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hey I'm here outside of the C net smart apartment with the second-generation Kwikset kevo this is a bluetooth-enabled smart deadbolt that pairs with your phone and then lets you get inside your home just by tapping on the lock now it won't let anybody touch the unlock only works if it detects a phone you paired the lock with outside of the door or if it detects the key fob that key fob came standard in generation 1 but now a generation 2 you have to buy it separately I'm not a big fan of that one thing I am a fan of is the locks ability to distinguish between phones and key fobs that are outside of the door and ones that are inside of the door performance was strong in general too I tested this lock out in a variety of different locations and across the board it was a very consistent performer it was able to let me in when I tapped on it and lock when I tapped on it the installations were all pretty easy the one big problem that I and a lot of other TiVo users encountered was that the iOS 10 update earlier this fall changed some things with Bluetooth and the iOS architecture and made it so that you had to have the Kingo app open and active on your phone in order for touch to unlock to work so that's terribly for your phone out open the app before touching on the lock I just use my key at that point fortunately the recent tweaks to iOS 10 and fixed that for the most part but I still saw some occasional weirdness nothing that made the lock too terribly difficult to use but just the occasional glitch where I have to tap more than once maybe a couple of times in order to get in for those reasons I really liked the kibo fob that $25 Bluetooth accessory that you pin on to your teaching and you use to get in once you've got that fob on your keychain you don't need your phone at all they change things in Android or iOS it won't affect your lock performance I just hate that you have to buy extra the other big thing that I tested was the strength of the deadbolt the generation one this was a problem there is a specific method event brute force attack involving a screwdriver a hammer and a little key boy if you did it just right you could force the lock open that's not the case in generation 2 quick set is fixed that we try to ourselves again we broke one of the key bows that we were testing in the process you can't use that attack on this lock now that's a very very good fish bottom line this is a good lock and improved our generation one but you really have to want that touch to unlock convenience in order to buy it