RE: What is the best stand lock?
Masterlock Python. You can find them in the bicycle section at WalMart for about $25.
I also use the same lock for my trail camera. My dad andI lost the key about 2 years ago and bolt cutters just mashed the steel braided cable, wouldn't cut it. So my dad then tried the cordless sawzall. That wouldn't work either, ended up making the saw jump all over heck. So then my dad tried a good old fashioned hack saw. Sawed each day till the blade broke and then would show up the next day with another blade and saw some more. About a week later and a half dozen saw blades later we found the key.........[8D].
He managed to get about half way through the cable with the hack saw and we still use it today. Best darn lock on the market and at $25ish.......it'sa steal (pun intended). Works for cameras or stands.