'annual' decal for shuttle lot for $140 in December. Come July, I have a ticket on my car, im like wtf. Take it to them and they told me that it was for the school year...so I had to pay ANOTHER $140...BS I tell ya. Also the fuckin tickets are $50...JESUS CHRIST
It had the least points of possible failure and was built just well enough that it couldn't be just torn off with brute strength. Instead of wasting money overengineering it they just paid for stronger welds.
I keep a few tools in my truck toolbox. One of which is a Milwaukee cordless Sawsaw. I think that would be a very useful tool. Also a cordless grinder would do well as well.
The high price on some of the other clamps may be intentional. A lot of courts will not hear a case if the value is under 50. You have to remember the person who put it on your car also got your registration number. Forcing it off will not only land you with a higher penalty from the authority, but if done by a contract company, the company doing the clamping on the behalf of the authority will be able to claim back the cost of the clamp in court as well, as the value of the item broken would go over the courts threshold of accepting a case.
Then you wonder if the LPL approach of just picking the lock can be a better approach since you are non destructively releasing the clamp. Some of the models appear to have the infamous tubular lock that can be opened with either a plastic tube or a relatively cheap tool
@@cdbtheclaw That is true, In the case of it being left there by a private company. Although you may be liable for damaging the clamp if you remove it by force, you do not necessarily have a duty of care to make sure it is secure and not stolen. Should you leave it undamaged at the side of the road and someone steals it, or damages it because of the howling alarm, that is not your problem. You will need proof that you did not do any damage to it however, as a case like this would likely be judged on a more likely than not basis. A few photos of the undamaged apparatus and a photo of where you left it unharmed would do. You can argue that they left it on the street on your property. You just removed it from your property to abate a nuisance, however the fact that they left it there is wholly their responsibility and you have no duty of care to said property. If it is used by a private company instead of an authority, you also can just hand it strate back, or hand it in at a police station to avoid any headache of them trying to claim the cost of the clamps. It is a civil matter and not criminal, so there's nothing the police can charge you with, and you've done the responsible thing of handing it to an authority who can help return it to its original owner, just like if you find a mobile phone or wallet. If it is however an authority then things may get a bit hazy... It may be an offence to remove such enforcement devices. I would imagine the same property arguments though would still come into play. They may be able to fine you under the statute that makes removing it an offence, but you still do not have a duty of care to sed property I would imagine, so trying to charge you for replacement of the clamp can be argued against. If it is admitted that the fine is to cover the cost of replacement due to damage, and you personally did not damage it and got proof, the fine could be seen as unjustifiable as it is to cover something you did not do. Although you may be liable for damaging the clamp if you remove it by force, you do not necessarily have a duty of care to make sure it is secure and not stolen. All of this said though, you will be paying a fine or charge notice either way, should the signage be clear to the terms and conditions of parking. Not paying in the case of an authoritie could land you in serious trouble, or in the case of a parking charge in the form of an invoice from a private company, it will damage your credit record by having a county court judgment against you, being ordered to pay the company in question. You should only fight such cases should you know that the terms and conditions were met and that you were wrongly Charged, or you know that the terms and conditions were illegal/unconscionable/unfair under the law and thus did not form a valid contract. E.g: -------- You entered the car park and the machines were all broken. There was no signage which is easily visible nearby to enter said contract with informed consent. An automated system charges you for a few minutes in the car park, even though you just went to the machine to read the contract, rejected it, and left immediately. The wording of the contract was ambiguous, such as requiring you to display the permit clearly, yet they charged you because it was on your rear window or driving seat or; It states you get X amount of time free, then list Y charges for extended times. You use your free period, go back and pay for more, and they charged you because you were in the car park for X+Y. -------- I know that here in the UK clamps are not used because of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Part 3, Protection of property from disproportionate enforcement action, Chapter 2; It is a criminal offence for a private person on private or public land to immobilise a vehicle (e.g. by clamping or obstructing), or to move a vehicle, with a view to denying the owner access to it. Section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended to extend and amend the powers of public authorities to move vehicles parked obstructively, illegally, or dangerously, including on private land. However, clamping is still permitted where an Act of Parliament or byelaw permits the practice, such as the Railway Byelaws.
This is definitely something I never needed to know but I'm grateful just having that knowledge..... and I'm a general contractor i could always use a battery powered saw or angle grinder and cut the thing off... last one was annoying but honestly you nailed it
MORE JUSTIN !!! He’s getting so good. He has a super fun but serious vibe. Like he wants to be a goofball but he super serious. Makes me smile when Justin gets a lil cray cray
That last windscreen block looks like you could use fishing line sawed back and forth to get under the suction cups on it then throw it as far as possible to throw their tracking off.
Yeah on a private lot that thing can get fucked six ways from Sunday. It's the only one you can remove without even damaging it, so you can't even get a property damage citation when you inevitably rip it off and throw it in a ditch.
@@officialnickname just coz they have ur plate number doesnt mean anything unless they wanna take you to court over a $50 fine at best + they need to prove 1. it was you 2. they didnt get the wrong car 3. that you were there in the 1st place most of which comes down to the person said u were there and you said you werent... unless you park under a cam
That snap gun is ment for pin tumbler locks, the normal kind you'd see on a door but I'm pretty sure that's a dimple style lock which snap guns won't work on.
might have been tougher on larger tire sizes. the undersized tire leaves a lot of room for manipulation that might not be there on a regular-sized tire.
I'd rather just have two kill switches (one for fuel pump the other for a battery cutoff) plus owning a 1200$ shitbox prevents people from stealing it cause it doesn't run anyway lol
Maybe also have what the jacks are like after a month or two of use to see how they hold up. Some of em could probably do well initially but cant hold weight after a while.
@@ShantalhaitianPrincess okay yah, says their type B is for wheels between 14” and 15” diameter, and type C is for 16” diameter wheels. Mostly for trailer tires apparently. Still, kei wheels are definitely too small for it and that no doubt played a factor
I love how the last one doesn't take the movie Ace Ventura into consideration. Just drive around the corner and pop it. Then destroy the electronics and dump it out in the middle of nowhere 😂
How many times do I need to rewatch the motorcycle content to get y’all to make more? I just got my first bike and would love more lovely tips from the donut crew
@@jaakkopontinen he got ridiculed for wanting more free content from a creator he enjoys when he isn't aware of the basics of the internet while demanding more from the internet .
Boots have just never made sense. "Hey you're not allowed to park here! So in order to punish you for parking here we're going to strap a device onto your vehicle that remove your ability to leave this place you shouldn't be."
I'd like to see you guys make your own boot with actual steel that won't bend with simple leverage or a prybar... can't believe the cost on those higher end ones.. seemed like the more expensive the easier it was to break into .
As a guy who cars hate, I love watching these Donut peeps and their passion and enthusiasm for vehicles. And I've learned soooo much about cars along the way. Thanks Donut, for being fun, entertaining, and educational!
@@somedudenameddes0121 I do not hate cars, they hate me. If I buy them new, there are no issues. But if I attempt to tinker with any car using my own two hands, then something invariably happens that costs a lot of money and a lot of time to fix. So I just watch people who have a great relationship with cars and envy them from afar.
@@Raymo2u What amazed me about that video was that nobody gave a shit about some sketchy looking dudes with a giant van, angle-grinding a lock off a motorcycle in a busy street in broad daylight.
@@theParticleGod Look what's happening around the country the last couple years and you start to realize why that is. People are breaking into people cars while they are driving and there are no consequences for those that commit the crimes. The people who try to stop them or help are the ones who end up in jail now. Its a dangerous infestation thats infiltrating all parts of this country now. This doesnt even include the problem of people on phones day and night without even looking up anymore.
@@Raymo2u The real criminals operate with impunity because the police are too busy tasering elderly people, beating people to death for petty crimes, shooting innocent people's dogs and no-knock SWAT raiding houses for a baggie of dope. Meanwhile they cower behind cover if there's the slightest danger and wait for the criminals to leave, then they arrest the person who called them or anyone who tries to intervene and stop the criminals. You're right, it's no wonder nobody wants to do anything except film crimes on their phone if they bother to look up from the screen at all. Who can blame them for wanting to escape reality, when real life is more violent than an action movie and more scary than a horror?
Reminds me of when my friends and I figured out the boots the apartment complex uses on cars were bought on Amazon and we went around the parking lot popping off parking boots on every car lol
There's a dude in atlanta that sells a set of master keys to every popular boot design (three of them, I think) for less than $100. Boots have become super uncommon here, and almost never in publicly accessed lots.
I can see that barnacle one being super easy to defeat with some Dacron fishing line. If you have a couple feet of it get the string started under one edge and then just work it back and forth all the way across the windshield. When the string goes under the suction cups it will loose suction.
@@dwmac2010 Problem is the device is identified to your car. So, they get their fine plus damages to the device. Only thing is they can't really prove it was you.
That would likely trigger the alarm and possibly break the windshield Someone needs to xray the device and then you drill out the speaker nullifying the alarm and then the wireless radio disabling the tracker etc. Acetone will make quick work out of the suction cups with no effort
Carefully drilling a small hole through the plastic and into the suction cup to puncture the seal would also work, probably faster, but obviously requires a drill and a bit.
@@Ne1vaan "Ok, you go to school/work on/at this campus/business and we have all of your information, including your parking pass with your vin number, license plate number, driver's license, social security number, plus video surveillance covering every square foot of our facility."
@@thepjup4507 1. Where tf do you live where parking passes have your SSN? 2. All it takes to defeat that defense is a mask. Without your face they can't get a 100% positive ID on you, so they can't say YOU did it. If you wanted to be extra sure, put on a big coat and baggy pants before damaging the device so they really can't identify you. Then you can claim it was a passerby and they can't prove it was you
@Donutmedia I would like to see the Barnacle device tested again but just use a moderate size string/twine. Just put it up to the edge of the suction cup and with a slight sawing action it would get under the suction cup. This can be accomplish with one or two people. Just pull it back and forth like flossing.
I don't think that'd work all that well unless you had something like safety wire. In my mind paracord would be the more common thing to have but its too thick
@@juggernautAA12 Some basic cord like they use for laying brick and or construction is extremely strong, I have a very good feeling it will work, thats why I wanted them to try it. I have lifted (got under) some very strong stuff. For example. Did you know you can cut PVC pipe with dental floss? Just go around the pipe in a U shape and saw it back and forth and it will cut the pipe, I have done it. So a decent size string (not kite string) but something like a strong twine will get under the suction cup.
I agree regarding almost all of the devices, not including the Tevlaphee. You've attached it to a car with high suspension and a cheap one at that. Imagine you park your pricey sedan or coupe at the parking lot and got this shit attached to your ride. Good luck ripping it off without damaging the car.
One flaw with the last one is that you could literally stick your head out of window and drive like that granted you’d still be stuck with it on your windshield but it doesn’t really stop you from driving the car itself but what I’ve gathered from this educational video is that I should keep power tools and pry bars in the trunk just incase
I think you could beat the Barnacle faster by using a long piece of wire or heavy duty fishing line. Stretch across the full length of the windshield and pull both sides down to slide under the suction cups.
barnacle is gonna get destroyed if i find it on my car. they count on people being woefully prepared to deal with these devices but some of us just happen to have the tools we need. a rope saw will chew thru a barnacle in about 1 minute. it can scream all it wants cuz im long gone and its laying in the parking lot. my tire iron would destroy most of the other ones. the ones where the cylinder sticks out will meet the 2 pound sledge i keep in my trunk as part of work. im not opposed to helping someone else remove one of these things either
*finds barnacle on my windshield* “well…. This is gonna hurt my pocketbook” *smashes window and drives away* “breaking the law, breaking the law, dun, dun!!!”
I feel like if they welded some plugs inside the tubes, it would have been a lot harder for them to get enough leverage to bend the bars enough, especially if it were on a normal sized tire.
I loved the way he already knew how he was going to take that $400 boot off from the moment he pulled the stopper off the end of it, you can see by the look on his face.
my takeaway from the barnacle, plastic windshield screen protector. if it has sensors for the hinges being turned all you need is a friend and some steady hands.
As a former parking enforcement officer I can say that the first one you tried is exactly like the ones my department used. Lightweight and fast but you could definitely defeat it
@@Axxman77 It's literally not worth their time. Cops barely care about break-ins, they are not going to go around chasing people for parking too long in a spot.
So… one time somebody removed a few boots for himself and a family member. And once the undamaged boot was returned to the police department but it wasn’t properly accounted for so they thought it was stolen. Eventually he was called to the campus dean’s office. She thought it was funny and made him do community service for a day or two. The community service was easy and fun. Free food was had. No more boot removal from then on lol
I feel like 90% of this video is just Justin being an absolute beast.
Justin has been a great addition to the channel.
Jeremiah had his moment with the $50 one, but yeah, pretty much.
Gave me flashbacks to how Justin ripped off the steering wheel
And I’m happy about that haha
@@jauken83agreed he’s a great fit for the channel and with rest of the guys
Donut is essentially teaching us how to be sketchy car guys now
Terrorists*
Educated sketchy car guys now
@@EH2276cam HOMIE SAID TERRORISTS LOL
I don't see the problem?
@@EH2276cam Car booting companies are dens of thieves and extortionists.
In case anyone's curious about the actual locks in these devices:
Turnart: Dimple lock - Can be picked about as easily as a standard pin-tumbler lock in most cases (they're basically just pin-tumbler locks with the pins running perpendicular to the keyway). Bump kits and pick guns exist for these, as well, providing methods for unskilled, non-destructive attack. Just not the Brockage pin-tumbler gun Jer was using.
Munirator: Tubular lock - Can be both opened and decoded using a simple, pocket-sized tool with no skill required. I've seen chintzy, Chinese knockoffs sold in sets of three for ~$25.00.
Tevlaphee: Slider lock - Requires a different tension tool than the pin-tumblers but seldom more skill. You can usually manipulate the sliders just as easily with a standard short hook or medium hook/Peterson Gem-type pick. The cheaper ones (vast majority of them) can be easily bullied open with high tension and just sliding the sliders around until they set similar to how one would handle most Master Locks.
California Immobilizer: Another shit tubular lock - Nothing new to add.
Barnacle: Has an obvious mechanical override that, according to the website, seems to allow you to remove the device without triggering the alarm. This looks like it's to allow the device's owner to remove it in case it fails or the batteries die or the vehicle it's attached to is abandoned, etc. etc. Judging from appearances the lock is likely a standard pin-tumbler, dimple or slider like the ones mentioned previously. I doubt it'd be difficult to pick or bump. There are apparently also a variety of wireless vulnerabilities including one that allows anyone nearby to hijack the device's unsecured SIM card's wireless connection for free internet access.
This is likely all irrelevant, though, as the website warns against applying the device to any vehicle with _any_ amount of windshield cracking or damage as the suction can further damage or destroy the windshield. Knowing how common this kind of damage is, I'd be incredibly surprised if anyone decides to pay the MONTHLY FEE to _rent_ a device that can be so easily bypassed while also being an enormous liability. It just takes one lawsuit from one busted windshield to wipe out any potential profits from these things _real_ quick. I'd imagine the embedded tracker (which I believe can be jammed) would also generate a sizable amount of costs in the form of privacy-related lawsuits if their use doesn't end up banned entirely in some places for this reason.
Long story short - Fuck these things.
Edit: Did some small changes in verbiage to make a few lines sound a bit less clunky. No significant change in content.
About the last one: do you think it would be easy to remove with ordinary objects (even if you destroy them in the process) like a metal hanger, a 40 cm ruler, a longer knife/sword or even a stronger fishing line?
@@c.varela You mean the Barnacle? If so then yes. Getting anything under the edges of the suction cups _should_ break the vacuum and allow it to be removed.
Students at the University of Oklahoma (where it was being temporarily used for testing to see if the school wanted to actually go through with renting the things) even managed to get 'em to come off by just running the defroster for 15 minutes and then breaking the vacuum with a credit card. They've supposedly "fixed" this vulnerability but I don't see how they could, they never explained how they did and there's conflicting reports from customers about whether or not this vulnerability still exists.
The problem is that the thing's equipped with a tracker and an alarm, so if you break the vacuum on the suction cups or move the device more than a few inches then it triggers the alarm and prompts it to send an alert to the paired app on the customer's phone, so trying to get it off that way is less than ideal. Picking/bumping/raking/etc. the mechanical override lock or (apparently) coating the thing with aluminum foil to break the wireless connection should cause it to detach on it's own without any alarm.
Two other solutions were to coat your windshield in something that it can't stick to or cover your windshield in a cloth sheet or something like that with the ends smashed in the car door frames so it can't be removed without unlocking and opening the doors, forcing the parking enforcement people to risk a lawsuit cutting through the sheet to attach the device.
Or, if this is somewhere you have to park a lot, get together with other people who have to park in the area, find out how many Barnacles are in use, pitch in together to buy enough cheap, shitty junkyard cars to illegally park so they have to use all their Barnacles on the junkers nobody's ever gonna move.
I apologize for answering your fairly simple question with a massive wall of text but I tend to get kind of obsessive over anything vaguely security related. I just can't _not_ break shit.
@@meatharbor Thanks for the answer!
Only thing i got from this is Barnacle reminded me of Barney Stinson
@@meatharborOr just pry the thing off and throw it off the parking garage and leave. They won't get to you in time.
I worked for a valet company and we gave up on booting cars in our lot because it turned into us coming back to a broken boot more than half the time.
Sorry bro. Maybe I contributed back in the day
Did you guys ever boot some expensive ass wheels? I'm thinking about the TE37's on mine and imagining someone just slapping a boot on them and scratching them to shit LOL
Indicating more than half the drivers were men
Good.
Not that I recall@@Scirollo
Thought: the mini truck you used has offroad tires, which are fairly common, but not the most common wheel/tire setup. It may be worth trying this test on something with more standard street wheels and tires, there's less give/flex in something with a smaller sidewall.
counterpoint, just let the air out of a normal tire
@shepshifter8742 Think about the Donut audience and what their cars look like. Sure, some have offroad oriented vehicles, but think of the folks that have stanced Honda civics, a drift import car, or bagged classic. The sidewall in those tires is next to nothing, and airing down will do nothing for you in this situation.
Heck, even new cars from the factory will have crazy low profile stuff. Look at a Ford Explorer ST, any BMW, Audi, Lincoln, or Genesis.
They are very small offroad tires it looks like, which would give the most flex
Thought: Thats useless to those of us that have offroad tires, which is 100% better than the idiots with the suped up imports that i cant wait that wrecks
But I think the biggest difference is that the mini truck has a lot of clearance around the wheel while most cars don’t
They tested the barnacle at OU a few years back and they were super easy to get off. One guy even reversed the gps to mess with the company.
Looks like a HUGE waste of $250/month
I know how to do this so much faster, shatter your windshield drive home call safelight get a new windshield and boom
It turns out they are no longer easy to get off because the company updated the design.
@@unconventionalideas5683 now you run your defrost for 15 minutes.. the suction cups get mushy.. slide a credit card under them and away you go,.
look out the side window?
It's crazy that the cheapest one was the most effective
Really goes to show that more expensive doesn't always mean more better
They should make a series based off that concept! /s
Imagine have 4 on your car
Yup, power tools can make short work of it but that's true of most locks. That said, it's cheap enough that you could buy 4 and put one on each tire and even if someone is walking around with power tools you'll raise the chances of someone noticing before they get all 4. Kind of a pain in the butt to take on and off 4 but if it's say the trailer for a boat or an ATV or something else you only take out once every week or two (or seasonally in cold weather places)? Worth the hassle for $120 bucks.
So small, the driver might miss it. Would have liked to see, what happens if you simply drive off, does it really prevent that?
If only we had a show to demonstrate that..😂
I sincerely, and wholeheartedly, need and request to see more of of Mini James in future works. Best commercial I've seen in a minute 😂
^^^ this commercial is one of the first I didn’t fast forward through
Is that a WD40 pen in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? 😏
@@bb4dawinfacts I was about to but then was like hol up😂😂😂
"Toodooloo Donut boy"🤣
Uncle jerr ones were the best
Barnacle relies on suction, so anything that penetrates the seal or changes the pressure underneath the cups will cause it to come off easily. Like heating the windshield or spraying it with wd-40
cover it with tin foil and the gps tracker is also then useless
The knife I carry is the CEO By Columbia river knife and tool. I think it’s just long enough that I could get in there with it and Nick the edge of the suction cups
Acetone will dissolve the product casing so you can disarm the device as well as chemically destroy the electronics. Just don't get any on your car
Not anymore. The thing has a battery and electric motors that will simply reapply more suction.
Crkt is the bizz@@TLankins
Donut ads are the only ads I don’t skip.
Always entertaining
*YESSSSSS*
@@owenchabot Nolan getting called "Donut booooy" will never not be funny.
Now I finally have something to lubricate my large can of wd-40
@@flyingpersian Now you can truly mimic Hank Hill
I always wondered why commercials on TV became so terrible. Apparently the good commercial writers started TH-cam channels.
Pretty sure that the biggest issue is that the wheel is just too small for them to hook properly.
Facts. Go karts will go free. Cars nope
My thoughts exactly.
with Justin around, nah. he'll rip it out one way or another. 😁
But it's advertised trailer some trailers are have smaller wheels. Also no excuses for weak metal
@chris-ii9op you talking about semis is making me have one 😘
I was relieved and delighted when Jer referenced Lock Picking Lawyer. That'd be a fun crossover!
I think this is sarcasm, but they have already done some collabs if you look for them. LPL doesn't really do stuff in person though
@@Collin_J he has, he did an irl crossover with TKOR before they sucked
Love the LPL
@@LanIsOriginalYh plus it wouldn’t have to be IRL
@lockpickinglawyer
The $20 one was pretty decent. If you bought 2 and put them on opposite wheels. Someone would have to spend alot of time and make noise just to get it off.. As a deterrent. Not bad for $40.
People stealing cars want quick and easy, as soon as it's neither of those they will not even look twice
This is more something I would do to someone who pisses me off. Buy 2 and lock their car up. Even if they change one out with a spare, they got another to worry about 💀
Excellent Idea~!!! Or even 3 of them.
And then of course if you were gonna spend 450 on that useless CA one, why not just buy like 20 and nobody is gonna bother stealing your car without just jacking all your tires.
That 20 dollar one has no pick resistance... he had no idea what he was doing.
"This is the lockpickinglawyer and today we're going to watch these guys use a lot of muscle"
He'll be the first to admit that being able to brute force disable a locking mechanism with your bare hands is a bigger flaw than even the flimsiest, most easily pickable lock design. Anything that can be done with zero tools and zero skill is the worst kind of security flaw.
Let's watch the boys flex, so we know it's not a fluke
@@megachonk9440 Worked in physical security for several massive IT and technical services...
It's astounding how some of the most gifted people can't understand - it doesn't matter if you have a 5 million dollar "digital" security system, if I can break the door lock by just pressing against the door and enter the room, that's still a massive security issue.
look at their muscleeuls
While LPL is impressive in how he demolishes a lot of locks using his skills, this test was probably more representative of the average criminal or blameless driver who get their car booted for no reason whatsoever...
That looked like a wafer lock in that first $30 boot. These are generally, according to LPL, the shittiest locks on the market. I think he has shown one or two that were decent, but the rest of the wafer locks he's shown has been total garbage.
But the thing is that even total garbage locks are enough to thwart most people as they don't know where to start picking them, and don't have the tools that LPL consider everyday carry items. Heck just look at the compact pocket kits he sells. I think the has some that take up about the same space as a credit card. But I and most other people doesn't have any of these. We haven't spent time learning how the locks work or how to pick them, or bypass them as is often an option.
We resort to a lot of grunting and tools, both those we might be carrying in the car and whatever we find that can make for an improvised tool. And yes, even power tools if ve can get our hands on them in time.
So with the barnacle one, did they think people can’t just roll a window down and drive off to get tools? Lol
Yeah just Ace Ventura it
Presumably it'll trigger an alarm when it detects movement and its gps tracker will ensure that a patrol car will find you in minutes. Better get some tools first, remove it, and get the hell out of there. Is it worth it just to dodge a relatively small fine though? Your license plate is noted and you'll have a warrant out for you.
I don't get car booting by police anyway; license plate owners information isn't publicly available in every state, but the police does have access to the owners information - just send a ticket to their address without booting the car. This system is probably a bigger inconvenience to the state than it is for the car owner.
@@Die__Ene a $940 fine is not small. Lol
@@Forgivefull That's a lot more than I thought - that's outrageous. I'd still rather pay it than be on a list, but I get why people resort to drastic measures then.
@@Die__EneI’d say someone must have stole it before I got back to my car. Oh they trashed it one block away? Weird…. Did it say it was tracked via gps? Maybe they read that a little too late
I actually enjoyed that WD40 ad. Nice.
That was hellla funny
becoming a member just to have your comment praising the ad spot highlighted? is that a new anti-sponsorblock tactic or what?
@@mojave5661 What are you on about?
Should have tried WD40 on the Barnacle, technically speaking it might work
@@Alexej-h5y I can't tell if you're pulling my leg or not
these "breaking into every" videos are sketchy but fun to watch at the same time
Funny enough there are places where removing a boot from your own car isn't illegal.
also the “trying illegal car products” videos
This is how to start a side hustle cutting boots off for people
@@misseselise3864 but that's more of a demonstration of something you can buy, rather than like "go do this"
Tl
Cop: "Hey, you're not supposed to park there!"
Also Cop: Clamps your wheel so your car can never leave.
This is why any reasonable municipality will have the car towed rather than booted.
I love how places are like "YOU CAN'T PARK HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO IMMOBILIZE YOUR CAR.... HERE." Like I literally saw a car with a boot on it in a parking garage of a local university, I'm just like... How does this help anyone?
They want to legally have your car stolen by a tow truck.
Fines pay for wages. In today's economy, getting your last penny is the entire goal.
@@nephicus339 But the car is in a state/national register. They could just give you the ticket then follow up afterwards if you don't pay. That's how it's done in the rest of the world.
@@volundrfrey896 That requires them to keep track of it, look up your info and they don't get to charge you a $150 tow fee and $90 a day for storage. Then if you don't pay they can legally sell your car after 90 days. If they just give you a ticket then they just get $50-$100 for the ticket if you actually decide to pay it and not fight it. Boot gives you an inconvenience and more likely to just pay to get your car back. Pretty easy to understand why they do it like that once you realize they do it to take advantage of people and not to "help" anyone.
Just to make it more inconvenient. I work at a university and when I started, I bought an 'annual' decal for shuttle lot for $140 in December. Come July, I have a ticket on my car, im like wtf. Take it to them and they told me that it was for the school year...so I had to pay ANOTHER $140...BS I tell ya.
Also the fuckin tickets are $50...JESUS CHRIST
Surprised to see that the cheapest one was the best one. Good experiment guys(:
😂
It had the least points of possible failure and was built just well enough that it couldn't be just torn off with brute strength. Instead of wasting money overengineering it they just paid for stronger welds.
@@arcanask quality.. I may consider getting one lmao
@@brayancruz5856 for what 🤔
I keep a few tools in my truck toolbox. One of which is a Milwaukee cordless Sawsaw. I think that would be a very useful tool. Also a cordless grinder would do well as well.
nice 👌🏼 i personally keep a ramset 😂 works well for targeting the locking well of any lock
As a welder I always have a cordless grinder!
The high price on some of the other clamps may be intentional. A lot of courts will not hear a case if the value is under 50. You have to remember the person who put it on your car also got your registration number. Forcing it off will not only land you with a higher penalty from the authority, but if done by a contract company, the company doing the clamping on the behalf of the authority will be able to claim back the cost of the clamp in court as well, as the value of the item broken would go over the courts threshold of accepting a case.
Then you wonder if the LPL approach of just picking the lock can be a better approach since you are non destructively releasing the clamp. Some of the models appear to have the infamous tubular lock that can be opened with either a plastic tube or a relatively cheap tool
Also the Barnacle removal seemed to be non destructive. Hard time arguing that in court.
Solution: Learn how to pick locks!
@@cdbtheclaw That is true, In the case of it being left there by a private company. Although you may be liable for damaging the clamp if you remove it by force, you do not necessarily have a duty of care to make sure it is secure and not stolen.
Should you leave it undamaged at the side of the road and someone steals it, or damages it because of the howling alarm, that is not your problem. You will need proof that you did not do any damage to it however, as a case like this would likely be judged on a more likely than not basis. A few photos of the undamaged apparatus and a photo of where you left it unharmed would do.
You can argue that they left it on the street on your property. You just removed it from your property to abate a nuisance, however the fact that they left it there is wholly their responsibility and you have no duty of care to said property.
If it is used by a private company instead of an authority, you also can just hand it strate back, or hand it in at a police station to avoid any headache of them trying to claim the cost of the clamps. It is a civil matter and not criminal, so there's nothing the police can charge you with, and you've done the responsible thing of handing it to an authority who can help return it to its original owner, just like if you find a mobile phone or wallet.
If it is however an authority then things may get a bit hazy... It may be an offence to remove such enforcement devices. I would imagine the same property arguments though would still come into play.
They may be able to fine you under the statute that makes removing it an offence, but you still do not have a duty of care to sed property I would imagine, so trying to charge you for replacement of the clamp can be argued against.
If it is admitted that the fine is to cover the cost of replacement due to damage, and you personally did not damage it and got proof, the fine could be seen as unjustifiable as it is to cover something you did not do. Although you may be liable for damaging the clamp if you remove it by force, you do not necessarily have a duty of care to make sure it is secure and not stolen.
All of this said though, you will be paying a fine or charge notice either way, should the signage be clear to the terms and conditions of parking. Not paying in the case of an authoritie could land you in serious trouble, or in the case of a parking charge in the form of an invoice from a private company, it will damage your credit record by having a county court judgment against you, being ordered to pay the company in question.
You should only fight such cases should you know that the terms and conditions were met and that you were wrongly Charged, or you know that the terms and conditions were illegal/unconscionable/unfair under the law and thus did not form a valid contract.
E.g:
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You entered the car park and the machines were all broken.
There was no signage which is easily visible nearby to enter said contract with informed consent.
An automated system charges you for a few minutes in the car park, even though you just went to the machine to read the contract, rejected it, and left immediately.
The wording of the contract was ambiguous, such as requiring you to display the permit clearly, yet they charged you because it was on your rear window or driving seat
or;
It states you get X amount of time free, then list Y charges for extended times. You use your free period, go back and pay for more, and they charged you because you were in the car park for X+Y.
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I know that here in the UK clamps are not used because of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Part 3, Protection of property from disproportionate enforcement action, Chapter 2;
It is a criminal offence for a private person on private or public land to immobilise a vehicle (e.g. by clamping or obstructing), or to move a vehicle, with a view to denying the owner access to it. Section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended to extend and amend the powers of public authorities to move vehicles parked obstructively, illegally, or dangerously, including on private land. However, clamping is still permitted where an Act of Parliament or byelaw permits the practice, such as the Railway Byelaws.
They have to prove it that u destroyed the lock having the plate, picture, or vin proves nothing. If u dont have a video of person breaking lock.
That was by far my favorite sponser sketch I've ever seen. James in the cabinet was hilarious!
Died when he launched off with flames shooting out his ass
@@Alexej-h5y I have not. I am partial to PB Deep Penetrating Oil or Seafoam Deep Creep. I will look up Ballistol. Thank you!
The barnical lock has one GIANT flaw, it doesn't stop you from just putting your head out the window.
Or Using the onboard cameras lol
Ace Ventura it
the lock on the first one is a smiley dimple lock - slightly different picks would be helpful
This is definitely something I never needed to know but I'm grateful just having that knowledge..... and I'm a general contractor i could always use a battery powered saw or angle grinder and cut the thing off... last one was annoying but honestly you nailed it
~~~AGREE~~~
MORE JUSTIN !!! He’s getting so good. He has a super fun but serious vibe. Like he wants to be a goofball but he super serious. Makes me smile when Justin gets a lil cray cray
Would love to see a C5 Corvette high vs low. Very moddable cars for easy power and relatively cheap.
I second that
Dude, that might be the perfect car for that series
@Brian_Eugene_Lee you must be fun at parties
+1
They built track cars, drift cars, make these drag cars
"Is that WD-40 Precision Pen in your pocket or you just happy to see me?" GOLD 😂😂😂😂
Don't underestimate just hitting a lock with something hard. Surprisingly works more times than expected.
The WD40 add reminds me of the King of the Hill episode where hank couldn't get his wd40 cap off so he pulled out the tiny wd40 you loosen the cap 🤣
Classic Hank hill moment ... I miss that show
That last windscreen block looks like you could use fishing line sawed back and forth to get under the suction cups on it then throw it as far as possible to throw their tracking off.
Turn the defrost on inside the vehicle on high heat might also loosen it enough to remove it
Yeah drive off and toss it in a ditch somewhere
Yeah on a private lot that thing can get fucked six ways from Sunday. It's the only one you can remove without even damaging it, so you can't even get a property damage citation when you inevitably rip it off and throw it in a ditch.
All of that won't matter when they noted your license plate before. But good to know nevertheless.
@@officialnickname just coz they have ur plate number doesnt mean anything unless they wanna take you to court over a $50 fine at best + they need to prove 1. it was you 2. they didnt get the wrong car 3. that you were there in the 1st place most of which comes down to the person said u were there and you said you werent... unless you park under a cam
That snap gun is ment for pin tumbler locks, the normal kind you'd see on a door but I'm pretty sure that's a dimple style lock which snap guns won't work on.
“Wish I got 3 inches from tugging on it” killed me 😂😂
Just two strong men fooling around with each other in the garage
Donut Media x Corridor Crew need to do a Fast N Furious mini series or mini episode. You guys would do great together
Smashing idea I love it
Here here
I would love to see that!!!!
Dream crossover
My 2 favourite channel... It's a dream
might have been tougher on larger tire sizes. the undersized tire leaves a lot of room for manipulation that might not be there on a regular-sized tire.
Forget the wheel locks - that WD40 Pocket Pen commercial had me DYING
I love vids like this, alot of cities and HOA's are REALLY overzealous with booting. Any urban resident should really know how to beat these.
I keep a sawsall in my trunk, go ahead boot me :D
I pick the locks
15:13 "you're not going to have that in your car" oh, but I do though lol
As a former tow truck operator. Me too. LOL
The more Justin is himself and not acting the more chill of a dude he is!
I have the first boot, it’s so sturdy and tough. If it takes a power tool for a thief and just imagine at night and you having 2-4 of these.
just imagine... your police reaction time. our was so bad n I lived only a mile from the jail so I ran there myself. ... didn't help
My buddy had one for his trailer and he could knock it off by just pulling the trailer forward so I’ve never thought highly of them
I'd rather just have two kill switches (one for fuel pump the other for a battery cutoff) plus owning a 1200$ shitbox prevents people from stealing it cause it doesn't run anyway lol
Justin definitely has become such an amazing part of the team I love every vid he’s in nowadays congratulations on 8 million my guys keep it up
y’all should test which jacks work the best (brand wise)
Maybe also have what the jacks are like after a month or two of use to see how they hold up. Some of em could probably do well initially but cant hold weight after a while.
They did something like that
Try the Project Farm video on the subject.
Or deep sockets.
Harbor Freight would be #1 of course
the wheels being small seemed to help a lot.
Bigger wheels would just be as easy, less give but more pry bar space, and the lock would be more spread out... making it not as dense
@@wunderjager0005nah the extra slack in the CA imobilizer one was definitely the key to getting it off
@@mikekraut7643 nope other channels have taken these off the same way with tires up to 20" any bigger and the locks wont fit
@@ShantalhaitianPrincess okay yah, says their type B is for wheels between 14” and 15” diameter, and type C is for 16” diameter wheels.
Mostly for trailer tires apparently.
Still, kei wheels are definitely too small for it and that no doubt played a factor
I love how the last one doesn't take the movie Ace Ventura into consideration. Just drive around the corner and pop it. Then destroy the electronics and dump it out in the middle of nowhere 😂
cant track it from the bottom of the river
Besides the first one, these companies gotta be pissed and I'm loving it lol
How many times do I need to rewatch the motorcycle content to get y’all to make more? I just got my first bike and would love more lovely tips from the donut crew
“Just got my first bike”😂😂 what a motorcycle guy
It's the internet, you can find more videos about building bikes than you have mentally and physically time to watch.
There's plenty of good motorbike channels on TH-cam.
Man says he got his first bike. Gets ridiculed for wanting to watch bike content. :D WHY
@@jaakkopontinen he got ridiculed for wanting more free content from a creator he enjoys when he isn't aware of the basics of the internet while demanding more from the internet .
I will never forget this wd-40 ad for my entire life. We need more ads like this, holy shit it was great.
I have loved Justin and his vibe since day one!!! Love the crew
Tbh I hope you guys upload those WD40 commercial separately so I can share them to my friends.
Boots have just never made sense. "Hey you're not allowed to park here! So in order to punish you for parking here we're going to strap a device onto your vehicle that remove your ability to leave this place you shouldn't be."
I just wanna say whoever thought to put the duolingo sound at 7:10 is a genius and a comedian😂😂😂
the owl walked on screen too
Donut needs to do all car related commercials
I'd like to see you guys make your own boot with actual steel that won't bend with simple leverage or a prybar... can't believe the cost on those higher end ones.. seemed like the more expensive the easier it was to break into .
The only thing I took away from any of this was something I already knew, and that is that Justin is an absolute unit
I swear, Donut Media marketing team makes me wanna buy the most random boring items with their adds. Great job.
That "SHUT UP!!!!" from Justin. We've all been there when a device is screaming. 😊
Is it just be or does donut make sponsorship ads fun to watch
I agree haha
1:38 no... i want a WD-40 can with James and Jeremiah's face on it. (The most "Animated" of the donut team)
Yall went through all that for little 7 pin circle locks😂😂😂
It's so great to see how Nolan and Justin have grown in confidence over the years behind the camera. Really amazing
As a guy who cars hate, I love watching these Donut peeps and their passion and enthusiasm for vehicles. And I've learned soooo much about cars along the way. Thanks Donut, for being fun, entertaining, and educational!
Why do you hate cars?
Why do cars hate you?
@@somedudenameddes0121 I do not hate cars, they hate me. If I buy them new, there are no issues. But if I attempt to tinker with any car using my own two hands, then something invariably happens that costs a lot of money and a lot of time to fix. So I just watch people who have a great relationship with cars and envy them from afar.
what is this sentence?
That’s everyone not just you, cars never liked us but we deal with it, just like woman
Drive off with the Barnacle, find a nearby river, take it off, throw it in
Need to do this for Motorcycle locks as well. Jerimiah is giving us hints with the Sturgis and Aprilia shirts even.
Bikes and Beards did that video and in a similar fashion
@@Raymo2u What amazed me about that video was that nobody gave a shit about some sketchy looking dudes with a giant van, angle-grinding a lock off a motorcycle in a busy street in broad daylight.
@@theParticleGod Look what's happening around the country the last couple years and you start to realize why that is.
People are breaking into people cars while they are driving and there are no consequences for those that commit the crimes. The people who try to stop them or help are the ones who end up in jail now. Its a dangerous infestation thats infiltrating all parts of this country now.
This doesnt even include the problem of people on phones day and night without even looking up anymore.
@@Raymo2u The real criminals operate with impunity because the police are too busy tasering elderly people, beating people to death for petty crimes, shooting innocent people's dogs and no-knock SWAT raiding houses for a baggie of dope.
Meanwhile they cower behind cover if there's the slightest danger and wait for the criminals to leave, then they arrest the person who called them or anyone who tries to intervene and stop the criminals.
You're right, it's no wonder nobody wants to do anything except film crimes on their phone if they bother to look up from the screen at all. Who can blame them for wanting to escape reality, when real life is more violent than an action movie and more scary than a horror?
Reminds me of when my friends and I figured out the boots the apartment complex uses on cars were bought on Amazon and we went around the parking lot popping off parking boots on every car lol
There's a dude in atlanta that sells a set of master keys to every popular boot design (three of them, I think) for less than $100.
Boots have become super uncommon here, and almost never in publicly accessed lots.
A battery powered grinder with a 6" cutoff wheel would make quick and relatively quiet work of those wheel locks.
I can see that barnacle one being super easy to defeat with some Dacron fishing line. If you have a couple feet of it get the string started under one edge and then just work it back and forth all the way across the windshield. When the string goes under the suction cups it will loose suction.
Looked like it was all plastic and rubber suction cups. Could you just drill a small hole through it with a cordless drill?
@@dwmac2010 that would damage the device. Goes against the point of removing it without causing damage.
@@dwmac2010 Problem is the device is identified to your car. So, they get their fine plus damages to the device. Only thing is they can't really prove it was you.
13:30 you can just drill the suction cups hahaha
That would likely trigger the alarm and possibly break the windshield Someone needs to xray the device and then you drill out the speaker nullifying the alarm and then the wireless radio disabling the tracker etc. Acetone will make quick work out of the suction cups with no effort
@@0utcast You just throw it away. It may play music and send signals as much as it wants - it is not your property, nor it is your responsibility.
Y’all make better commercials than entire production studios. 🔥
Carefully drilling a small hole through the plastic and into the suction cup to puncture the seal would also work, probably faster, but obviously requires a drill and a bit.
And a very hefty extra fine for damaging it...
@@cenciende9401 "Prove I was the one who removed it, rather than some passerby" / "Prove I was the one who parked the car there"
@@Ne1vaan "Ok, you go to school/work on/at this campus/business and we have all of your information, including your parking pass with your vin number, license plate number, driver's license, social security number, plus video surveillance covering every square foot of our facility."
@@thepjup4507 no place have cameras covering evert square foot.
@@thepjup4507 1. Where tf do you live where parking passes have your SSN?
2. All it takes to defeat that defense is a mask. Without your face they can't get a 100% positive ID on you, so they can't say YOU did it. If you wanted to be extra sure, put on a big coat and baggy pants before damaging the device so they really can't identify you. Then you can claim it was a passerby and they can't prove it was you
@Donutmedia I would like to see the Barnacle device tested again but just use a moderate size string/twine. Just put it up to the edge of the suction cup and with a slight sawing action it would get under the suction cup. This can be accomplish with one or two people. Just pull it back and forth like flossing.
I don't think that'd work all that well unless you had something like safety wire. In my mind paracord would be the more common thing to have but its too thick
heavy duty fishing line would probably work and is pretty cheap
@@juggernautAA12 Some basic cord like they use for laying brick and or construction is extremely strong, I have a very good feeling it will work, thats why I wanted them to try it. I have lifted (got under) some very strong stuff. For example. Did you know you can cut PVC pipe with dental floss? Just go around the pipe in a U shape and saw it back and forth and it will cut the pipe, I have done it. So a decent size string (not kite string) but something like a strong twine will get under the suction cup.
@@Woodie-xq1ew Thats exactly the type of idea I am suggestion, Stren, that super strong fishing line would work well.
I agree regarding almost all of the devices, not including the Tevlaphee.
You've attached it to a car with high suspension and a cheap one at that.
Imagine you park your pricey sedan or coupe at the parking lot and got this shit attached to your ride. Good luck ripping it off without damaging the car.
They should seriously make that glazed tire donut into a key chain or a collectible. Would sell out immediately.
Donut balancing out the karma after having that sketchy af November guy on 😂
The first one is one we used to use at Lowe’s when I worked there. They used to put on the trailers well similar to I don’t know if exact one
I've literally been looking for these WD40 pens for YEARS! Mine ran out and I could NOT find a new one. Thanks donut!
One flaw with the last one is that you could literally stick your head out of window and drive like that granted you’d still be stuck with it on your windshield but it doesn’t really stop you from driving the car itself but what I’ve gathered from this educational video is that I should keep power tools and pry bars in the trunk just incase
@5:31
Justin must be doing some stuff off camera that he convincingly got him to react like he actually expected Justin to throw the clamp, haha
I think you could beat the Barnacle faster by using a long piece of wire or heavy duty fishing line. Stretch across the full length of the windshield and pull both sides down to slide under the suction cups.
Acetone is even faster. You chemically destroy the suction cup. And don't damage your windshield
@@0utcast have you tried this
After watching you guys rip that 3rd boot off, I question why the cavemen even made tools to begin with
you made this comment with a computer. that's why.
""couple things I noticed ""
Jeremiah needs some sunlight....
Question for Donut, what if you coated front windshield with Rain X or similar before installing suction cup device?
barnacle is gonna get destroyed if i find it on my car. they count on people being woefully prepared to deal with these devices but some of us just happen to have the tools we need. a rope saw will chew thru a barnacle in about 1 minute. it can scream all it wants cuz im long gone and its laying in the parking lot. my tire iron would destroy most of the other ones. the ones where the cylinder sticks out will meet the 2 pound sledge i keep in my trunk as part of work. im not opposed to helping someone else remove one of these things either
*finds barnacle on my windshield* “well…. This is gonna hurt my pocketbook” *smashes window and drives away* “breaking the law, breaking the law, dun, dun!!!”
I feel like the 450$ one wasn't fair! 😂 These two mustardfiddling Buff-Horses with a pry bar could get through anything!
don't underestimate crackhead strength. they'll pry on that sucker until their bones break.
I feel like if they welded some plugs inside the tubes, it would have been a lot harder for them to get enough leverage to bend the bars enough, especially if it were on a normal sized tire.
theres a group of ladies in NY and NJ that take these off for a small fee and they are not buff at all lol
Except a 20 dollar lock
6:06 Bro tore it off... in a chair... with wheels
Take the rubber cover off to insert the pry bar was a stroke of simplistic genius
Justin is an absolute unit😆
U jus sayin he dum cuz he blak. U a rasis n dum
I loved the way he already knew how he was going to take that $400 boot off from the moment he pulled the stopper off the end of it, you can see by the look on his face.
Good to know!! As an electrician I always have a sawzall and metal blades in my truck.
my takeaway from the barnacle, plastic windshield screen protector. if it has sensors for the hinges being turned all you need is a friend and some steady hands.
Yall's advertising is getting so awesome!. I actually want to buy WD-40 now, even more than before.
same here because its good for my future project but sadly, my country (indonesia) don't have kind of this marker
The moment we were waiting gentlemen
That last one warrants mandatory destruction- it'd get thrown into the closest body of water that I could find.
As a former parking enforcement officer I can say that the first one you tried is exactly like the ones my department used. Lightweight and fast but you could definitely defeat it
The 3rd one was impressive because he had his Crocs in low drag mode! Barely any traction, but the launch control did the trick.
How to destroy the boot industry in one video
I like how they are like while it has gps and lets them know you've taken it off. Once it's off no cop in existence could make it to you in 3 seconds.
lol, yeah because they totally didn't get your vin and plate when they put it on so they can show up to your house.
@@Axxman77 It's literally not worth their time. Cops barely care about break-ins, they are not going to go around chasing people for parking too long in a spot.
Really feel like this should have been a Lockpicking Lawyer collab
So… one time somebody removed a few boots for himself and a family member. And once the undamaged boot was returned to the police department but it wasn’t properly accounted for so they thought it was stolen. Eventually he was called to the campus dean’s office. She thought it was funny and made him do community service for a day or two. The community service was easy and fun. Free food was had. No more boot removal from then on lol
Great job Jerry giving direction tips to whip. Nick will be a pro in no time.