Another satisfied RV Lock customer!

jmarnell

Well-known member
I finally replaced all the locks on our Cyclone with RV Locks, taking advantage of their recent Memorial Day weekend sale. It's wonderful going from 4 keys to only 1, not to mention the convenience of the keyless entry. Ordered 2 keyless entry locks, 4 baggage compartment lock handles, and 2 key latches. The locks went on pretty easily. One concern I had was some previous posts about the keyless entry locks not fitting correctly on the full view glass entry doors on the Cyclones unless you cut the window trim to fit since the new lock overlaps the trim. But I found out the foam backing on the lock appears to be thick enough that the lock fit quite will without cutting the window trim. I'll probably add a small bead of silicone along the top just to make sure there are no water leaks, but I liked not having to cut the window trim. The only real complaint I have about their locks is the lack of optional sizes for the key latches, used on the battery compartment door and the fuel filler door. The ones they supplied fit great on the fuel filler door which is only 1/2 inch thick, but it was a real pain getting it to work on the battery/generator compartment door which is almost 1 inch thick. Finally got the lock seated, but had to fashion my own locking tab as the one that came with it was way too short to work. Strange that they don't offer longer key latches, as their baggage compartment lock handles come in 2 sizes to fit different thickness doors.

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marknewbill

Well-known member
Installed on our RE275 travel trailer and it fit and works great. my only complaint is it doesn't "know" the difference between retracted or not, IOW - if there is pressure on the door like you tried to open it with the deadbolt secure, and then push the code to open, it makes the same noise, but it is not open as the bolt was stuck from the pressure and really didn't retract....
then you have to push the door back fully closed and re-enter the code to try to open it again. my home locks will emit an error tone when something like this happens to let you know it did not complete the open or close cycle.
 
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