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    Posted: 20 Oct 2015 at 7:05pm
...that the swing-out handle next to the door can be flipped all the way over and prevent the door from being opened from the inside? At least it does on our 2010 172. 
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Posts: 122 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Oct 2015 at 7:09pm
Originally posted by Pete Brayton

...that the swing-out handle next to the door can be flipped all the way over and prevent the door from being opened from the inside? At least it does on our 2010 172. 


Uhhhh yup.  I haven't locked the wife in.............yet..............................LOL
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Posts: 1807 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Oct 2015 at 9:04pm
Originally posted by Pete Brayton

...that the swing-out handle next to the door can be flipped all the way over and prevent the door from being opened from the inside? At least it does on our 2010 172. 

If you really put some force behind it you can push the door open even with the bar over the door.  I've seen people push them open with one hand even.  
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Oct 2015 at 8:34am
Yeah, there was a rumor going around the internet for a while that people were being locked in their campers that way by mischievous bands of green rabid wolves ruled by elves, with instructions on how to modify the mounting bracket to prevent it... but... no.
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Posts: 100 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Oct 2015 at 5:10pm
One of our local pod experts, "Pod People," added a piece of metal to the handle mount to prevent this. 


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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Oct 2015 at 8:20pm
Just see this video we made a couple years ago when this rumor started..
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Just see this video we made a couple years ago when this rumor started..


I love being the villain.....muahhahahhahaahaaaa
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Posts: 128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Oct 2015 at 11:22am
Good to know that you can't get locked in!  I guess the handle was designed to be installed on either side of a door depending on which side the hinges are on...pretty smart actually.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Oct 2015 at 1:51pm
Originally posted by kymooses

Originally posted by furpod

Just see this video we made a couple years ago when this rumor started..


I love being the villain.....muahhahahhahaahaaaa




"Nefarious Character"  LOL. It's you.
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Posts: 1807 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Oct 2015 at 2:14pm
Originally posted by furpod

Originally posted by kymooses

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Just see this video we made a couple years ago when this rumor started..


I love being the villain.....muahhahahhahaahaaaa




"Nefarious Character"  LOL. It's you.

Video demands a sequel with better costuming and lighting.
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