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Posted: 9/22/2005 3:23:36 PM EDT
[#1]
You have cuffs and don't carry a key
 ?I have both, no preference, no difference. Either one is fine. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 3:27:52 PM EDT
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I just have to know why you don't carry a key.
please explain. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 4:55:44 PM EDT
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I'm betting he's a CO..but I could be wrong!
We have both at work..I wasn't fond of the S&W double lock system but they are starting to grow on me. Peerless are great if they are maintained. I've had more then one pair I couldn't get off due to the double lock sticking. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 5:11:27 PM EDT
[#4]
I like S&W hinged personally.
I don't carry one key either, I carry 3. 
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Posted: 9/22/2005 5:15:48 PM EDT
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This has to be a joke.
THere is no way in Hell he doesn't carry a key!!? Choose the peerless by the way. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 5:36:21 PM EDT
[#6]
s&w
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Posted: 9/22/2005 6:36:06 PM EDT
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Not necessarily. We aren't suppose to carry keys on us inside for obvious reasons..incase we lose it. If he's a street cop..he's got me baffled too. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 6:39:21 PM EDT
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Whichever you choose, be sure they are authorized.
Silicone lube is best. Both will wear out over time. I have several of each hanging in the garage, dead. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 6:52:21 PM EDT
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Had S&W hinged issued to me in the academy, and I bought a set of Peerless hinged a few months ago to compare.
Between the two, I like the peerless. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 7:25:07 PM EDT
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Ok then, this could be. Just wondering, how the hell do you unlock them? |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 11:09:54 PM EDT
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I have one of each. I go to the Peerless cuffs first. Both of mine have the side double lock.
The big issue with my smiths wasn't the diameter of the cuffs themselves but how close together the cuffs are. On some bigger guys it was pretty tough to cuff someone with the smiths but with the peerless it is no problem. The only time I go to the smiths first is if I have to cuff someone with a light build or most females. The peerless cuffs don't restrict their movement as much as I'd like. |
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Posted: 9/23/2005 12:30:32 AM EDT
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With a key I'm not suppose to have!  Any place we have cuff's..there is a key on a big friggen key chain! |
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Posted: 9/23/2005 2:35:14 AM EDT
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Yes, I am a CO. You can have a key if you sign it in and out but generally a Sargent will have keys. We just don’t want keys floating around inside the jail.
By the way I ordered both the S&W and the Peerless. |
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Posted: 9/23/2005 5:15:34 AM EDT
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Kinda like the key to the bathroom at a gas station tied to a cinder block?
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Posted: 9/23/2005 5:44:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2005 11:05:15 AM EDT
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WTF....your Tourette Syndrome acting up?
I have had two sets of Peerless (1 hinged, 1 chained) that wouldn't unlock. I have since switched to all S&W.
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Posted: 9/23/2005 12:34:37 PM EDT
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I have yet to have any problems with my peerless cuffs. In fact they seem to have a much smoother action, then the smith's :)
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Posted: 9/23/2005 1:25:27 PM EDT
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I carry Hiatt's brand handcuffs, they have the Peerless style doublelock feature and are thicker in the single bar area. They are made in Great Britain. They cost a bit more but I've carried them for 10 years now and they have yet to let me down.
http://www.h-tmfg.com/ They've been around since 1780 according to their website. Bobafett126 |
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Posted: 9/23/2005 3:53:05 PM EDT
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S&W's. They're all I've used in seven years.
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Posted: 9/23/2005 4:47:07 PM EDT
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Pretty much... |
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Posted: 9/24/2005 12:21:17 AM EDT
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Peerless all the way... but get the new models (with the larger headed rivets). There was an officer safety bullitin out a while back about being able to dissasemble the cuffs with the D ring of a peerless belly chain. The rivets fixed it. I think this applies to the S&W and Hiatts as well, but Peerless also has a no-questions-asked, lifetime of the cuff warrantee. I know this because I got a pair of broken cuffs (some joker had either broken out of them or put a lot of effort into breaking them) on ebay, sent them in and Peerless sent me a new pair (with the good rivets). I have some of each, and it seems that there are two distinctly different types of S&W cuffs. I have seen some that are as smooth as melted butter and some that appear to have been hand forged by an ogre on depacote (well, maybe not that bad). FWIW, MC
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