Keyless Entry Fingerprint Digital Smart Lock with Handle & Keypad: Electronic/Electric Lock with Code, App Control Biometric Deadbolt Door Knob for Front, Interior, Exterior & Bedroom Door (Silver)

Great smart lock for a good price
Great value with many ways to unlock including: key, digital key, fingerprint, keypad, and also using app . Good quality build and has been very reliable

Going Good – So Far
I purchased five of these locks a few months ago along with a Wi-Fi gateway – more on that later. As for the locks I have to say that I am impressed currently – who knows what the future holds. They arrived securely packaged and the installation was straight forward. I did have to chisel out a couple of the jam strike plate areas to allow for their proper placement. You do want to pay attention to step 4 in the installation guide regarding the location of the “▲”. But don’t worry if you mess it up just take the lock off and do it right this time!Setting things up can be a pain if you have multiple locks and need to get a bunch of people’s fingerprints registered separately on each lock. (Minor criticism)Here’s a tip:The fingerprint readers work well, but they’re sensitive to finger placement. Make sure your finger is positioned the same way each time you use it, especially as it was during registration. For example, if you reach for the handle and press your thumb differently than when you first registered it, the sensor may not recognize it.Only kind of grumble I have is regarding that same fingerprint sensor. If moisture is involved, I hope you remember your code or have a registered card with you. It’s not as bad as I made that sound but if your hands are wet or there’s moisture on the sensor it can be very particular about recognizing your fingerprint. I have used my code a few times because of that little issue.I was worried about battery life, but I can tell you that, after 3 months, two locks are still at 100%, while the other three show 95%. So, I guess we’re good to go there.Oh yeah, the gateway. The gateway’s only purpose is to provide remote access via the internet and/or integrate with smart home systems like Alexa. And there’s a little disappointment here as well. Yes – you can lock, unlock, and check the status of each lock via Alexa. But you can only do it one lock at a time.SIDENOTE: Alexa+ handles this better and will address multiple locks in the same request.P.S. These locks are NOT waterproof, they are water resistant – which means they might survive a heavy dew. The one lock I have that is exposed to the weather now sports an outdoor keypad cover, it just needed a little modification for the door handle.I can’t rate them as five star, but I would give them 4 1/2 if I could. Yeah, I can recommend them – but don’t come looking for me if your experience isn’t the same 🙂

Bad Button Placement
Update — I bought a second one against my better judgement and it doesn’t work. The screws stripped out and it became a huge pain in the ass to uninstall.The problem isn’t with the lock itself since the functions (minus the fingerprint reader) works great. The problem is where the override lock button is located. Eventually I’ll buy a different lock and move this one somewhere else, but for now it works and is a good price.Override Lock FunctionThere is a tiny switch on the front of the knob on the house side that clicks on and off to allow you to override the other features so no one can enter the house even with a code or fingerprint assigned. However, it is in a terrible spot. If you hold onto the door and shut it as you’re leaving the chances of brushing against it and triggering it and locking yourself out are VERY high. Ask me how I know. :)Anyway, if you’re careful of that, you can avoid it. The second issue is my dogs have triggered the button twice now as well. It was solved with a dog gate but if you have this in an area where you can’t have a dog gate and your dogs can reach the lock, you can be easily locked out.Having a function where you had to press the button down and move it in the opposite direction it was currently set might fix the issue, but I think the answer is to totally move the button to the very bottom of the unit.Fingerprint ReaderSimply does not work. I have tried to register a few different fingers and done it a few different times but it never works after the initial first time setting it up.

After only 2 months, the fingerprint stopped working and locking mechanism failed to unlock. We’ve been left outside several times as none of the 5 different ways to get inside (not even the physical key) worked to unlock the door. Useless and a waste of money.