This is the most important guide that we can simplify to help everyone make a good decision on how to choose a good door lock (especially smart lock).
1. Weight:
– Lightweight = cheaper and more fragile material. Short-lived lock.
– Tensile strength is the most important aspect in choosing lock material. From worst to best is: Aluminium Alloy, Zinc Alloy, Brass, Stainless Steel.
– So can you guess correctly which is the lightest to the heaviest?
2. Brand:
– Branded = long reputable company. Example Samsung, Kaadas, Philips, etc. Their spare part is the easiest to find and available. Quality and security are also assured.
– No brand (or some brand that you never heard of, not even got a company website), we’ve tried many. When problem comes, no spare part available. No matter how sweet is the promise made during purchase
3. Time in market:
– The time of the company in the market also important. Experienced company (ehem ehem, like us,) sold thousands of lock for a span of 10+ years, we already know which model and which type is good and reliable. So not only the technical aspect, but knowledge of the product, brands, and models are extensive. A newbie usually only sell you their own product and might badmouth other people’s brand/ product
4. Warranty:
– This of course is very straight forward, if a factory/ seller dare to give long warranty, then he must be confident in his own product.
5. Your homework: Feedback
– Combine all 4 factor above, do your homework and research. Also ask around and read testimonial/ ratings from other customer, then you will know.
If you do all 5 properly, you will undoubtedly got a reliable and long lasting door lock
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