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security, doors & windows
DIY touchpad deadbolt
The affordable new DIY-orientated Windsor Touchpad Electronic Deadbolt Lock uses Bluetooth to unlock using a mobile phone or with a pin-code or keys as back-up. Up to 30 user pin-codes (including temporary codes) can be programmed.
Features backlit touch panel, anti-tamper function (prompts a random code to be entered before your programmed
code, ensuring fingerprints cannot be easily identified on the touchpad), a temporary single-use user code function and low battery alert.
In two styles in matt black or brushed nickel, this is a high security deadbolt with anti-saw protection that suits 35-51mm door thicknesses and easily retrofits over standard deadbolt or 54mm holes.
Comes with two keys, four AA batteries and fitting and programming instructions for simple installation. This product is covered by a one-year electronic warranty and 10-year mechanical warranty.
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Access all hours, anywhere
Together, the new, locally designed Yale Unity Entrance Lock (tested and certified to AS4145.2.2008 SL8 and D8) and Yale Access app allow users to deadlock their door digitally, share access with others and avoid lost or stolen keys.
When paired with the Yale Access module, Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge and Yale DoorSense, the new Yale Access app can control a variety of Yale digital locks, allowing users to lock and unlock doors remotely, share access, receive notifications when the door is unlocked, and review the lock’s operational history remotely.
The Yale Connect Wi-Fi Bridge also integrates popular voice assistants (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit) for easy lock management.
“Yale Access is a real game changer, the ability to control your lock from wherever you are is a convenience that certainly won’t be lost on those who have tried hiding a key before. My favourite feature has to be auto-unlock, it’s like having your own personal doorman,” says ASSA ABLOY Marketing Manager, Ronnie Pocock.
www.yalehome.co.nz/yaleaccess
with a couple of process changes, he reckons it’s business as usual.
TRENDS – WHAT’S DEVELOPING?
What might some of these “opportunities be? Sean Crowley for one says KnK Architectural Hardware has been seeing increasing demand from major group home builders for door hardware supply-and-install packages, particularly with high- end builds.
With KnK’s skilled team, installation takes a lot less time (and may be of a better quality!) and the builder’s people are freed up to get on to the next task.
Sean also notes that group home builders are starting to sway away from standard products (“six handles on a board”). Driven by their clients’ expectations, “They want to change too,” he says.
Like others, KnK has been experiencing a boom in its online business.
But, qualifies Sean Crowley, it’s clear that really the consumer increasingly wants more of a hybrid model offering both information online and an experience in-store where they
can still touch and feel the product, which is proving more
important than ever with all the new finish options.
On top of this, with high value customers coming in-store, KnK
is investing in experienced, qualified design consultants and even offering in-home visits as follow-ups and this is helping both drive and meet increasing demand for whole of home solutions.
Based on what Sean Crowley is saying, it sounds like there’s opportunities for whole-of-home packages in terms of exterior and interior but what do others think about this?
Ronnie Pocock says going back a few years ASSA ABLOY has looked at whole-of-house but the challenge was that homeowners, unless they’re highly invested in their project, do tend to rely on their builder and, if the builder isn’t particularly invested, then it’s a case of same old same old.
Turning to smart locks and the still nascent smart home category, it’s been interesting to hear how suppliers have been moving towards a more integrated approach, offering simpler ways of connecting smart locks with other accessible smart home products.
Take Allegion, which has just purchased smart home platform developer Yonomi, looking to enable Wi-Fi-enabled devices including locks to be integrated into a cohesive ecosystem, with
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