It’s time to upgrade your door lock. Here’s why you should go smart.
Your guide to buying the right smart door lock
Smart locks, should be the first thing you consider when comes to home automation. They add not only feature but style to your house. Smart door locks’ design come in all shapes and sizes, and their availability is quickly growing even in Malaysia. No matter your doorstep dilemma, there’s likely a smart lock out there for you. Here are just a few ways a smart lock can change your daily life.
Never need to look for keys again
The whole idea of a smart home is to make your life more convenient. For smart door locks, that includes features like remote access, voice control and scenes. With Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit and Amazon Alexa, you can set up scenes like “OK Google, I’m leaving” that will just unlock your door before you get to it, turn off your lights and fans automatically before you go out.
You can control your smart lock remotely when it is connected to your home Wi-Fi. Forgot to lock the door when you left in a hurry to work this morning? A connected lock will alert you when your door is left open or unlocked. Your will never need to detour to check if your door is locked or not. Especially useful for people like me who are forgetful, staying in condo and forgot if I have locked my door right after I have reached Ground Floor.
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Make your front door more stylish
Smart locks don’t have to be big and shaped oddly. In fact, they can even look like a regular lock. Take the Yale Smart Lock Pro, for example. From even a short distance, it looks just like a door knob. Approach it with the app open, though and you can tap with one finger to unlock the door. Retrofit locks like the August Smart Lock, August Smart Lock Pro, Kwikset Convert or Sesame Lock make your front door look normal, without revealing the smarts inside. Since these locks attach to the inside latch of your deadbolt, your door’s exterior is left unaltered.
That said, if you are looking for an update to your deadbolt hardware, Schlage, Kwikset and Yale make stylish locks featuring both keypads and traditional deadbolt design. Whether you’re in the market for modern or classic, you’ll likely be able to find a smart lock to fit your style.
Keeping your physical keys
Just because you’ve changed to a smart lock doesn’t necessarily mean you have to throw your key away. Some smart door lock can even retrofit like August’s line of locks attach to the interior side of your door, you’ll be able to keep your existing deadbolt, use your old keys and save yourself some installation time in the process.
Let Others in when you’re away
If you’re a vacation rental owner, a customer of cleaning or dog-walking services, or someone who has friends and family popping in often, a smart lock can make your life and others around you easier.
No more making physical copies key over and again, or hiding a spare set in your smelly shoes. You can give out a digital keys instead using the lock’s accompanying app and even restrict when specifically they can use it and even set an expiry time to access your home. For example, you can allow your scheduled part time cleaner to enter only on every Monday and Friday between 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
There’s also the option to allow roommates and family members for unlimited access, so the system works for the entire household.
Getting a connected smart lock for your Airbnb rental can be a big time saver for both guests and hosts and help improve someones stay as well as cut down on management and coordination time with guests.
Keep your home safe
Yup, smart locks are linked to networks, and anyone with a smart lock should absolutely keep their apps updated, passwords secure and use a PIN for unlocking via voice assistants. However, smart locks do eliminate the risk of someone swiping the key from underneath your doormat.
Without the need to make key copies or have a spare, you’ll have fewer methods of entry to your home floating around in the form of physical keys. You can even set some smart locks to automatically lock the door after a set amount of time, or when your smartphone has left the area.
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The Conclusion
Smart locks aren’t necessarily needed by everyone, and you should consider your specific needs before investing in any piece of smart-home technology. Smart locks aren’t the perfect solution to all your security problems and concerns, either. We’ve seen manufacturers work out issues like connectivity and even durability. Still, with built-in protections like emergency battery nodes, PIN requirements and decoy codes for keypads, it is possible to safely and responsibly upgrade your door. If you’re looking for a stylish, smart way to make your daily life a little bit simpler, smart locks can play a helpful role.
