Simpled SF Weatherproof SlimSeries Smart Lock Touch, 7-in-1, Fingerprint Keyless Security Entry Door Lock, Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt, Smartphone Access - Designed for The UK Weather, Matt Black

I’m a 53 year old single mum, I installed this all by myself.. I watched all the Friday tip videos I could find and all of them helped… I remember the arrow, the pin… it was easy to set up… having all grown children and now grandchildren this lock is perfect.. instead of losing a million keys as I have and had to change locks this will save me so much money in the long run.. I can see exactly who’s in or out.. its excellent value for money in my opinion, it’s made well, sturdy.. I’ll update my review in 6 weeks when I’ve gotten used to it.. it looks beautiful and so far has worked perfectly. Infact I have great confidence in it. Edit. It’s been almost two weeks and not even a blip… most happy

Initial impressions were good. The lock "looked" of a good quality and robust in nature, however I was concerned about the quality of the housing on the reverse that accomodates the square handle shaft ad it looked to be made of a cheap, soft alloy and felt a loose fit and flimsy in nature.The lock fitted easily, within around 30 mins as I did need to enlarge the hole to accomodate the cable that connects the front housing to the internal handle.It was easy to set up as an administrator but I couldn't fathom how to allow access to the account for my wife to operate. I did contact customer support via WhatsApp who responded albeit slowly but then ceased responding after a couple of questions that I couldn't understand their explanation of, so I was left high and dry, still unable to resolve the dual administration access issue.The lock worked well.... when it worked. I set a schedule for a tiler to have access to our house for the 3 day duration that the job entailed, giving him access (using a pin no) from 7.30am until 4.30pm.He managed to gain access and secure our house upon leaving without any isdue. I noted from the log that he had attempted to gain access a couple of times prior to the programmed 7.30 on one morning, which was denied! So it worked well for the purpose intendedWe were thrilled, as it was working flawlessly, until. ... we exited our house as usual one evening to meet family and friends for a birthday celebrationmeal at a restaurant.We exited, closing the door as normal, confident that the door was locked automatically (as this is the default, which is the primary reason we purchased it ie. The door is always locked when closed).We always double check that it is locked to be on the safe side but discovered that the door wasn't locked at all. We tried many times opening and closing the door, locking it (so we thought) using our PIN codes, but despite the locks voice proclaiming ghat it was "LOCKED", it wasn't locked at all, just simply depress the handle and walk-in!It was now 7.30pm, we had been frantically faffing with the lock for 45 mins, unable to lock it. As we couldn't secure our home we had no alternative but to cancel our engagement, much to the disappointment of our family waiting at the restaurant.I couldnt do anything as it was dark and raining heavily. We were not going to call out a locksmith at that time of the night, so we had an anxious night sleeping with an insecure home, just a length of wood wedged under the handle attempting to secure our safety.Our evening if family celebration was ruined, a sleepless night ensued.The original keyed lock had to be refitted the following morning and the Simpled lock returned for refund.As we were left in such a vulnerable position by the failure of this lock leaving our home insecure within a short space of time, we will not risk fitting another one.I do not know what happened to cause the failure, it appears that the mechanism that disengages the handle from the latch had failed to do so, hence rendering the lock ineffective.

My first experience with smart locks was when I moved into my current house two years ago. It was fitted with a Yale Conexis L1 smart lock which offered two/three ways to open the door: a key tag / phone sticker or via a smartphone. Despite calling Yale support several times, I never managed to get my phone to open the door. The key tag was OK, but if you left it somewhere, you were locked out. That's the same as an ordinary key, of course, but shouldn't smart locks be... smarter?There were other problems with the Conexis that we learned to live with. Like the loud motor, ratcheting and chiming noises it made when opening and closing the lock--sometimes it woke my kids up when they were sleeping upstairs! The noise would continue for up to 20 seconds and end with some kind of chime.I later learnt that there was a chime for opening, one for locking and one for lock failure. The manual doesn't (cannot) explain this, so I sometimes went out leaving the door unlocked because I didn't know that particular chime was a sign of lock failure.The Conexis batteries lasted around three months--not great, but making all those loud noises must take its toll on the batteries...In the end, these annoyances, together with poor reliability, drove me to look for a new door lock. I found several smart locks, but the Simpled SlimSeries was the one I decided was the best buy.If you are wondering why I have detailed my experience with the Yale Conexis lock, it's because it explains why I love the Simpled lock so much. Read on...I fitted the Simpled lock myself. It is quite easy, but I had to drill two holes through my door. The scary bit was I had to drill the holes through the door AND the mortise lock. I'm no locksmith. I did look at the mortise lock, and I THOUGHT I would be drilling through a part that would not harm it. It was one of those moments when you take a deep breath and just do it. Luckily no harm was done. You may not have to do this--it just depends on the size and location of your existing mortise lock.One small annoyance was that the Simpled body is not quite as long as the Conexis, so I was left with a gap to fill and paint. See picture. A very minor matter in the scheme of things.I fitted the lock and set up the app. It worked! I set up fingerprints for myself, my wife and my six-year-old daughter. They worked! Of course, I would never give a six-year-old a key tag in case she lost it, but she's not going to lose her thumb! Then I set up unlock codes. They worked too. Finally, I registered the key tags that Simpled supplied. They worked too. I even repurposed the old key tags I used with the Conexis lock, and they worked too. So now we have spares.Now, my wife and I can get in with a fingerprint, an unlock code, a key tag and with our smartphones. Even if someone forgets their key tag, unlock code AND smartphone, they can still get in with their fingerprint. Wonderful. And best of all, unlocking the door with a fingerprint is reliable and faster than using a key!With the Conexis, you could walk away from the house and forget to lock it, but the Simpled automatically locks within a few seconds of being unlocked, so unlocked doors are now a thing of the past.Also, the Simpled is eerily quiet. Mechanically, it barely makes a murmur as it locks and unlocks. But it does have a little voice that says, in English, not in chimes, "Door locked" and "Door unlocked". Very clear but not loud enough to wake the kids!Finally, the Conexis had a safety feature that the Simpled lacked. To open the door from the inside with the Conexis, it was necessary to turn a chrome knob anticlockwise before the door could be opened. The knob was awkward and sometimes took a couple of tries to make it operate. Presumably, this was intentional to make opening the door childproof. That's a useful feature.The Simpled does not have this--the door can be opened from the inside by pulling the handle down--even a two-year-old could do it! So, if you have vulnerable people (even smart pets) in the house, you will need to fit something to prevent this. There are plenty of suitable gadgets. We simply keep the existing night chain engaged all the time.There we have it. This lock is a huge leap forward compared with the Conexis L1, and that is why I love it. All that remains is to find out if it is reliable in the long term and if the batteries really do last up to 12 months!

I bought this lock based on it's technical specs and reviews of the hardware itself. These held up to be true and it has the features I wanted and works as expected.I had to review it though to make people aware of the absolutely atrocious installation process. The manual provided does not in anyway provide any useful information on HOW TO INSTALL THIS PHYSICALLY.The post physical install instructions are fine, i.e., download app, pair with app. But the installation of the hardware is made infinitely more time consuming and painful due to them providing multiple variations of the same part (presumably to accommodate various door sizes). There are no instructions on which pieces go where on the lock itself nor any information regarding the possible pieces you may need from the set. Literally about 8-10 single screws of different lengths and 2 different cylinder things and 2 different spindles.If you watch their installation video on their official youtube, even that is atrocious, it just skips over important parts and just assumes the parts they are using will work for your door. I had to watch other youtube videos made by reviewers to actually figure it out and ultimately, all you can do is install the lock and then uninstall it until you find a configuration that works for your door. I had to do this about 7 times, testing both cylinders, both spindles and trying all screws with both cylinders until it screwed in tight.The cylinder screw bits are also designed really badly due the fact that you will end up having to unscrew the lock to change the bits until you find your fit. This frequently causes the cylinder screw to come undone and therefore requiring you to take off both sides on a re-install to test.All they had to do was give you accurate measurements of each of these parts and perhaps some insight as to what parts are generally good to start with or work a certain depth of door etc. Instead they just say stuff like "after installing the spindle". No "how to install it", "which one you need to install" or "DO NOT LOCK THE SPINDLE PIN UNTIL YOU KNOW WHICH SPINDLE IS RIGHT FOR YOUR DOOR".Horrendous install process. Didn't require any modification to our multipoint door however which was a plus.

After a nightmare with a Yale lock I sent it back and went for this one. Night and day, this lock is easy to set up, it works with Google and Alexa and so much better than I thought. Great value for money also