Would smart locks fit my lifestyle? (lemmy.thewooskeys.com)

submitted 2 months ago by mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm considering installing smart locks on my house's exterior doors. I'm currently looking at the Lockin Veno Solar Face or the Lockly Visage Zeno.

My lifestyle is to always have the doors locked, and we unlock them when we go in or out, and then we re-lock the door behind us.

It seems that smart locks only "smart unlock" the door from the outside, and from the inside you must manually unlock it. I find that annoying and of such an insignificant increase in convenience over my current manual locks that is not worth it.

I suspect that locks that support ultra wide bandwidth (sense the presence of your phone/watch) would unlock from the inside a well as the outside, but I don't want UWB.

Does anyone have experience with smart locks? Do any of them automate unlocking from inside as well as outside?

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[-] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 5 points 2 months ago

My house (and I think most houses) would be trivial to break into even if all exterior doors were bank vault doors. Even with strong locks, many doors have glass in them, windows are easy to pry open or break through and are often left open anyway, spare keys are often hidden in easy to find locations, etc.

My goal with locks is to make it a bit harder or more time consuming for bad actors while not more inconvenient for me. I don't need Fort Knox protection.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yup, there are a number of low skill methods of entry for determined parties. Heck, Ive locked myself out before and have jimmied open windows 😅

I'm in a low crime area and grew up seldom locking doors, and I mainly got the smart lock for the wife's peace of mind knowing that the door is always secure.

I like that LPL is clear there isn't really a foolproof lock, and that as you said, you can strengthen it or delay it hopefully to the point someone will move to an easier target, but that's about it.

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