I recently installed the Yale Assure 2 smart lock on my front door. Actually, I should say that a person that is much handier than I installed the lock on my front door! Apparently there are many varieties so be careful when shopping. We purchased one that is bluetooth only but they also have bluetooth and wireless. Wireless would allow you to control the lock from a distance outside of bluetooth range. The keypad we have is not a touch screen. The buttons are smooth but certainly tactile enough to discern which number is which. There is a bump dot on the number five and the keys are laid out in a telephone pattern.
The mobile app for iOS is mostly accessible but is slightly difficult to understand at first. But honestly, once it is set up, I have had no real reason to use the app. I was able to create a keypad code and can see the activity of when the lock was opened/closed. I was able to set the lock to automatically close after a period of two minutes. The company has telephone customer service and they were very friendly and tried to help as best they could. Installation might require sighted assistance but I'm not 100% sure as my teenage son insisted on setting it up. There is a QR code under the battery cover that connects the app to that particular lock.
I have not had to change the batteries yet but would imagine that the app will notify me.
I have the Yale Real Living Push Button Locks. My front door has the dead bolt version, while my two back doors have the lever version. The lever version replaces door knobs on doors that do not have dead bolts. They are controlled by my hubitat hub controller. There is no app for these locks. They preceded the assure locks by Yale. I am not sure they are even in production now. However, they are reliable and the touchpad is quite easy to use. And my hub populates the iPhone home app, so they are voice controlled both by Siri and Alexa.
My only issue is that one of the back doors is on the other side of a fire wall--part of which has my fireplace--so its a real fire wall. The controller has trouble maintaining z-wave connection to it. Apparently z-wave and stone walls do not like each other. I do have a z-wave repeater there, but the connection remains a little unreliable.
There are two versions of both locks. Push button and touch screen, and the lock name will specify which is which right in the product name.
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Yale Assure 2 Smart Lock
I recently installed the Yale Assure 2 smart lock on my front door. Actually, I should say that a person that is much handier than I installed the lock on my front door! Apparently there are many varieties so be careful when shopping. We purchased one that is bluetooth only but they also have bluetooth and wireless. Wireless would allow you to control the lock from a distance outside of bluetooth range. The keypad we have is not a touch screen. The buttons are smooth but certainly tactile enough to discern which number is which. There is a bump dot on the number five and the keys are laid out in a telephone pattern.
The mobile app for iOS is mostly accessible but is slightly difficult to understand at first. But honestly, once it is set up, I have had no real reason to use the app. I was able to create a keypad code and can see the activity of when the lock was opened/closed. I was able to set the lock to automatically close after a period of two minutes. The company has telephone customer service and they were very friendly and tried to help as best they could. Installation might require sighted assistance but I'm not 100% sure as my teenage son insisted on setting it up. There is a QR code under the battery cover that connects the app to that particular lock.
I have not had to change the batteries yet but would imagine that the app will notify me.
Yale Real Living Locks
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I have the Yale Real Living Push Button Locks. My front door has the dead bolt version, while my two back doors have the lever version. The lever version replaces door knobs on doors that do not have dead bolts. They are controlled by my hubitat hub controller. There is no app for these locks. They preceded the assure locks by Yale. I am not sure they are even in production now. However, they are reliable and the touchpad is quite easy to use. And my hub populates the iPhone home app, so they are voice controlled both by Siri and Alexa.
My only issue is that one of the back doors is on the other side of a fire wall--part of which has my fireplace--so its a real fire wall. The controller has trouble maintaining z-wave connection to it. Apparently z-wave and stone walls do not like each other. I do have a z-wave repeater there, but the connection remains a little unreliable.
There are two versions of both locks. Push button and touch screen, and the lock name will specify which is which right in the product name.
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