I realise my conservative attitude is somehwat contradictory given that many apartment blocks have an electronic entry system to the building for guests who ring the doorbell/press the buzzer. And yet, a mechanical lock for my front door still feels more re-assuring to me than an electronic one. But as you say, we're in the "early adopter" phase and perhaps it's just a matter of time before electromechanical locks become commonplace and accepted.
Mechanical locks will always be more comfortable to me, I'm sure. But I think that has something to do with understanding how it works. I'm a mechanical security guy, I'm able to follow the general field of electromechanical security and have a sense of info/network/app security, but I'll probably never completely know how those things are keeping me safe.
Don't electronic locks come with a backup key in case the battery goes dead? I have a Schlage Camelot and it does have a spare key, not sure if it's commonplace.
Most do, only the Haven explicitly positions themselves as anti-key, but Yale offers a keyless experience and it is possible to go completely keyless with both Lockitron and August as well.
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I realise my conservative attitude is somehwat contradictory given that many apartment blocks have an electronic entry system to the building for guests who ring the doorbell/press the buzzer. And yet, a mechanical lock for my front door still feels more re-assuring to me than an electronic one. But as you say, we're in the "early adopter" phase and perhaps it's just a matter of time before electromechanical locks become commonplace and accepted.
Mechanical locks will always be more comfortable to me, I'm sure. But I think that has something to do with understanding how it works. I'm a mechanical security guy, I'm able to follow the general field of electromechanical security and have a sense of info/network/app security, but I'll probably never completely know how those things are keeping me safe.
Don't electronic locks come with a backup key in case the battery goes dead? I have a Schlage Camelot and it does have a spare key, not sure if it's commonplace.
Most do, only the Haven explicitly positions themselves as anti-key, but Yale offers a keyless experience and it is possible to go completely keyless with both Lockitron and August as well.