Ground-floor windows are the entry a locked door redirects people to · review
A bolt-action window lock for inward-opening windows and French windows. ABUS states a four-pin cylinder, keyed-alike operation, and a mechanism that locks by pushing — the key is needed only to open it.
The conclusion The window lock that stays in use, because closing it needs no key. Check what your frames are made of first.
Securing a door reliably moves attention to the windows beside it, and ground-floor casements are where that attention goes.
You lock a window by pushing the bolt home. The key is only needed to open it again. That sounds minor and it is the difference between a lock that is used every night for years and one that is used for two weeks — because a lock that demands a key at bedtime is a lock people stop bothering with.
ABUS states the lock holds on vinyl only with the appropriate fixing kit. A vinyl frame is a plastic shell around a steel reinforcement channel, and screws that reach only the plastic pull straight out. Finding the reinforcement, or buying the kit designed to reach it, is the whole installation.
On timber, ordinary long screws into solid wood are fine.
ABUS security level 5, on ABUS’s own scale. It ranks this product against other ABUS products. It is not a published European standard, and this page does not translate it into resistance.
A locked window is not an escape route. Key every window lock in the house alike — this one is — and keep the key where somebody could reach it in the dark, out of sight of the glass.
Any accessible window on a timber or properly-kitted vinyl frame.
On sale at $60 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on September 2, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Type | Bolt lock for inward-opening windows and French windows |
|---|---|
| Cylinder | 4-pin, stated by ABUS |
| Keying | Keyed alike |
| Operation | Locks by closing; key needed only to open |
| Rating | ABUS security level 5 — the manufacturer's own scale |
| vinyl | Holds only with the appropriate fixing kit |
| Amazon reference | B0018704GO |
| EAN | 4003318317354 |
Whether it gets used. A window lock that needs a key to close is a window lock that stops being locked after two weeks. Push-to-lock means the habit survives, and the key comes out only when you want the window open.
Only with the correct fixing kit, which ABUS states explicitly. A vinyl frame has a steel reinforcement channel inside it, and screws that reach only the plastic pull out under any real force. If you cannot locate the reinforcement, the lock is decoration.
ABUS's own comparative scale, used to rank its products against each other. It is not EN 1627 or any other published standard, and this site reports it as the manufacturer's classification rather than as a measure of resistance.
7.5/ 10
The window lock that stays in use, because closing it needs no key. Check what your frames are made of first.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on September 2, 2026.
Ground-floor windows that get locked every night, where hunting for a key each time would end the habit.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for home security products and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Hinge-side lock · bolt rated to one metric ton of pressure · ABUS level 10 · 123 × 42 × 86 mm (4.84 × 1.65 × 3.39 in)
A hinge-side security bolt for inward-opening windows — the side almost nobody reinforces. ABUS states the bolt protects up to one metric ton of pressure and rates it at security level 10 on its own scale.
Best for: The half of the window that every other lock in this hub ignores.
≈ $68
Five window locks · push-button, no key · M5×50 screws supplied · white
The five-unit box of BASI's keyless window bolt, for a house with more accessible windows than a three-pack covers. Same push-button mechanism and same 50 mm (1.97 in) screws.
Best for: A house with five or more reachable windows — usually a front, a back and a side.
Three window locks · push-button locking, no key · M5×50 self-tapping screws supplied · white
Three window security bolts operated by push button rather than by key, which BASI states lock by hand and release quickly. Each comes with four M5 × 50 mm (0.20 × 1.97 in) self-tapping screws.
Best for: Doing every ground-floor window at once, without a key for each.
