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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
My condo building only allows the Schlage locks (for aesthetic consistency). The Schlage Sense that was on the door crapped out about 1 year after we moved in (it was 6 years old at that time). I replaced it with a Schlage Encode. Very happy with it so far. Easy to install and use.

Ahh yes, the good old HOA

God forbid you have another brand, a vortex might open up and the entire universe gets sucked in

It's Karen approved!

I have Schlage Encode and Yale and like them both.

I have had 3 Nest Yale smart locks in our houses in Texas. Always have gone back to it.

We bought another house recently and did a lot of readings on Amazon, CNET and other sites. UltraLoq, August, Yale, etc. Talked with my brother who has had the August unit for years. And again we went back to Nest Yale unit. This is our 4th unit now.

It has no key to pick. Uses standard AA batteries (4 of them) which lasts a long time. It notifies you thru the app and the lock when batteries are low. And even if you ignore those notifications and it dies, you can run to the store to get a 9v battery to juice it from the outside and punch in your code to enter, so no lockout, no physical key to pick or hide somewhere.

The latest 4th Gen August doesn't use AA batteries anymore but those 2032 batteries iirc and some reviews said that they chew thru those quite rapidly. UltraLoq reviews said that the fingerprint is nice but not working properly for many people. Also the buttons could show wear with repeated use. But in any case UltraLoq seems interesting and much cheaper than Nest Yale from stores and it was a tough decision for me between it and the Nest Yale. In the end though I decided to go back to the trusted one over the years and got the Nest Yale on eBay new for about $170 shipped.