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Schlage Encode Smart WiFi Deadbolt
Owners overwhelmingly find the Encode reliable and easy to manage remotely and love the built-in WiFi and HomeKey unlocking, though battery life on WiFi is a frequent frustration and the lock is pricey with limited third-party smart-home integration.
81%
232
2
Schlage Encode Plus Smart WiFi Deadbolt
Owners overwhelmingly love the Schlage Encode Plus for its Apple Home Key tap-to-unlock, solid build, and long battery life, with many calling it the most reliable smart lock they've owned. The main frustrations are connectivity drops where the lock goes unreachable remotely and the fact that it performs best inside a robust Apple or Thread setup. A finicky tap range and high price round out the complaints, but most owners say they wouldn't go back.
75%
130
3
Yale Assure Lock 2
Owners find it reliable, great-looking, and deeply compatible with smart-home platforms, especially on Z-Wave, though the WiFi module drains batteries fast, connections can drop, and setup is finicky.
62%
136
4
Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro
Most owners who chime in say they like the U-Bolt Pro and lean on it daily without complaint, several specifically praising the fingerprint reader and the fact that it keeps working locally even without a WiFi bridge or during a network outage. The recurring frustration sits on the smart-home side: Z-Wave support gets called severely limited, promised SmartThings integration hasn't materialized, Keymaster entities are missing, and Alexa routines can't drive the unlock. A smaller group ran into flat-out reliability failures, batteries dying within hours of a fresh swap or the lock simply acting up from the start. Anyone shopping this for a serious home-automation setup should expect to work around the platform gaps rather than plug and play.
53%
17
5
Level Lock+
Owners are genuinely split on the Level Lock. The fans love that it looks like a plain deadbolt instead of a smart lock, keeps the original key, and unlocks with a tap of an Apple Watch or phone via HomeKey, and many say it went from flaky to rock-solid after the Matter/Thread update. The detractors run into constant connection drops, batteries that die suddenly with little warning, firmware updates that break HomeKit/HomeKey pairing, and feel it's overpriced for how often it fails when you actually need it.
41%
133
6
August Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen)
Owner opinion on the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Gen) is sharply split. Satisfied owners report flawless, multi-year performance and praise how easily it integrates with HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Home, especially once paired with the August Connect bridge, which several say eliminates battery worries almost entirely. A meaningful minority, though, describe a genuinely frustrating device: a buggy app that hangs on confirmations or simply stops working, batteries that drain far faster than expected without the bridge, spotty Wi-Fi that disconnects repeatedly, and units that brick or fail outright after about two years. The split often comes down to hardware batches and whether owners invested in the bridge, but enough owners report software problems and battery drain that buyers should go in with eyes open.
35%
37
