August Home Smart Lock + Connect, Silver

Great – MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE BUNDLE
I purchased a different lock that looked very cool but failed an hour after installation. This lock installed in 5 minutes and was very easy to configure. It works great.Note: The WiFi gateway does NOT support more than one lock. I made the mistake of buying a 2nd lock assuming it would just work. Wrong. I had to get the bundle for each lock.UPDATE. It’s been a couple of weeks and the locks are working flawlessly. Absolutely the best choice in smart deadbolts.

Mostly exactly what I’m looking for
I really like the lock for relative ease of installation and keeping the standard lock appearance on the outside. Most, if not all, other lock systems require you to replace the outside portion of the dead bolt as well. This can involve rekeying or complete loss of a key slot at all.I say relative ease, because I did not see the part waaaay at the bottom of their product info page that this is made for single cylinder deadbolts only. This is important, because double cylinder dead bolts have shorter tailpieces and do not engage the back of the August. I had to get a different tailpiece for it to work. 2nd problem was the door. It is a 9 light window door that is very wide. This put the frame of the window very close to the lock location making it impossible to engage the latches to attach the lock to the plate. I had to loosen the frame and pull it away from the door to get the unit seated and locked in. Fortunately this was in a garage, and they never installed the screw finish plugs so I could access them.(you can see what I mean in the picture).As far as the lock itself, so far it does everything I expect. I love the auto relock feature. I’m often in and out of the garage with my arms full. Previously I had a key lock on the inside for extra security, but because of it being a key lock, never used it. With this, I can shut the door behind me, knowing I won’t have to go out into the cold garage later to check if it’s locked.I haven’t had an opportunity to test the geofencing unlock feature.Operation is reasonably quiet. Not silent, but quieter than I thought it would be.On to the remote features. For being a relatively expensive stand alone item, this is not a very good unit. I would expect it to be a much stronger signal, both from the lock, and to the wifi. As per the instructions, you have to have the unit plugged in within 10 feet of the lock. This doesn’t offer much flexibility. Surprisingly, I have a very close outlet in the garage, and it still reads only “good” for the bluetooth connection. Admittedly, we are at the edge of our wifi range in the garage, but a wireless security camera mounted outside has no problem getting a signal. The August remote doesn’t always connect.I like that you can have different accounts for different users, but still have them as an “owner”. Another device I have we just log into the same account, as the secondary account is limited in access. Not a huge deal, but knowing who utilized the lock is nice info.

Had for three years now with extreme weather and heavy use
We have a large family and none of us work from home, so this lock has been used multiple times a day and night every single day for three years now. We live with very humid summers and below zero temps during long winters. We do not have a storm door on the door we use this lock, so it’s had wind gusts, snow, rain, and ice and still going strong. The batteries have been replaced once a year. I didn’t expect that, I thought they’d need to be replaced much more frequently. We have not had any issues with it.What I’ve loved about this lock is the app that is used with it. It is so easy, a bright red dot on the screen means it is locked, tap the dot and it unlocks. My mom with limited dexterity can easily use it and doesn’t need to fumble with a key or through the app. I can check the app from work to make sure the door is locked after I know everyone has left for the day. If it isn’t, I can lock it from anywhere remotely. If there is a day I know I’m running behind before younger kids are coming home I can unlock the door when I know they’re arriving and know they can go inside and I’m on the way and will be there soon. We can also provide access permanently or temporarily to other people, like our adult children that have moved away, or company we have in town for a few days.Another benefit is that we still have the exterior deadbolt piece fully functional with this smart lock deadbolt. So our regular house key works still, too. The smart lock just is a mechanism that turns the deadbolt open or closed from the inside. We kept our doorknob lock, so we can lock that one as well if desired.You do need to have an outlet nearby the door you install this lock, for the wi-fi bridge to plug into.

Lock is well made and very easy to install. The deal breaker was the wifi bridge connectivity. It could not connect when plugged into an outlet 5 feet to the right, or an outlet 3 feet to the left of the lock. It was only able to connect from an outlet directly facing the lock within 10 feet and the connection was still flakey. Too bad, as the lock would have been a perfect addition. Returned.

Es totalmente recomendable, se instala en minutos, batalle un poco con la configuración en la aplicación, pero una vez que entendí como era, todo fue más rápido.La instalé hace aproximadamente 3 meses, e inicialmente me desilucione un poco porque no funcionaba con control de voz de Alexa, pero la fuí probando con la aplicación de forma remota y la apertura automática con la presencia del celular y me fue enamorando. Al día de hoy ya funciona bien con Alexa, ya puedo abrir y cerrar la cerradura con la voz, es muy útil cuando llevas prisa o cuando necesitas que alguien entre a tu casa y tú no estás. El diseño es muy elegante, de hecho me gusta más que la versión pro hablando de lo estético. Desconozco las ventajas operativas de la pro sobre esta.