Fitness Clubs: Locks for Lockers, how to pick

If you own a fitness club you know that your clients look for the best environment and the best time possible. This means not only having good equipment and trainers but also offering them the confidence that the facilities meet the standards that they expect.

And one thing you must pay close attention to is the locks for lockers because your clients will like to have the confidence that their valuables are well kept while the exercise. Remember that most people will leave cell phones, beepers, watches and so on and so forth. Thus you’ll want them to be at peace while enjoying your fitness facilities.

So the question arises on what kind of locker locks to get, right? Well, first and foremost you need to consider durability, we’re talking about an item that has to withstand heavy and constant use, and therefore you need something durable and that can keep working for a long time.

There’s a wide variety of locker locks that you can choose from, like master combination locks or proximity locks. There are also the classic locker locks that use keys. We don’t recommend the later as keys are prone to get lost, broken in use and so on and so forth. Combination locks can be a good idea but they require maintenance and can get damaged or reset very easily, especially after constant use.

In our research we have found that proximity locks are the best idea for this intense use environments because they lack the need of inserting keys, are easier to use and require little to no maintenance from the manufacturer. And the fact that the users spend little contact with them makes them prone to keep working for much extended periods of time.

And if we talk about costs, proximity locks, with their little to no maintenance and less probability of damage, are simply a cost saving alternative, while other type of locks may have lost keys, broken keys, damaged combination mechanisms, and constant maintenance, this ones are simply the choice to make.

As mentioned before, the main advantage of this kind of locks is that the user rarely touches the lock and when it does, the mechanism is never in contact with the user thus reducing the probability of damage or misuse.

If you have had experiences with locker locks and/or own or look forward to open a fitness club, please share your experiences with us by commenting in the field below, we would really love to hear from you, until next time!