This broken mortise belongs to one quite famous digital lock company in Korea. Some Korean company make really durable and long lasting lock. But not this. Milre.
Even though we ourself did sell Milre also, but we will clearly explain to our client the pros and cons. Milre has some unique advantages over others, like twice longer battery life and really really competitive price.
On the downside, however, it is not built to last really long. This is not a problem in Korea, as Korean changes their digital lock quite often even before break down, in order to stay in trend.
But in Malaysia, we will use our digital door lock and squeeze everything out of it until it totally break down or lock us out. And for Milre, it will happen quite fast. How do we know this? Up to now, Milre brand is the highest number of servicing and lock-break that we’ve performed.
(1) Majority component is Zinc Diecast, which is quite fragile. Upon any impact, diecast don’t bent or get dented. They just break apart. (2) And the switching component uses a lot of AB flip switch, which is known for less durabilityas compared to press switch. (3) Lastly the deadbolt mechanism is designed to be dependent on latch action for locking instead of motor. This uses really a lot of gear (zinc diecast) and higher possibility of failure.
Of course, not to say every unit is the same. If you happen to be lucky, or maybe if you use the milre in a really soft and careful way, it will still last quite long. But if you’re just “standard-lucky”, or use your lock in a typical Malaysian way, probably be good to put our number in your wallet.
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