![]() Make sure you have your phone with you so you can use the app to unlock the door. MORE BAD: If your hands are even the slightest bit damp or wet you can forget about getting into your house. I have only been using them for several days so I can't say how long they will last. I have opted to use NiMh rechargeable batteries. At this rate the lock will cost over $50 a year in batteries if you use lithium. I checked the batteries with a tester and two of the four were almost completely dead and the other two were weak. About three weeks later the lock stopped opening, even though the battery level in the app said 60%. I thought I'd be good for about six months. I replaced the batteries with four lithium AA batteries. The original four alkaline AA batteries that came with the lock lasted about a week. THE BAD: This lock eats batteries faster than cookie monster can eat a plate of cookies. You then speak the code when prompted to unlock the door. Anyone can lock the door, but to unlock it first you need to enable voice commands in the Alexa app and enter a four digit code. It integrates with Alexa so you can lock & unlock the door just by using your voice. You can set the lock to lock automatically after a delay between thirty seconds and ten minutes. This can be a bit annoying if you bump the sensor with your finger while closing the door and it locks when you don't want it to. Anyone can lock the door whether enrolled or not. To lock the door you simply touch the sensor with any finger. No internet connection is required for the lock to work, so it will function during a power failure or internet outage. There is no perceivable delay between finger placement and the door unlocking. OPERATION: The lock responds immediately to a finger placed on the sensor. If you have more than one of these locks you will need to enroll everyone on each lock separately, there is no way top copy users between locks. All of the fingerprint info is stored in the lock itself and not in the app or in the cloud. ![]() The fingerprint enrollment process requires you to place your finger on the sensor three times in order to get a good read. Adding the lock to my account and adding three users took about 20 minutes. The software was straightforward and had good instructions. The motorized deadbolt will need to operate without obstruction, if it rubs the doorframe you will need to adjust your door in order for it to operate properly. The hardware installation took about 10 minutes. INSTALLATION: The lock comes well packaged with clearly marked parts compartments and great instructions. I'll go over the good points first, then the bad. When I got this lock I thought it was going to be a great addition to my home, but unfortunately it has several shortcomings that make it mediocre at best. The Kwikset Halo Touch is at best a work in progress.
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