I am widowed and have three dogs. I woke up several mornings and realized I failed to lock up after one or all three dogs got me up to go outside during the night. We have had a crime spree (as has the rest of the country) and I had to figure out how to avoid this happening again. I did not want unwanted guests. I also had to figure out how to enable entry for someone, a trusted individual, to gain access to my home in the event I needed assistance or they needed to do a welfare check. This lock does it all. It automatically locks a few seconds after the door is shut. It automatically unlocks when I have my iPhone with me, to allow my entrance and then locks after entry and door is shut. If I need to let someone in the house for some reason, and I am not close to allow them, I can remotely enable entry.
I wish someone would have told me about the wifi problems with this cartridge. Even though I set up the door lock with 2.4G, my wifi keeps switching to 5G, which is draining the batteries on the lock, and disabling the lock. I have asked the wifi company to disable the 5G, but they are telling me this fix is only temporary. I am just crossing my fingers.
Cannot update the firmware of my lock nor connect with HomeKit. I have tried everything short of declaring this to be garbage. And it's not the only one I bought, thinking the first one was defective...
It was like pulling teeth to obtain this device (not all Yale's fault, as Renewal By Andersen had some trouble identifying the needed device), and now I am unable to install it despite many attempts. After multiple contacts with Yale, I have no current prospect for satisfaction.