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hey I'm rad Christina and I'm here today with the quick-set kevo smartlock now I've got a lot of new smart locks coming out this year and this is the first one to hit the market and it's a really exciting product the key bows got Bluetooth built right into it so it can detect the presence of your phone that means if your phones in your pocket and you tap on the lock it'll automatically unlock that's really cool also a key fob you can use if you don't have a compatible smartphone we've seen a lot of smart locks that offer smart phone controls and that have apps and different ways of controlling it with home automation systems this is the first one you can just touch and it opens up and lets you inside I'll be totally honest I was a little bit skeptical of this product because I didn't know how it would work in terms of being outside or inside the door it's a you leave your phone on a table just inside the door and it's within range of the lock theoretically if someone walked up and tapped in the lock it would detect the phone and think that that person was you and let them in that's a big safety hazard kind of a fatal flaw but quick-set has solved this problem they have a really good system that calibrates the phone calibrates the key fob if you're using that and it can tell if you're inside or outside it works we tested it out again and again that lock never failed us if the phone was ever inside or even close to inside there was ever any doubt the lock wouldn't let you in if you look at this lock maybe the first thing you'll notice about it is that it's not that noticeable it's a pretty boring looking lock it doesn't say kevo on it it doesn't have any cool design it looks like a basic quick-set deadbolt and I love that frankly I think that's a really wise move this is on the outside of your house this is bolted to your door it looked really fancy and expensive I think that might invite someone to come up in the middle of night and rip it off it only looks like a smart device when you come up close and tap on it these blue lights will spin around telling you that it's thinking about whether or not to let you in and then it will turn green if it's unlocked or yellow if it's locked it's really simple and it just works it's easy and effortless and elegant you can rekey it using a little tool they include so if you wanted to adapt it to an existing key you can do that without having to call a locksmith as for the kibo app it works fine it looks really nice a little bit easy to get lost in it and it's not really clear exactly where everything is located I'm sure you get used to it as you use it but you don't need to use it you don't need to open the app to unlock the door you just really need the app to set your lock up and to calibrate the app has a few other limitations as well you can't remotely lock and unlock the door like some other smart locks will let you do and you also can't send temporary e keys out and you know these are keys that would only work for a certain time of day or that would expire on a certain date automatically one other thing to be aware of at the kevo is that it comes with the phone authorization for you and one ikki to give to someone else but after that each e key is going to cost one dollar and 99 cents which is about the same price as getting a key made sure but there's no part through labor here there's no manufacturing it's just that they can charge you for because they can another thing that kind of bug me is that when you use the lock when you tap on it your phone will buzz and it will make the same noises when you get a new email message I like the buzz I like knowing that the phone is responding to the lock but that sound I wish I could have another option maybe a unique sound or maybe this turn the sound off altogether right now you can't do that now to me the big problem with the kevo the one ding I can really give it is that it's not compatible with a whole lot of devices it's only compatible with iPhones and iPads and other iOS devices that have Bluetooth 4.0 Hardware built into them you can still use it if you're one of those users you just need to use the included key fob keep in mind though the Bluetooth 4.0 might expand to Android devices in the very near future and if that happens quicks that's going to jump on that and make sure that the lock is compatible with your phone all in all the kevo left me very impressed it comes out on Halloween and I think at a price of $219 it should make a very good holiday gift item this season again if you're an Android user probably a bit depressed watching this but hang in there I think the 24.0 is coming your way soon we've seen that I'm right Chris you