[Full Trucker]

Teh Spousal Unit™ and I have decided that since we've kinda been through a lot with the house the past couple of months that we just don't have the bandwidth to do Christmas gifts for each other. So we've decided to just get something we've been talking about for a while as a "gift" to each other—keyless entry and/or a video doorbell.

Who of you all has such things? And if you have one what do you like, what do you hate, what's good, etc.?

We have a few ideas about features we might want, but I'm interested in where you all have landed.

 

[Jozz]

I'll be following this for the keyless entry suggestions. We have a couple of POE cams for outside and no doorbells.

 

[canadmos]

I wish I could remember the lock that was on the place I rented in Snowshoe.

It was not intuitive to use, but I mean maybe that was also user error.

 

[Westy]

Universal keyless door entry system

 

[mandown]

 

[jonKranked]

that was quick. (reaching the point of your marriage where you forego presents and just get something practical for the house).

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Universal keyless door entry system

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Pairs nicely with the universal master key.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Surely @Toshi has succumbed to such nonsense.

 

[Adventurous]

We've got a Eufy doorbell and flood light cameras. They've been decent overall, but not without their faults.

I like that it stores all footage locally on the network storage. No monthly subscription required and supposedly none of it goes to the cloud.

Downsides, the motion activation is sub-par. And by sub-par I mean too sensitive, even with the sensitivity turned down. Shadows, car headlights, trees moving in the wind, they all set the camera off. It got to the point where I had to shut the floodlight off for the front camera cause it was going off all night from bugs. You know, which kind of defeats the purpose.

 

[Toshi]

I have a Nest Cam stuck up under the eaves of the porch (by a 120V outlet up there that I was smart enough to spec during the build). This looks over the front door.

Conventional doorbell.

Eufy Smart Lock C220 for the front door lock. It's ok. Got to make sure the door is latched just right for its little motorized deadbolt to do its thing.

 

[CBJ]

I have had some experience with this

ISEO | Connected Smart

The access control system for residential and light commercial settings, flexible and simple: discover Argo App and smart opening devices.

iseo.com

App not super slick but the lock system was very safe.

I btw also have a Nest Cam actually two overlooking the house and property.

 

[binary visions]

Got to make sure the door is latched just right for its little motorized deadbolt to do its thing.

Since we've been doing the nomadic thing for 4 years now, I have opened literally hundreds of different smart locks in that time.

While I appreciate the automation of the motorized deadbolts, and the fact that they can be triggered remotely, I will say that they are ceaselessly (but mildly) annoying in that respect - I hate fiddling with doors just to let the lock engage, especially because most of them require you to wait for the lock to stop yelling before you can try again.

Also the "auto lock after a period of time" thing sounds good until it tries to lock when it's (deliberately) partly shut and starts yelling at you, or it locks when the door is open and you have to retract the deadbolt to close the door (or don't notice and slam the deadbolt into the door frame).

My favorite locks have been the ones where a code will engage the deadbolt mechanism, to be activated by hand. That's a nonstarter if you need remote lock activation, but if you don't need that, they still provide monitoring/activation notification/etc.

 

[Westy]

I think there will be a point in time where an old fashioned mechanical lock will provide more security than an electrical one, in the same way a manual transmission is a bigger theft deterrent than an alarm.

Hacking an electronic lock requires knowledge, picking a lock requires both knowledge and skill.

Doesn't really matter as any dipshit can go through a window.

 

[4xBoy]

Doesn't really matter as any dipshit can go through a window.

I sure can!

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I think there will be a point in time where an old fashioned mechanical lock will provide more security than an electrical one, in the same way a manual transmission is a bigger theft deterrent than an alarm.

Hacking an electronic lock requires knowledge, picking a lock requires both knowledge and skill.

Doesn't really matter as any dipshit can go through a window.

Or make a hole in a wall with a chainsaw.

 

[HardtailHack]

I have nothing useful to add but the Lockpicking Lawyer vids are fun.

 

[Toshi]

My favorite locks have been the ones where a code will engage the deadbolt mechanism, to be activated by hand. That's a nonstarter if you need remote lock activation, but if you don't need that, they still provide monitoring/activation notification/etc.

that's the variety of Schlage we had before. were it not for the absent-minded 11 year old heading out the front door after I leave some days for her carpool then we'd still have that installed.

I have nothing useful to add but the Lockpicking Lawyer vids are fun.

I haven't watched in a while but he's why I use the bike lock that I do, the Kryptonite 1090 integrated chain.