Keypad Deadbolts- do I want Wifi?

[Bernadine]

I thought I read something here that the wifi enabled ones are more easily hacked? Seems so convenient though…

[ECB]

Ours is wifi. I can’t say that I’ve really taken advantage of it, though. I’ve occasionally locked it after I’ve gone to bed and realized i didn’t lock it. But I’ve never unlocked it from outside using wifi.

[whattheheck]

I don’t have a WiFi one. I always have a second code programmed in case I need to give someone access and then I change it right after.

[joy]

I’m pretty anti-wifi stuff for normal things. Just lock the door.

I do like the keypad locks, tho. We have a lockbox outside with a key just in case but we don’t need to carry keys for the house anymore!

[ECB]

Wifi aside - i LOVE having a keypad lock. We have 2 codes - one for just us, another we give our dog walker and cleaning person. It’s so nice not to have to deal with keys, especially as my car has the remote start now. I never need to pull my keys out.

[wanderingback]

My partner just told me our systems are connected via z-wave, which is supposed to be more secure than wifi. Pre-covid he traveled a lot for work internationally and would be away from the house for weeks at a time so it was absolutely worth it to use the z-wave technology remotely to be able to monitor the house. But of course not a necessity!

[fivechickens]

My friend has a keypad deadbolt (w/o wifi) and he loves it.

[RitzyHeifer]

Dec 26, 2021 9:52:10 GMT -5 joy said:

I’m pretty anti-wifi stuff for normal things. Just lock the door.

I do like the keypad locks, tho. We have a lockbox outside with a key just in case but we don’t need to carry keys for the house anymore!

Same. Anything we have that was a wi-fi option (garage door opener, refrigerator, thermostat, etc) we don’t use it, there just simply wasn’t an option for one without it.

We do have all keypad locks on our house though - the non WiFi version is great and super handy. Ours are Schlage brand and they are easy enough to program new codes as needed - for house sitter or whatnot- but not as easy as the Kwikset brand which are too easy to reset, so are super hackable even without WiFi.

[isabel]

We have a non-wifi Schlage keypad lock on our garage door. We hardly ever lock it since it’s in the garage, but I like the mechanics of it a lot.

[mala]

We deliberately did no wi-fi or bluetooth. Love it anyway.

[steamboat185]

We have 2 keypad deadbolts, which we love and neither has Wi-Fi. It just seemed like something else to worry about. We can set codes as needed and the door has an alarm option everything else seemed unnecessary.
Edit I was also worried that the Wi-Fi would kill the battery faster. We don’t want to have to replace them more than once a year.

[verycontrary247]

Dec 26, 2021 11:25:01 GMT -5 mala said:

We deliberately did no wi-fi or bluetooth. Love it anyway.

Same. My husband works in infosec and is adamantly against wifi or Bluetooth locks.

We have a basic Kwikset deadbolt lock and it's great.

[shananagins]

Ours is WiFi and I like that I get a notification when it gets locked and unlocked. So when we are out of town and the kid next door feeds the cat I can see when she comes and goes and that she locks the door.

[fryjack2]

We purposefully didn't get a wifi lock. I didn't want to be stuck locked out if wifi was down. We also suck at tech stuff and the keypad with codes for specific people- cleaners, neighbors, etc. were easier.

[Bernadine]

Dec 26, 2021 13:37:04 GMT -5 shananagins said:

Ours is WiFi and I like that I get a notification when it gets locked and unlocked. So when we are out of town and the kid next door feeds the cat I can see when she comes and goes and that she locks the door.

We have a ring, so I feel like we have that part covered.

[mrsukyankee]

We purposefully did non-wifi for our keypad. We just wouldn't use it enough and the hacking issue is enough to keep us from it.

[felicity]

We have a Schlage non-Wifi one with push buttons. It is probably the ugliest lock out there, but functional so I don't care. I am glad we have it.

I think I didn't get Wifi at the time because the reviews weren't as good, it seemed like more hassle, and I didn't see a real need for how we use it. We rarely change codes or need people in the house, and it's not hard to program and remove new codes. I wasn't overly concerned with the Wifi security, though. If someone wanted to break into my house that badly that they would hack my Wifi door lock, they could probably figure out other ways to get in, so that was the least of my reasons for not getting it.

[Susie]

I've been debating wifi vs. no wifi, I want to put a keypad lock on our rear-facing exterior laundry room door.  This thread is making me lean in the non-wifi direction.

[muffin0]

Dec 26, 2021 13:05:19 GMT -5 verycontrary247 said:

Dec 26, 2021 11:25:01 GMT -5 mala said:

We deliberately did no wi-fi or bluetooth. Love it anyway.

Same. My husband works in infosec and is adamantly against wifi or Bluetooth locks.

We have a basic Kwikset deadbolt lock and it's great.

LOL (not snarky) my husband is as well and is definitely an over thinker when it comes to this stuff.

The average person who would break into a house isn’t going to spend any amount of time trying to hack into a system. They would break a window or get in some other way as fast as they can.

Our house isn’t some secure fortress where the only way to get in is one door with a lock. We have windows and sliding glass doors.

We both feel that the chances of someone hacking into any of our locks are smaller than someone just breaking into our house via a window or door.

That said - we rarely actually use it via Wi-Fi, we haven’t had to add any codes, lock things remotely, but we do like that we can if needed.