Keyed chrome cabinet and drawer cam lock with its 2 keys on a white background
Drawer Security

Keyed Cabinet & Drawer Lock

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Turn the key and the drawer stays shut to anyone without one.

$9.99One-time · free tracked shipping
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  • Shut to anyone without the keyTurn the key and a flat arm swings behind the frame, so the drawer or door can’t be pulled open. Turn it back to open.
  • Four sizes to fit the panelChoose a 16, 20, 25 or 30 mm cylinder, whichever is closest to the thickness of the drawer front or door it goes through.
  • Two keys in the boxOne goes on your key ring, one goes somewhere safe. Nothing to charge, no code to forget, no battery to run flat.
  • One lock, many jobsDesk drawers, medicine and liquor cabinets, filing cabinets, mailboxes and lockers. Anywhere a door or drawer front has room for the body.
Keyed Cabinet & Drawer Lock $9.99

Why lock one drawer

The front door is locked. The drawer isn’t.

People lock the outside of the house and leave the inside wide open. That’s usually fine. But every house has a short list of things that shouldn’t be one pull away from anyone who walks past: the passports, the spare car key, the prescription bottle, the envelope of cash. They end up in the same drawer, and that drawer opens like every other one.

The people who open it are rarely strangers. It’s a toddler who has learned to climb, a teenager’s friend, a dog walker, a cleaner, a guest who was only looking for a phone charger. None of them mean harm, and none of them should have to resist temptation. A key lock settles it quietly. The drawer simply doesn’t open, and nobody has to have an awkward conversation about why.

A cam lock is old, simple hardware, which is the point. There is no battery, no app and nothing to pair. It’s a key, a cylinder and a flat arm that swings behind the frame. Fit it once, and the only habit it asks for is turning the key when you close the drawer.

Lock the things that matter, not just the house around them.
4sizes
16, 20, 25 or 30 mm
2keys
included with the lock
0batteries
nothing to charge or pair
4uses
drawers, cabinets, mailboxes, lockers
Chrome keyed cam lock with its key fitted in the top drawer of a white desk
Pick the right size

Measure the panel. Pick the closest cylinder.

The size is the length of the lock’s cylinder, the part that passes through the door or drawer front. Measure how thick that panel is, then pick the size closest to it: 16, 20, 25 or 30 mm. Too short and it won’t reach through. Much too long and the arm sits too far back to catch the frame.

Fitting it is a short job. The body goes through a round hole in the panel and is held from behind, with the flat arm facing the frame it will lock against. Turn the key to check that the arm swings behind the frame when locked and clear of it when open. If the door has never had a lock, check the photos and measure before you drill.

Keyed2 keys included4 sizesChrome finish
Setup

Setup is measuring the panel

1

Measure the panel

Measure the thickness of the drawer front or cabinet door, then order the cylinder length closest to it: 16, 20, 25 or 30 mm.

2

Check the hole

If an old cam lock is there, take it out and keep the hole. If there’s no lock yet, check the photos and measure, then drill a round hole sized to the lock body.

3

Fit the lock from the front

Push the body through from the front and fix it from behind, with the flat arm facing the frame it will catch on.

4

Test it with the key

Turn the key both ways with the drawer closed. Locked, the arm should sit behind the frame. Open, it should swing clear.

Keep the second key somewhere other than the drawer it opens. If the arm doesn’t catch, the cylinder is usually the wrong length for the panel.
Where it belongs

Any drawer you’d rather nobody opened

The desk drawer with the passports, the bathroom cabinet with the medication, the liquor cabinet, the filing drawer in a home office, the mailbox at the end of the drive. It’s $9.99 a lock, with two keys and no batteries. Measure the panel, choose the closest size, and fitting it is one short job. If it isn’t what you just read, send it back within 30 days. Shipping is free and tracked to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Layer your defense

The lock covers the drawer. The alarm covers the way in.

A locked drawer slows someone down once they’re inside, but it says nothing while they’re getting in. The TremShield Alarm is a thin stick-on alarm for the window or door, with no Wi-Fi and no subscription, and it fires a 125 dB siren the moment someone forces the glass or the door. One alarm is $29.99. Six are $99, which is $16.50 per alarm (Save $80.94).

See the alarm
White TremShield vibration sensor alarm
Good to know

Questions, answered calmly

The TremShield cam lock comes in four cylinder lengths: 16, 20, 25 and 30 mm. Measure the thickness of the drawer front or cabinet door the lock passes through, then choose the size closest to that measurement. A cylinder that’s too short won’t reach through, and one that’s far too long leaves the arm sitting too deep to catch the frame.

A cam lock has a key cylinder that passes through the door or drawer front, with a flat arm, called the cam, on the back. Turning the key swings the cam behind the frame so the door or drawer can’t be pulled open. Turning it back swings the cam clear so it opens normally.

No. A keyed cam lock keeps a drawer or cabinet shut to anyone without the key, such as children, guests or workers in the house. It isn’t built to stop someone with a pry bar and time, who can get through the wood around it. For valuables that need that level of protection, use a safe.

Each order is one chrome keyed cam lock in the size you choose, 16, 20, 25 or 30 mm, with the parts it mounts with and 2 keys. It’s purely mechanical, so there are no batteries, no code and no app.

Only if the door or drawer has never had a lock. A cam lock passes through a round hole in the panel, so replacing an old cam lock reuses the existing hole, as long as the old lock body was the same size. On a new door, check the photos and measure first, then drill a hole to fit the body and fix the lock from behind.

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