Lockly may not be a household name like Yale or Schlage—yet—but it is a smart lock brand worth looking at if you’re in the market for securing your home’s doors. Lockly is a smart lock brand that came out of Silicon Valley, with a product line that was created using decades of successful international high-tech production and development experience. The company brings advanced features like their patented PIN Genie technology and 3D biometric fingerprint scanner to homeowners, smart rentals, builder/developers, and smart hotels.
Security is Top of Mind for Lockly
Security is of the utmost importance to Lockly. All their smart locks are protected using 128-bit encryption, which is a well-respected technique used by many of today’s top IoT-connected devices. Lockly continually innovates and upgrades its property cloud technology services, backed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), to defy picking, bumping, hacking, and other typical lock break-in techniques.
Top 3 Smart Locks from Lockly
Lockly has three best-selling smart locks: the Lockly Vision, the Lockly Secure Pro, and Lockly Secure Plus. These locks have a range of features, and some have options for deadbolt and latch. There are attractive color options as well.
Our Ratings
Expected Performance: 4 Stars
Expected Value: 4 Stars
Feature Set: 4.5 Stars
Pros
- 3D Biometric Fingerprint sensor for the ultimate secure keyless entry
If you are carrying things, it’s easier to free one finger for the fingerprint
sensor, than to put in a 4 or more digit code - Multiple options for keyless entry
- PIN Genie touchscreen shuffles codes to prevent them from being guessed.
- Smart lock and doorbell camera all-in-one with included SD card storage
- Alexa and Google Assistant voice control
Cons
- Doorbell camera doesn’t have a motion sensor
- No night vision, although the usual porch or walkway light should be bright enough
- Powered by eight AA batteries (included)
Features
The Lockly Vision has a built-in HD video doorbell that combines the technology of video doorbells with the Lockly smart lock, The lock comes in Satin Nickel, Matte Black, Venetian Bronze, and Brushed Gold. It’s only available in the Deadbolt design, for $399.99.
With the Lockly Vision, you get live video monitoring and recording in real-time with HD video sent straight to your smartphone. Recordings are stored on its secure (included) SD card. All three locks have biometric keyless entry using the 3D Biometric Fingerprint Sensor, which cannot be tricked by simply using an image of your fingerprint like some other fingerprint sensors can be. It also has a nifty feature called the PIN Genie touchscreen. That’s their patented technology that shuffles codes to prevent them from being guessed.
The lock can be controlled remotely via the Lockly app, so you can lock and unlock your door from anywhere, or check the status of your door, which is what one would expect of a smart lock’s app. The Lockly Vision can also be controlled by voice using either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to lock or unlock the door, or check its status. The lock is easy to install, and it connects quickly to your network through your smartphone. It has a separate Wi-Fi hub that’s included.
Get the Lockly Vision to secure your smart home today.
