Smith & Wesson1900 Leg Irons Nickel - 350121

I know people use these for legit work. But, I'm just here to say these are super great if you're pervy too. The double lock is great and they feel heavy in all the right ways.

Works as expected, comfortable fit ,

The media could not be loaded. Super strong, if you use them regularly with little maintenance they will last you a lifetime

So far I haven’t had any issues, and have held up to the normal abuse leg irons see in the field.

Great to use if you have transports occasionally or have an arrestee that doesn’t want to cooperate.

Quick shipping and great product

Works just like my issues onesPerfect

These just arrived recently, and they're typical of S&W. I have carried both Smith & Wesson and Peerless handcuffs, extended chain handcuffs, leg irons, etc. since the early 80s. Here's the lowdown.First, the finish on these that people say cause them to look like they're used. No, this is just a brushed nickel, S&W finish. They're not worried about pretty, just function. Peerless is more of a shiny nickel or chrome looking finish.The action: Smith also uses leaf springs in their cuffs. Yep, like those big springs that hole up the bed on your truck. They're strong, and make for a hard click. So much so, that back when I taught tactics at the police academy, we gave them a breakdown drawing that showed how to take a pair of S&W cuffs apart, do an action job on the leaf springs so they wouldn't be so hard to click through and put them back together. Otherwise, speed cuffing with S&Ws is more challenging. Once you loosen the springs a bit, from first touch to fully cuffed happens before they can react in most cases. With Peerless, this action job isn't needed. Peerless uses coil springs and they're much easier to click through and the action is very smooth.The double locking mechanism: The double lock is what you can enable after cuffing someone so that the cuffs won't tighten down further. For instance when you have a prisoner cuffed with their hands behind their back, and they're seat belted into the back seat for transport. You don't want a wrongful injury suit from them getting nerve damage. The Smith uses that little slot that you see across from the keyhole. Old S&W as well as Peerless use a little pin on the bottom side of the cuffs. If you do too good of an action job on the old S&Ws, and drop them, there is a chance you can activate that and then you can't cuff anyone until you put the key in them and disable that double lock.Now onto the differences that just apply to the Leg Irons. Personally, if they were being given to me, I would much prefer the Peerless. They look better, the chain between them is slightly shorter (less than an inch), but not enough to really matter, I prefer the action on them, and even the style. That said, they're more expensive. The Peerless 703C Leg Irons are the basic leg irons and generally run about 1/3 more than the Smith. Then there are the 705C Oversize Leg Irons which are about 3x as much as the 703C. With Peerless, the leg irons overlap the size of their handcuffs, and the oversize leg irons overlap the size of their leg irons, so you're covered.The S&W leg irons somewhat overlap in size between the Peerless leg irons and oversized leg irons. What I mean is, as I recall, they don't go down quite as small at the Peerless 703C Leg Irons, (Not that I can recall that ever being an issue), nor are they quite as large as the 705C Oversize Leg Irons. That's usually not an issue either. The most common issue you might see when that could be a challenge would be if the person was wearing something like combat boots and you wanted to cuff them over their boots.One other difference is the shape of the S&W. If you look, you'll notice they don't look round like the Peerless. That's by design, and is supposed to keep from putting as much pressure on the Achilles tendon. That also helps with some larger ankles.So to sum up, it may go to your preference and if you're using them for business or pleasure. The same key will fit interchangeably between S&W and Peerless standard handcuffs and leg irons. The S&Ws are just flat more economical coming in at a fraction of the price. That said, if you're planning to buy handcuffs as well as leg irons, I will just say that I quit buying the current day Smith cuffs just due to a lack of quality control. As I mentioned, when speed cuffing, the goal is from first touch to fully cuffed is before they can react. Even with action jobs, I have seen one other issue with current day Smiths. When the single rail spins around to engage the teeth to lock, due to sloppy QC, that single rail hasn't entered cleanly between the double rails to engage. Instead, it has been slightly off center and bounced off one side of the double rails.Again, this may come down to just preference, and your intended use. I hope this helps someone who is looking to buy their first pair for work or play.