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hey guys I'm Megan mullet intresting at appliances standing here in my hallway next to my front door with the Polli control dana lock this is a $179 lock that has bluetooth and z-wave capabilities that means that as you're getting close to your door it will sense that you're getting close and unlock if you want it to you can also use Wi-Fi through your z-wave hub to access it remotely using an internet connection the data log is similar to the August smart lock we recently reviewed in that it retrofits to many existing dead bolts so you don't have to really deal with the guts of your lock you can just fit this on top of your existing set up I tried to install this lock first at our office using a test store we had and ran into a few problems first the base plate didn't really line up with the hardware of the existing deadbolt and it didn't actually work after I got it set up so altogether it took me about 20 to 30 minutes to set this up at home so the beauty of a smart lock like this one is that you can use the app to extend virtual keys to friends and family for a short period of time or for a long period of time you can also get alerts based on who's coming and going you can make configurations remotely all kinds of different things and also obviously lock and unlock your front door from the app we saw that functionality work out really low at the August lock but it didn't really work as well with this lock it took quite a while for the Bluetooth functionality to actually kick in and communicate with the lock and do what it was supposed to do this log also has a knock to unlock feature which is exactly what it sounds like you would tap lightly knock on your smartphone or whatever device you're using and it would unlock the door for you i triple-checked my settings I checked troubleshooting but I had absolutely no luck getting this feature work so the most success I had was really just pulling up the lock or unlock buttons on the app and manually pressing them which isn't all that different than just grabbing a key and inserting it into the keyhole anyway so while I was really excited about the dana lock it's a great price point one hundred and seventy nine dollars for Bluetooth and z-wave compared to the August lock which is two hundred and fifty and just has bluetooth the dana lock ended up disappointing in the end I really think the glitches I saw outweigh the benefits so I would probably stick with August for now if you want something that can retrofit to your existing deadbolt thanks for watching this video be sure to check out my full review of the polly control dana lock onto Netcom i'm megan Willerton for CNET appliances