13th July 2008

Kwikset SmartKey – Well It’s About Time

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Recently, I was changing the locks on one of the rental houses because of this idiot and came across a new (to me) product by Kwikset called SmartKey®.

Basically, it’s a lock which can be “programmed” to recognize a new key and forget the old one. Hallelujah! No more changing locksets! And it’s about freaking time too.

A while back, I wrote about something similar where instead of changing the whole lockset, you just change the actual lock cylinder. But these lock cylinders had to be special ordered and you had to keep the keys together with the locks.

Now, with this SmartKey system, you just have to keep track of the keys themselves. In case I’ve been living in The Whitehouse under a rock, if you’ve heard of these locks, leave me a comment and tell me to wake up and pay attention. Cheers!

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  1. 1 On July 13th, 2008, Clifford said:

    Actually I just had this conversation the other day, about replacing all the locks.

    I may just give this a shot . . . .

  2. 2 On July 14th, 2008, Shellie said:

    This lock also has “Bump Guard” to stop the burglers from entering by “bumping” your lock. So not only did I replace my own front door lock with SmartKey, I’ve had all my single lady friends replace theirs too for the added safety feature.

  3. 3 On July 28th, 2008, Deadbolt : Chez Cliff: REI and Other Stuff said:

    [...] having a key made that would work in all the locks, I replaced all the deadbolts with new ones.  Bruce show-cased the Kwikset Smart Key the other day which I’m trying out.  They advertise you can re-key all [...]

  4. 4 On January 3rd, 2010, the dziekans said:

    i just love these locks ,we have many rentals and one boarding house that always seems to need the locks change so you will need many different ket cuts on hand and this is the best lock system ever .no more takes locks of the doors and to the locksmith for keying and the new black brass finish never locks old .so thanks kwikset.

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