Electric Door Locks and Keyless Entry

Who can benefit from electronic locks and keyless doors?

There are many reasons that you may want to replace your traditional door lock with an electronic lock and keyless entry. People that can benefit from electronic locks include:

• people prone to loosing keys

• those with younger children

• Airbnb or rental units

• multi-unit buildings

• Office buildings with many staff memebrs

What doors can you put electronic locks on?

Electronic locks can technically be put on any door - same as a key lock. But the best and most common doors that people put electronic locks on are:

• entryway doors

• office doors

• storage rooms

• locker rooms

• garage doors

• main front doors

• school doors

• janitor closets

Benefits of keyless entry

There are a lot of awesome benefits and pros to swapping to a keyless or electronic door lock system, including:

• less stress about losing keys

• easy to change the code to quick security changes

• less money for cutting keys for large staff or in large buildings

• copies of keys can’t be made so, you have more control over who has access

• when paired with a camera system, it’s easy to monitor entrance

Types of keyless entry and electronic locks

There are many different types of locks that don’t use keys.'

Mechanical locks

Mechanical locks are door locks that don’t use keys or batteries. They are the push button locks that require a code to unlock and turn the deadbolt. 

Mechanical locks are typical on:

• Garage doors

• Back offices

• Janitor closets

• Storage closets

• Side entryways

Electric Keypad Locks

Keypad locks have become way more popular over the past few years. They’re more common than mechanical locks on front doors and residential buildings because they aren’t as bulky. You do need to change batteries on an electric keypad lock. 

FUN TIP: A-1 recommends you opt for a 9 volt battery instead of 4 AA batteries! The 9 volt lasts longer and wont die on you as quick. That is the one downside of the electric lock; if the battery dies, you need to call a locksmith to open the door for you.  (Luck for you, you can always call A-1! )

Electric keypad locks are great high security front locks because you don’t need a key, and you can’t get in unless you know the code. 

There are a lot of different styles though so look online for visit a hardware store to pick the best one for you.

Electronic Key Pass

Instead of having a lock with a key that can be copied, you can get a lock that has a fob or electronic key pass to open it. These keys need to be coded by the locksmith that installed it and can’t be copied. These types of electronic locks are popular for large buildings like schools, office buildings, back doors and staff doors of hospitals and nursing homes, and other buildings with sensitive areas.

Biometric Door Locks (Fingerprint Locks!)

Lock and unlock your door with a touch of a finger - literally! As technology around fingerprinting has advanced, door locks have too. You can now get door locks that can be unlocked with your fingerprint. These biometric door locks are mainly used for residential buildings and can be more expensive. But they are super cool