Do Probe lockers come with combination locks?

Not in the range KC Supply stocks. Every one of the 90 Probe products we list is fitted with a Type A cam lock and keys on each compartment. Combination, coin-return, padlock hasp and electronic locking are not specified on anything we hold, so if keyless entry is a requirement this range will not answer it.

How much does a Probe locker cost?

Across the 90 Probe products KC Supply lists, prices run from £324.04 to £2,056.64 with a median of £1,056.96. The 15 products under £600 are all Vision Panel lockers; outside that range the cheapest Probe product is £801.18. Measured per compartment, a nested bank works out at about £52.89 while a single-door unit is £324.04.

What is the difference between Standard Metric and Standard Imperial Probe lockers?

They are two body standards within the same range, differing in overall dimensions. Both are cold-rolled mild steel with a powder-coated finish, a Type A cam lock on every compartment, reinforced doors with ventilation slots and a coat hook per compartment. Choose on the space you have to fill rather than on any difference in build.

Can I get replacement Probe locker keys or a master key?

Not from us. KC Supply supplies new Probe lockers and benches; we are not a spares counter. If you have an existing installation, take the lock code from the lock face and go to the manufacturer or a locksmith — it is usually faster and cheaper than going through a retailer.

Are Probe cloakroom benches available in school heights?

Yes. The bench range is offered in Senior, Junior and Infant heights, so the same configuration can suit adults, secondary pupils, primary pupils or nursery children. Height is specified at order and the options are not interchangeable, so confirm it before ordering.

Is a double-sided cloakroom bench better value than two single-sided ones?

It depends entirely on the fittings. On a simple bench, going double-sided costs about £80 to £100. On a bench that also carries an overhead rail and baskets it costs up to £909, because the second side duplicates the hanging and storage furniture. In a wide room, two single-sided benches with the same fittings are often cheaper.

What is a Probe Vision Panel locker?

A full-height steel locker with a clear acrylic panel set into the door, so contents can be checked without opening the compartment. It is useful where visibility matters — schools, clinical stores, security-sensitive sites — and is the wrong choice where the point of the locker is privacy.

Do you supply outdoor or external Probe lockers?

No. Nothing on this page is specified for outdoor siting. Probe manufactures ranges beyond what KC Supply lists, including external and specialist products; if you need a weatherproof locker, ask the manufacturer for a suitable range rather than siting an internal unit outside.

Probe Lockers UK | Steel Lockers & Cloakroom Benches

Probe is one of the UK's best-known names in steel storage, and KC Supply lists 90 Probe products — full-height steel lockers, PowerBox device-charging lockers, cloakroom and changing-room benches, and a large-volume cupboard. Prices run from £324.04 to £2,056.64, with a median of £1,056.96. This page sets out what is actually in that range, what it costs per compartment, and — just as usefully — which Probe products we do not stock, so you do not spend an afternoon looking for something that is not here.

One honest note before the detail. Our Probe product data states "UK manufactured by Probe" on all 90 items, and nothing more about the company. It does not name a factory town, a founding date or a trading history, so this page does not either. If the manufacturing location matters to your procurement paperwork, ask Probe directly rather than trusting a retailer's summary — including ours.

The Probe range at KC Supply — six sub-ranges, 90 products

The catalogue splits cleanly. Counts and price spans below are computed from live prices on this collection, not from a brochure:

Range	Products	Price span	Median
Cloakroom benches	22	£971.06 – £2,056.64	£1,110.43
Standard Imperial lockers	19	£801.18 – £2,020.25	£1,054.74
PowerBox charging lockers	16	£838.96 – £1,795.39	£1,087.20
Vision Panel lockers	15	£324.04 – £537.54	£417.88
Standard Metric lockers	13	£973.13 – £1,695.92	£1,107.42
Perforated lockers	4	£909.30 – £1,114.49	£984.52
Large Volume Cupboard (1829 × 1220 × 457 mm)	1	£1,077.90	—

The entry point into Probe here is the Vision Panel range — and that has a consequence

Fifteen of the 90 products sit under £600, and every one of them is a Vision Panel locker. Outside that range, the cheapest Probe product on this page is £801.18. That is a hard structural fact worth knowing before you start shopping: if your budget is a few hundred pounds, the only Probe you can buy from us is a locker with a clear acrylic panel set into the door.

That panel is a real design decision, not a cosmetic one. It lets a supervisor or a security officer see what is in a compartment without opening it — genuinely useful in schools, custody-adjacent settings, clinical stores and anywhere contraband or perishables are a concern. It is exactly wrong if the point of the locker is privacy. Do not order a Vision Panel unit expecting a blank door; order from the Standard Metric or Standard Imperial ranges instead, and accept the higher entry price.

Cost per compartment: £52.89 to £366.91, and nesting is what drives it

The single most useful number when comparing lockers is not the price of the unit — it is the price per usable compartment. Computed across every door-count product on this page, Probe here runs from £52.89 to £366.91 per compartment: a factor of seven. The driver is not the door count on its own. It is nesting — how many columns share internal carcass walls.

Configuration	Compartments	Price	Per compartment
10-door, flat top, double width	20	£1,057.87	£52.89
10-door, flat top, triple width	30	£1,621.61	£54.05
6-door, flat top, triple width	18	£990.64	£55.04
8-door, flat top, triple width	24	£1,322.62	£55.11
PowerBox 4-door, mains + USB-A + USB-C	4	£975.72	£243.93
Vision Panel 1-door, flat top, 300 mm	1	£324.04	£324.04
Vision Panel 1-door, wide format	1	£366.91	£366.91

The practical reading: a nested bank is roughly six times better value per compartment than a single-door unit, and the difference between double and triple width is marginal (£52.89 versus £54.05). So the real question is whether you have the wall run. If you do, buy width. If you are filling an awkward alcove with a 1-door unit, you are paying a premium for the shape of the room, and that is a floor-plan decision rather than a purchasing mistake.

One outlier is worth naming because it looks like a bargain and is not: the PowerBox 4-door at £975.72 works out at £243.93 per compartment — the worst value in the range apart from single-door units. The 8-door PowerBox gives twice the compartments for a little over £11 more.

What a Probe locker is actually made of

Taken straight from our product data, and no further:

Cold-rolled mild steel carcass and doors, powder-coated finish.
Type A cam lock fitted as standard to every compartment, supplied with keys.
Reinforced doors with ventilation slots; a coat hook in every compartment.
Three carcass colours (Silver/Grey, Black, White) × seven door colours (Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Black, White, Silver).
Two body standards — Standard Metric and Standard Imperial — plus perforated and vision panel door styles, in flat top or sloping top.
Widths from single through double and triple to wide format; door counts of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 16 per column.

What the data does not state, and which we therefore will not state for you: a steel gauge, a warranty period, a lead time, or a British or European standard number. Those phrases appear nowhere in the 90 product descriptions. If a competitor quotes you a gauge or a guarantee on a Probe locker, ask them which document it comes from — it may well be accurate, but it is not something we can confirm from what we hold.

Every Probe locker here is a cam lock. Nothing else.

This is the most common source of disappointment on brand searches, so it is worth being blunt. Across all 90 products, "padlock" appears zero times, "hasp" zero, "coin" zero, "combination" zero and "electronic lock" zero. Every compartment we list is fitted with a Type A cam lock and keys.

That matters for four searches that regularly land on brand pages:

Combination lockers — not fitted on anything we stock. If a keyless entry is a requirement (leisure centres and gyms with day users usually decide it is), this range will not answer it.
Padlock lockers — the doors take a cam lock, not a hasp and staple. You cannot simply supply your own padlocks.
Master keys, replacement keys and locker spares — we are a supplier of new lockers, not a spares counter. If you have a lock code on an existing installation, the manufacturer or a locksmith is the faster route, and honestly the cheaper one.
External lockers, Active Coat lockers and modular locker systems — Probe makes ranges beyond what we list. Nothing on this page is specified for outdoor siting.

For the wider picture on locking, see our guide to locker locks, cam locks, padlocks and master keys.

PowerBox — charging lockers, and the spec matters more than the door count

The PowerBox range (16 products, £838.96–£1,795.39) is a standard Probe carcass with certified internal wiring on a single mains feed and an external safety isolator, CE and UKCA marked. It comes in three charging specifications, and the price spread between specifications is wider than the spread between door counts — so decide the spec first:

3-pin UK mains only — for laptops and anything with its own power brick.
USB-A + USB-C — for phones, tablets and modern school devices.
Mains and USB together — the flexible option, and the dearest.

Worked example from the live prices: a 10-door flat top runs £838.96 mains-only, £1,090.99 for USB-A + USB-C, and £1,164.50 for both. A 16-door flat top is £1,058.65 against £1,770.61. If you know the estate is USB-C, buying mains as well is a substantial spend on optionality. Our laptop charging locker buying guide works through duty of care, cable management and lithium-battery considerations. See also the full device charging locker range and USB-C charging lockers.

Cloakroom benches — 22 configurations, and the options cost more than the bench

Probe's cloakroom and changing-room benches are welded tubular mild-steel frames, powder-coated, with hardwood or black polymer seat slats and full ironmongery and floor-fixing brackets included. They come in Senior, Junior and Infant heights — which is the single most important thing to get right on a school order, and the easiest to get wrong from a website.

The 22 products are a matrix of two decisions: single-sided or double-sided, and what is attached — nothing, coat hooks, an overhead rail, an undershelf, or baskets. Here is what the second decision actually costs, computed from live prices:

Configuration	Single-sided	Double-sided	Difference
Low seat	£971.76	£1,050.80	+£79.04
Coat hooks	£1,056.04	£1,146.86	+£90.82
Undershelf	£999.79	£1,099.43	+£99.64
Low seat with undershelf	£1,007.03	£1,453.68	+£446.65
Low seat with baskets	£1,030.42	£1,505.46	+£475.04
Overhead rail	£1,146.02	£1,601.99	+£455.97
Hook with undershelf	£1,063.40	£1,549.74	+£486.34
Hook with baskets	£1,086.79	£1,601.52	+£514.73
Overhead rail with undershelf	£1,121.42	£2,004.86	+£883.44
Overhead rail with baskets	£1,147.32	£2,056.64	+£909.32

The pattern is worth reading carefully, because it is not the one most buyers assume. Going double-sided on a simple bench costs about £80–£100. Going double-sided on a bench that also carries an overhead rail and baskets costs nine hundred pounds. The reason is that the second side duplicates the hanging and storage furniture, not just the seat. So in a narrow room where a double-sided bench is the only way to seat everybody, specify the simplest attachment set you can live with — a low seat and hooks — and hang the rest off the wall. In a wide room, two single-sided benches against opposite walls will frequently be cheaper than one double-sided bench with the same fittings.

Our guide to choosing changing-room benches and cloakroom seating covers spacing, run lengths and floor fixing in more depth.

Specifying a Probe order in five steps

Count users, not doors. Compartments needed, plus honest headroom for turnover. Then work out the wall run you have.
Buy width before you buy height. Nesting is where the money is — £52.89 a compartment nested against £324.04 standalone.
Pick the door style for the environment. Perforated for wet kit, sports and PPE; vision panel where contents must be visible; solid doors everywhere privacy is the point.
Decide flat or sloping top. Sloping stops items being left on top and sheds dust — worth it in food, clinical and school settings. Flat is cheaper and stacks better against a low ceiling.
Confirm bench height before you order. Senior, Junior and Infant are not interchangeable, and a bench at the wrong height for a nursery is not a return you want to arrange.