Door smart locks

[skyebear]

Has anyone found a decent, reliable and secure smart lock for an exterior residential door that they would recommend?

Thanks!

[OldGermanHeaps]

Yale conexis is good.

[JD]

Following with interest.

Going to be ordering a pair of Aqara U200 in the next few weeks unless I hear of any reason not to.

[FMOB]

I would check which ever one you chose is acceptable to your insurer, they may have list of locks that are acceptable, could help in identifying something suitable.

[surveyor]

OldGermanHeaps said:

Yale conexis is good.

Ours is st. Or rather it is good when it works - but randomly the handle seems to freeze and I have to reseat the Bluetooth module to get it working. Which is inconvenient if I'm bloody locked out.

[Byker28i]

Do not link it to Alexa

A colleague was saying about how he had one, could open the front door for visors through Alexa...

"What happens when you shout through the letter box, Alexa - open the front door..."

He took it off...apparently he tried it and it did

[FMOB]

Byker28i said:

Do not link it to Alexa

A colleague was saying about how he had one, could open the front door for visors through Alexa...

"What happens when you shout through the letter box, Alexa - open the front door..."

He took it off...apparently he tried it and it did

Surely the question should be 'Alexa open the front door and where are the car keys?'

[OldGermanHeaps]

surveyor said:

Ours is st. Or rather it is good when it works - but randomly the handle seems to freeze and I have to reseat the Bluetooth module to get it working. Which is inconvenient if I'm bloody locked out.

Must be faulty, never had that issue.

[emicen]

The Gadget Show have done a couple of sections on these, may be available on catch up or YouTube.

The Yale smart lock looks interesting, I want to include one smart door on our new house so I don't need to take keys out with me when I go for a ride.

[JimexPL]

We've supplied and installed several types over the years, and depending on the situation can be a great addition
e.g. access to a porch for deliveries, or a side gate/door to a garden, outbuildings.

If they don't have a physical key override, or there isn't another way of getting in to the property I would want the client to be fully aware of the potential failure point locking them out.

Some systems fail 'open' and others 'closed' following a power failure.
Many are not compliant with UK insurers as external locks for a residential property.

[skyebear]

Thank you all for your replies and information. The information about possibly not being compliant with insurance is a great point - thanks.

Maybe a better, traditional lock is the way to go for now.

Thanks!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Ultion euro cylinders

[Arlen]

Making sure there is a manual way of opening it would be key (pun not intended!).

Which in that case makes having anything other than a key lock pointless to me. It just adds a complexity that is not needed.

[JD]

skyebear said:

Thank you all for your replies and information. The information about possibly not being compliant with insurance is a great point - thanks.

Maybe a better, traditional lock is the way to go for now.

Thanks!

Just to point out, most “smart locks” are just actuators that still rely on a traditional locking mechanism. So you can normally use them with whatever high rated euro cylinders you like.

[AW10]

Byker28i said:

Do not link it to Alexa

A colleague was saying about how he had one, could open the front door for visors through Alexa...

"What happens when you shout through the letter box, Alexa - open the front door..."

He took it off...apparently he tried it and it did

A friend in the US has a Yale smart lock linked to Alexa - to unlock the door via Alexa you have to give an unlock command and then a 4 digit numerical PIN.