August WiFi Smart Lock AUG SL05-M01-G01 vs Schlage Encode

and their feature stack. I want to preface this review with its integration with Home Assistant has my hub of choice being mandatory, and this integration is extremely poor. The main issue I have is the cloud resources. August clearly strangles the computation of your lock's state in their cloud thus minimizing communication with your lock and creating innacurate states

So regardless if they see this review update and say for me to call or whatever companies do to make it look like they are doing something, the fact is they told me twice the this lock wouldn't work right with Orbi. So I didn't ask for a replacement from Amazon. I had to call Amazon and tell them and at least they took it back, even though they said it was a one time exception. I doubt they actually listen to the problem or paid much attention

I wanted to do the flush install of the Door Sense part that reads whether the door is open or closed. I was concerned because I have hollow metal double doors, but as you can see in the picture, I was easily able to drill the hole per their directions, and then the part fit perfectly in the hole without falling through. It can also be installed on the door with included double sided tape if you don't want to drill a hole. The lock looks and works great

You just need a Phillips screwdriver. You remove the old bolt lock, add the new one. you scan the Qr-code That's it. Almost anyone can do it