Red pill me on electronic door locks. Specifically deadbolts. Does ANSI rating matter that much? I bought a house not so long ago but I haven't rekeyed the locks. I'm playing with the idea of buying electronic door locks from Amazon and just installing them myself. Seems better than asking some locksmith to rekey my existing Schlage locks.
I don't like the idea of being locked out of your house because there's no power. Plus I've heard that people smarter than I have traditional lock and key for schizo reasons.
They operate on batteries and can be unlocked with a manual key. I guess main point would be convenience.
>ring doorbell let's the cops know I'm home
>ring deadbolt reads the authorized warrant, opens the door for them
>samsung smart fridge opens the beer drawer
>ikea smart dog bed detonates ATF override charge, instantly killing my dachshund
>piggies spooked by loud noise.
>They start spraying the house and walls down with full auto fire
>my children dead in their beds
>neighbors dead in their beds
Oh shoot guys, this is 123 mayflower st, we're supposed to be at 123 mayflower Ave. That's across town.
Sorry for the disturbance sir.
They aren't any better than traditional ANSI graded locks, and sometimes have worse flaws. Locks are only good for keeping animals and honest people out. See LockPickingLawyer on israeliteTube for information.
What I concluded from this is that if a lock has a key hole , this guy can pick it. So in theory any kind of lock would be ok because it's mostly just a matter of making things more difficult OR I would need an electronic lock which doesn't have a key hole, in which case the door could still be opened but it would be very noisy.
He doesn't test very many good locks, he can still pick them it's just a couple.minutes vs a few seconds, and he is very good.
A medeco with two or three of their tricks stops virtually anyone except these high end locks port guys. A schlage 6pin with security pins or most European locks stops almost everyone.
Still, evebnwith some masterlock piece of garbage you're gonna get someone destroying your door or window before they think about picking the lock.
Spies pick door locks because it's covert.
first of all you can't have
>doesn't have a keyhole
AND
>unlocked with a manual key
purely magnetic locks are rated by holding force, you would need a failed closed to keep your house secure and then a key backup anyway.
how would you operate them? a phone or a card in a wallet is much more likely stolen than a key, as unlikely as it is.
No thief is going to pick the lock of your door when they can open it with 2-3 hard kicks. A lock is just to prevent "honest criminals" from getting tempted.
It really depends what you want to do. You will still carry a key around (Why not? you need your car keys don't you?) but if the convenience of keying in a code is worth it they can be good. Some of them let you set temporary codes for visitors to enter when you're not home, that expire/change. this is good if you have say, family members who come over when you're not home, or a dogsitter or something, but don't want to just give them a key (which they can copy). Contractors too for construction. Also, if you have nosey family who you don't fully trust for 24/7 access but still want to give them access for this that or the other thing.
I wouldn't do any kind of "Smart" deadbolt, just a keypad one that runs on AA batteries. The batteries last about a year or two. Also good if you routinely leave for work and forget to lock your door (you can have them auto-lock when the door is closed.)
A lot of them featured on lpl seem to open with just a strong magnet
Really easy to break into.
Thieves can just watch you type in your code, or just assume the the three dirty buttons must be important.
They could also just open a window or kick down the door. The point of a lock isn't to keep your security, it's to keep their honesty.
As to OP, I don't like 'em. Needing a FOB each time you enter or exit, or needing to punch numbers unless God-forbid the battery goes out. Better to just have a regular-ass deadbolt. Put a keybox in a somewhat nondescript place bolted to your house in case you're moronic enough to not have your key on you.
This.
If you're forcing a door, the frame or hinges will fail before the deadbolt, and glass is easy to smash for quick entry.