Leaving a spare key under the doormat or on top of a doorframe is never a good idea. A dedicated lock box for your spare keys allows you to provide entry to others when you’re not around—like dog ...

When a polar blast hits and your key suddenly refuses to turn, the real danger is not the ice in the cylinder but the snap of ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Home Key makes Level Home’s latest ‘invisible’ smart lock even more compelling for Apple users. And once it’s ...

Smart locks that supplement or replace your front door deadbolt do much more than lock and unlock your door without a key. Most smart locks (and all of the locks on our top picks list) let you receive ...

Most of us at one time or another has lost our keys and know the stress that it causes. Compounding things is the cost that comes with calling out a locksmith to replace all the locks on the windows ...

If you’re buying a HomeKit door lock in 2025 and it doesn’t support home key, keep moving. The tap to unlock experience with iPhone or Apple Watch is the feature that makes smart locks feel like a ...

Many of the deadbolt locks tested by Consumer Reports lack the level of protection you might want or expect. In our labs, a few well-placed kicks or a couple of minutes under assault from a cordless ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. U-tec’s latest Ultraloq Bolt smart lock adds a Matter-over-Thread version, alongside Wi-Fi and Apple Home Key ...

There are going to be people who see that there is no key and move on. For everyone else, the SmartX version of the Abus Bordo 6500 takes a Sold Secure Gold lock and tacks on Bluetooth keyless opening ...

Figure 1: Fabrication of lock particles. Figure 3: Selectivity of the lock–key reversible binding. We also prepared two suspensions containing the same polydisperse distribution of lock particles.