ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro Smart Lock with WiFi Bridge, Keyless Entry Door Lock with Fingerprint, App Remote Access, Share Code, Auto Unlock, Biometric Deadbolt, Smart Locks for Front Door, 1Year Battery

I love the their products. Like all new technologies if you’re an early adopter you are going to experience some issues as products get perfected over time. I’ve only had a couple of issues over the past couple years and their customer service has never let me down.

The lock is easy to install and program. However after about one year the internal motor stopped engaging the deadbolt and I contacted the customer service. They responded right away and after troubleshooting determined the internal mechanism was bad. They sent me a replacement and it is now working fine.

This is my 11th Ultraloq (6 in rentals, 2 in past home, 2 in present home). I mostly like the way they function and their customer support. Connectivity is important to me to remotely mange the rentals. For my homes I've bought fingerprint models with little success. Fingerprint works when I set it up but rarely after that. Licking and wiping my finger (yuck) sometimes helps. I'll keep fiddling with the two I just bought. Especially early on I had a lot of issues that were resolved by replacing the keypad or occasionally the main component. I rekey the locks so use the same key for multiple doors and to have a master key for all my rentals. The lock smith charges extra because the lock cylinder isn't great and is hard to work on. One lock came with an incompatible which cylinder u-tech support replaced with a compatible one.What I would like to see: It's impossible to see if the lock is locked or unlocked from across the room. Making the part of the knob you grab white would fix this at no cost (I paint them). Batteries are the biggest issue, I refuse to just keep throwing them out. Despite U-tech's insistence that rechargeable don't work, they do. I leave a charger with batteries at the rentals and tell the tenants to replace them when needed. I would love to have an option to hardwire power (preferably POE). For me the point is to not give out keys that need to be rekeyed for each new tenant. Maybe hardwire to the frame with contacts to power the part on the door. Finally I'm automating at home with Home Assistant (way too many individual apps). Please provide an API ! If I have to have batteries the best setup would be a low power model that uses z-wave and can be controlled by home assistant.Executive summary: Rechargeable batteries!, fix fingerprint, home assistant API, contrasting color on knob so you can easily see if door is locked and a hardwired (POE) model.

We have owned this lock for 1 year. (I wrote this review at 2 months, but we still love the lock, and even bought the cheaper code only version for the back door, since we could share the wifi bridge with multiple locks.)Ok, first of all, installation was a breeze. We were replacing a manual deadbolt, and I'm not even sure we looked at the directions - everything went together without a hitch!Setup was pretty easy too, though if you set it up from the lock itself, and then you want to use the app, you'll have to reset the lock and start over. But even with setting up, resetting and doing it again from the app, we were up and running in about 30 minutes.The lock detects my and my wife's fingerprints just fine. My mom, who is 92, not so much. We assumed her complaints about not being able to grip with her finger tips any more was a grip strength issue, not a friction issue, but maybe not - this lock just does not recognize her fingerprints. It allows her to save them, but when she goes to open the door, it rejects her every time. But as she doesn't go out on her own any more, and her code works fine, so it's not a big deal. The fingerprint is more so we can get in quickly if there is an issue, without having to have her key in hand, so it is fine for us.The app is good, and simple to use. Sometimes it doesn't connect on the first try, but it's like it times out too early, as the second try is always successful. There are indicators in the app as to what method it is using to connect, which is good to see what it's trying to do.It's very simple to add a user to the lock, and I like that you can choose for each user if they have a code, a fingerprint, or the app, or any combination. Each user is allowed two fingerprints. (I saw another user saying "only two?" but for me, based on height and doorjamb, I really ever only use my thumbs to open the lock, and 95% my left thumb. It's too awkward otherwise.) You can also disable a user without deleting that user. We have a code that is shared with the neighbors if we go out of town, but when we are in town, we disable that user. A user can also have scheduled times or days when it works; for example, you could allow a health worker access between 9 and 12 every weekday, but nothing else outside of those hours and days. You can set up a temporary code for say a repair person, that expires after one use. I've never seen quite so many options on a lock!The only "connected" service I've tried this with is IFTTT, and I'm disappointed in that. I have motion sensors set up in the house to "see" if my Mom is moving around (in a non-invasive way) and the triggers feed a spreadsheet. I'd like the lock to do the same thing, and IFTTT is set up correctly to do so as it works occasionally. Maybe 1 in 10, but that's generous. I know that it *should* work, because the text notification I get seems to work 100% of the time. So I don't really have a theory as to why the other fails - both are internet based - if one works the other should.To respond to a few other reviews I saw: It's never given me a "lock jammed" warning. It's never lost its memory on "handing" - whether the lock is installed left side or right side. I don't use the "automatic unlock" feature.We purchased this lock to give us anytime access to the house without having to find the key, and to allow outside access to the house if necessary - she wears a medical alert device, and now the responders can get in if needed. So everything else is fluff, and we are very happy with this lock!

I’ve had this lock almost three years now, and it works perfectly for me. I have the most basic version (because I don’t need to unlock my house from another state, thanks) and have had no problems whatsoever. It detects my phone and unlocks when I approach. I can lock or unlock from the app, as long as I’m within range. The fingerprint reader works great for me. Can’t speak for the keypad, as I’ve never used it.I can see how the battery life would be a concern for some, because it will be heavily dependent on how you use it. I mostly unlock/lock it manually from inside the house, so the battery life on my unit will be much longer than someone who works it differently. I’ve had to change the batteries twice (not counting the original set installed with the unit initially) in nearly three years.I like it enough that I’m anxiously waiting for my Yale keypad deadbolt on my front door to fail so I can replace with another Ultraloq. The Yale has also performs perfectly, but I love the biometric/bluetooth capability of this one.