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We're getting the doors to our house replaced. I'd like to go with a keypad lock, but it's a lot more complicated than I expected. Anyone here have

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jun 23 '17, 08:44

experience with this?

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We have a keypad one. It's not complicated at all. -- nm - Shaun Jun 23, 09:05
if you're going that route, why wouldn't you just go with one of those bluetooth ones or something? keypad seems so 1990 -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 08:49 11
- Battlestar Galactica survived the initial Cylon assault because it was analog, not digital. - crash davis Jun 23, 08:53 2
  - Kilbo's always singing All Along the Watchtower. -- nm - David's iPad Jun 23, 08:55
  - and then there's that -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 08:54
- Not wanting to depend on a device, needing to let a contractor in, etc -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 08:52 7
  - you wouldn't need to go through all this if you just stopped locking your doors -- nm - decline Jun 23, 09:03
  - you can unlock from your phone if you have a hub or an ATV gen 4 and a homekit lock. I favor this over keypad because - amanda jones state university Jun 23, 08:54 5
    - what I like about the keypad is that my parents can get in if they arrive before I get home from work, etc. - Reagen Jun 23, 08:56 4
      - the child point is valid (if the child doesn't have a cell phone). you could easily give your parents a bluetooth code, though. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 23, 09:00 3
        
        She can get a cell phone at the same age I did, 25. - Reagen Jun 23, 09:06
        
        what if his parents have flip phones ? -- nm - decline Jun 23, 09:01 1
        
        My dad and oldest brother will be the last people carrying those. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 09:01
I looked at one last night but it didn't seem that complicated to me so I missed something. - crash davis Jun 23, 08:47 3
- The route I end up going down is to have a keypad on the deadbolt, but not having any lock on the lower handset - prayformojo Jun 23, 08:53 2
  - yeah, that is what I was looking at, a pad on the deadbolt - thanks -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 08:56
  - Yes, we don't have a lock on the handle on ours - Reagen Jun 23, 08:54

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