Smart Lock, Ruveno Slim Smart Door Lock, Fingerprint Door Lock, Waterproof Keyless Door Lock, Keypad Door Lock with Key, Smart Home Device Work with Alexa (Grey)

 

Bought this for our garden shed/office as we need something easy and secure, most importantly without the need to look for keys! Unfortunately I’ll still need to wait for the double glazed door to arrive and it looks like we need a bit more fittings. Overall this lock is above my expectation and there is even an app to use.

 

Once installed it feels very sturdy and secure. The app also works perfectly and picked up my device and had it paired within 20 seconds, in the app you can do various things such as lock and unlock the door (although you have to be in bluetooth range unless you buy the gateway) and you can see who has unlocked your door and when. You can also turn off the beeping noise on the lock from within the app which was one of the first things i did.
The fingerprint sensor works every time for me so far and it is very quick as well. The actual construction of the handle is far better than i expected and is fully metal and does not feel cheap or light at all.

 

First time purchasing this locker. Never used it before, today I did installed it and it was pretty easy to install. It is a keyless door lock, one step unlock. Six independent unlocking methods, Bluetooth App, Fingerprint, Password, Card, Mechanical key. Try it few times and it works great. When it comes it was a bit heavy, looks good quality and it was best seller on amazon. It use 4 batteries to support and it describes can be up to 5000 time, so it quite economical. Try it with phone also it works great. Overall, recommended this product.

 

Fitted to entry door. Used existing lock mechanisms. That bit worked OK
Using the door day to day can be frustrating.
Finger reader 75% fails. To get display up in the first place to enter a code also tricky
Once display live unlock code works fine

 

Looks good
Strong
Instructions could be printed better and more usable
Fingerprint reader works fairly well
Recommended

 

The advice on compatible double glazed door with the lock was very poor … got a local small buisness double glaze guy to install it for me ….. took a gamble on it being usable in the door which worked ok.Would not have been able to install iton my own in a millions years.

 

Unfortunately its slightly smaller than thr old handle so theres a small gap underneath so its a shame it doesn’t come with an oversized plate. I made one so not the end of the world.
Looking at a lot of locks before choosing this one but found this was the only one that had all the functions i wanted, fingerprint i use kids use the code there is key cards too or open with the app or send someone a one time code, also set open and close times, example cleaner starts at 10am door unlocks 10:05 till 10:15 if she doesn’t get there in time she has to call for a one time code and explain why shes late you can also show history details who, when and how entered.

 

Very easy to install and use, enough with all the keys hanging on. Definitely recommend it!

 

Excellent product, works already for a month and we are very satisfied.
Customer support is amazing.
Sometimes it takes 2-3 attempts to read finger print. Wish they can improve it.
Would defiantly buy from them again.

 

I’ve had the Yale connexis for a few years on two different houses. The lock recently packed up and Yale were less than helpful when I contacted them for help so decided to give this lock a try. Its way way better than the connexis. everything works as it should and installation was easy. The app is better than Yales and registering cards etc is very simple.
Just to make people aware, if you need more contact cards you can actually use anything that uses the same technology, so you can use Yales key fobs and cards, you can even register a bank card to unlock your door as it uses the same contactless tech.

 

The lock itself feels like it’s well made and heavy duty. It was fairly easy to fit once I read the instructions. Programming is a doddle, the app is a big help here. I originally decided to go for this lock as I wanted fingerprint recognition, unfortunately this was not up to the task. Sometimes, actually most of the time the lock does not realise your finger is on the sensor. I found that a quick lick of the finger helped but I really don’t want to have to lick my finger every time I want to enter my house !

 

This is a quality handle with nice features. Unfortunately it didn’t fit the pre-drilled holes on my composite door with a Yale multipoint lock. It does come with its own lock which could be mortised into a wooden door but unfortunately my door wouldn’t accept it.

Instructions not 100% clear but the practical mind should be able to cope.

 

I purchased this for my apartment building in December. A few things: first, I don’t own the building, but I am a longtime tenant. It is a 7 unit-building with three exterior entrances. The property manager lives in the building and runs the (absentee) owner’s company. We live a few blocks off High Street, and package theft for items left on the front porch has been an issue. I to purchase lock for the exterior door and the property manager took care of the installation. Since I plan on staying in the building for a long time, it was an expense that I was willing to bear.

That out of the way, here are my impressions:

Ease of Setup: It isn’t too difficult to set it up on first blush, and it looks like you can quickly copy the setup from one lock to another, but it is actually not easy if you are trying to create entries for multiple users. For our setup, the property manager and I were to be administrators. In my professional life, I have more than a passing familiarity with good security (technical and otherwise) practices, and I also set up a separate user account for both of us (which was good, because the property manager quickly forgot the administrator account that I had set up but had no problem remembering the user account). But for each unit in the building, I had to assign a number to each intended user, because you use the keypad to add all the new accounts and it is numeric only. I had to assign one for each tenant, and not each apartment, because the biometric captures only one finger per user account. Then I realized that some of us (myself included) wanted to record a finger from each hand, to make it easier to use if we were carrying a package, which meant I had to make two user accounts for each person that wanted to record two fingers. And while using the keypad is convenient in that you don’t need an app to add users, it is certainly a pain from the perspective of User Interface. It should be noted that there is a place in the App for you to add a name to a user, but more on that below.

Installation: It was painless and I he may start recommending them to others.

Battery life: They have been in use constantly with no issues. Batteries are AAA, and I am using AmazonBasics rechargeables without an issue.

Usage – Keypad: The keypad stays asleep (and dark) until you need to use it, then it wakes up. You type in your code and press the enter key, which is a symbol (look at the picture of the keypad if you don’t know what I mean). I have only had one person that couldn’t figure out how to use the keypad, and to be fair, there’s no indication that you need to press enter, but everyone else, from delivery drivers to cleaning services, figured it out on their own.

Usage – Biometrics:. The reader wakes up very quickly, and when it gets it right on the first try, it is amazingly fast. However, your mileage will vary based on the placement of your finger (relative to when you originally recorded it), the weather (if it is cold or very dry, the reader may have more difficulty than during warmer weather), the cleanliness of the reader (obviously, if it is smudged with mud, it won’t work so well) and the condition of your chosen finger. One trick that works when it’s cold or your skin is dry – touch the surface of your finger to your forehead, then touch the reader, and the additional transferred skin oil aids the reader in picking up your whorls and ridges.

Usage – Bluetooth: Honestly, none of us use this. I tested it and it works, but a sample size of one test use is insufficient for a rating.

Usage – Manual Key: The keys exist for emergencies and should not be used as a regular means of opening the locks. The company says this, and they definitely feel flimsy.

Ultraloq App: The app exists. It shows you the locks. It works most of the time to open them. It has difficulty maintaining a connection when performing administrative maintenance. It *does* keep a security log of who has successfully used the lock and any unsuccessful attempts, as well as administrative logins. It does monitor rough battery status, but I have found this to be very unreliable.

In conclusion, I’ll say the locks are amazing, these are pretty good locks for the money. They do about 85% of what we need them to do, and they work flawlessly about 90% of the time. Not a single tenant has complained about the switch; on the contrary, almost everyone in the building has thanked me for purchasing them for the building. The property manager has left me with the responsibility of maintaining the user database until it’s a bit easier, but I don’t mind. Most of the delivery companies have no problems using the codes we have given them, with the notable exception of Amazon Logistics (who keeps leaving packages on the porch without even trying the code, but we are working on this) and Hermes (although we may have them onboard now). If the functionality of the smartphone interface, the ease of adding, deleting, and modifying users, or the enhanced capabilities of the forthcoming bridges were addressed, I would not hesitate to give this five stars. Until then, this is not a perfect system, but I do recommend it.

 

UPDATE:

This lock has failed. When using fingerprint, code, and even the key, it simply doesn’t unlock. The lock wasn’t even being used that much as it is a side-door and not a main entrance/exit. I have to alter the 5 star rating, though it is difficult to decide what rating I should give it. I will have to reduce the star rating to 1 I feel, because a door lock failure is something that should never happen at all let alone this quick, however on closer inspection as in having a closer look inside, it does seem to be poor material choices for the internals, and possibly less than optimal engineering. Outside it looks a million dollars though, and this is where we all often go wrong. Now the dilemma of finding a lock that I can trust, I fear it is time to just go back to good old mechanical locks from established brands such as Yale.

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First of all, the lock talks to you! A nice modern touch.

Secondly, the build quality is solid, very heavy duty and no shaky flaky parts. This is the kind of workmanship one expects from a top quality chinese manufacturer, they who do not cut corners, whence the high price.

Sync’d the lock with the phone via the app from the appstore, which communicates with the lock across bluetooth, we registered fingerprints, codes, rfid-tags. The lock uses 4 AAA batteries behind a thick metal cover screwed on with a small black screw.

The fingerprint sensor is as good as the ones you have on laptops, fast, accurate and even works fine with slightly wet fingers we found.

Now the difficult part is the fitting. As these locks require a fair amount of enthusiastic wood-work, definitely would be far easier on PVC or composite doors. In our case we fitted it on an old-fashioned solid wooden door, took a while but we got there in the end and mighty impressed, as professional as professional comes (even though I say so myself).

The lock also has a dead-lock bolt, so if you swing up the handle, it engages the dead-bolt. The handle on the outside can’t do anything, until the right code/fingerprint/rfid-tag comes along, and then the lock can be opened and if the dead-bolt is engaged that can also be disengaged.

Please note that this lock requires either a very good enthusiastic DIY’er who is not afraid of custom-work to facilitate the installation or a time-proven professional locksmith (beware of the many cowboys out there who blame everything else but themselves for poor workmanship!).

Lovely lock, and if the price is dropped a little more then we shall buy a couple more of these without hesitation!

PS. Absolutely adore the finish on this lock, well done to the designers!!! This is a great product and proves that Amazon does have real diamonds among a crowd of zirconias, the most difficult task is finding those diamonds, and this is where good honest reviews help.

I hope this helps convince you.

PSS. I also really do believe this lock is highly efficient with batteries, we took them out after a week, tested them in the charger and the charger came up with 95%!!!!! And that is after a great deal of locking unlocking (new toy and all).