Baldwin's Home Connect Technology enables the door lock to wirelessly communicate with other devices in the home. Check lock status remotely, lock or unlock your home with a cell phone. Receive a text message when your child arrives home.
Launch the Kevō app and click on the menu button in the upper left corner of your screen. Select “Set Up a Lock”. Once you have read the page displayed, click on the “Get Started” button at the bottom of your screen. Remove the battery cover from your lock and press the Program button.
Both are about equally the same. However, Baldwin is a much more trusted brand for those who want keyed entry, and Schlage is much more reliable for its keyless models that work well with smart homes. Usually, we would choose old-fashioned, trusty Baldwin for its keyed entry.
Baldwin and Kwikset are part of Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI), a major manufacturer and supplier of residential locksets, residential builders' hardware and faucets with a portfolio of renowned brands, including Kwikset®, Weiser®, Baldwin®, National Hardware®, Stanley®, Pfister™ and EZSET®.
In March 2010, Black & Decker was purchased by Stanley Tools. Kwikset subsequently became part of the Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI) Group of Stanley Black & Decker, which also owns lockset manufacturers Weiser and Baldwin.
The Titan product line is re-branded to the UltraMax product line. 2003 – Black & Decker purchases Baldwin Hardware and Weiser Lock from the Masco Corporation in October, expanding their bath and door hardware collections to encompass four major brands, Kwikset, Price Pfister, Baldwin Hardware and Weiser Lock.
SmartKey is an advanced security breakthrough which allows you to rekey the lock in seconds. To rekey your lock with an entirely new key, simply insert the functioning key, turn a quarter turn clockwise, insert the learning tool, remove the existing key, and insert a new key.
What is Kevo Plus? Kevo Plus is a new upgrade for your Kevo smart lock. It delivers remote access features so you can connect to your Kevo from anywhere where you have a working internet connection. It includes the Bluetooth® enabled Gateway and Kevo Plus remote service.
I've always found Baldwin door products to be superior to most, if not all, competitors. This deadbolt is no exception. you may pay a little more for this product than some other brands. However, it comes with a lifetime warranty and the quality is there.
These sets use a Kwikset "Smartkey" and can be all keyed alike to each other, but not to Baldwin locksets that use a Baldwin stamped key.
Yes, Baldwin locks that feature its SmartKey Security are bump proof. The SmartKey Security also protects against lock picking, drilling, and other advanced break-in techniques.
SmartKey Security™ features re-key technology, which allows you to re-key your locks yourself in seconds, because we realize the person who has your key today may not be the same person you want to have your key tomorrow.
Baldwin Images & Estate locks utilize what is called a C-keyway. Baldwin Prestige utilizes a K-keyway design with SmartKey® Re-key Technology. To determine if your non-Baldwin lock uses a C-keyway, a K-keyway, or other try inserting the Baldwin key into your existing lock.
A smart key for a house, or a smart lock, is a device that replaces or retrofits your traditional deadbolt lock. Once installed, smart locks allow you to remotely lock or unlock your door with your phone, voice, or even a fingerprint.
The smart key uses radio waves to “talk” to the matching vehicle containing embedded antennas that identify and confirm its presence. On some models, like newer BMWs (Comfort Access), when the key comes within 1.5 metres of the driver's car, the door automatically locks or unlocks with a touch of the door handle.
Baldwin Hardware was founded in 1946, when Severin Fayerman bought Newark-based Baldwin Tool and Die. Fayerman moved the company's manufacturing facility to Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1956. Stanley Black & Decker acquired the company in 2003 and, in 2012, moved manufacturing to Nogales, Mexico.
Assa Abloy is acquiring Spectrum Brands 'Hardware & Home Improvement' (HHI) division, including lock and security fixture brands Kwikset, Baldwin, and Weiser, in a $4.3 billion USD deal.