The residential Schlage changed design, a couple years back. I really hate the new ones. Kwikset has suffered quality, but less so than Schittlage. (just made that one up, now). I'd go Kwikset.
That, and toothpast tubes, too? You have many talents.
I've installed a couple of those battery power Kwiksets. Havn't gotten any complaints. One was for an older fellow who had polio. His right arm doesn't work, and the push button design is easier for him to use.
I sure feel a lot more comfortable with mechanical keys. Not that power goes off every day, but often enough. The Kwikky you show, should give you years of service. Please feed it good quality alkaline or lithium AA cells for good service.
Go with the electronic deadbolt, they are super! We have had them both on our home and on our shop for over four years. Don't worry 'bout the batteries, just change them every two years or so to be on the safe side. Ours are four years old and I have not changed the batteries yet. The neat thing is that you can put in a temporary combination to let someone use for a given period of time and then remove that combination when it is no longer needed. This option is great for when you are going to be gone for a period of time and want to neighbor to check your home every so often.
I would imagine it is pretty easy to drill a small hole in one of the battery-powered solenoid locks and short it out, with the result being that you can bypass the keypad and gain entry into the house.
The trick, of course, would be having a template for exactly *where* to drill the hole, but since there are only a few models available, it wouldn't take a devoted thief much work to come up with a few.
Hi, Ditto. I have a small LED fob on my key ring which helps find key hole in the dark. Living in COLD climate I just can't depend on anything battery operated.
Maybe we're talking at cross-purposes. I thought your point was that the electronic deadbolt wouldn't have enough oomph to retract the bolt if the bolt was tight against the strike plate. My point was that pulling on the doorknob, whether with or without a key is necessary if the bolt is tight. I like to put in my bolts tight so there is no play at all when the door is closed. You have to turn a knob to open a door whether it has an electronic deadbolt, a keyed deadbolt, or no deadbolt at all. What did I misinterpret?
Smitty was asking what happened if the deadbolt was tight - intimating that there was nothing to pull on on a deadbolt. My point was that it is the extremely rate residential door that has a deadbolt and nothing else.
I haven't been following the whole thread, but I have used electronic deadbolts for almost 10 years now and am very happy with them. You
*do* get feedback regarding how hard they are working via the noise they make. The noise also tells you when the battery needs to be changed. When the battery isalmost dead, you have to open it twice to fully retract the bolt.
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