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A2H GO

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Registered: 14th Sep 04
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8th Oct 12 at 11:56

Looks cool...sure they had something like this on the gadget show a while back;

https://lockitron.com/preorder

James

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8th Oct 12 at 11:59

Looks good but I'd be interested to see what the implications on stuff like home insurance is going to be.

Robin

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8th Oct 12 at 12:29

That's great, your mates will unlock your house when you're down the pub.

Brett

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8th Oct 12 at 12:35

Although I can aprpeciate the idea, I don't think it's a good thing at all.

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8th Oct 12 at 12:44

I was wondering whether you could get central locking for your house when I was walking out to my car at the weekend. Would be good to be able to lock all your doors with a press of a button or the turn of a key sometimes.

John

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8th Oct 12 at 13:06

There are products that do it remotely already, and probably by phone if I could be bothered looking.

Gary

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8th Oct 12 at 13:22

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Originally posted by ed
I was wondering whether you could get central locking for your house when I was walking out to my car at the weekend. Would be good to be able to lock all your doors with a press of a button or the turn of a key sometimes.

The technology is there. Just would need engineering into a door. Although i can see it being a pain with PVC doors as you have to lift the handle then twist the key to lock.

As for Lockitron, its pointless imo. Especially as the majority of homes use a multipoint locking PVC/Ally door with no seperate deadlock.

Dom

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8th Oct 12 at 13:42

Be interesting to see what insurers think of that Lockitron as personally i don't think it's secure at all; but i guess it depends if they use an encrypted protocol on top of the WiFi.

But as mentioned there are already wireless systems out there, can even grab remote deadlocks (although i've yet to see multipoint systems). But you'd still need a mechanical system incase of power failure and i imagine insurers might be a little bit iffy about it all.

Whittie

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8th Oct 12 at 13:46

Only handy for an automatic garage door tbh.

A2H GO

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8th Oct 12 at 14:22

Yep, looks a bit of a gimmick. Doesn't particularly look secure from both a hardware and software point of view either.

Suprised its managed to get so much funding, obviously not that many people with PVC doors.

Brett

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8th Oct 12 at 14:28

Lets face it, as soon as people see there's a phone app they cream their trousers and throw money at it.

Toby

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8th Oct 12 at 19:45

quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Yep, looks a bit of a gimmick. Doesn't particularly look secure from both a hardware and software point of view either.

Suprised its managed to get so much funding, obviously not that many people with PVC doors.

In America its all wooden barely anywhere with uPVC hence the big backing its probably gained.

Steve

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8th Oct 12 at 20:13

cosmos dad invented it first

Nismo

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8th Oct 12 at 20:47

Been fitting stuff like this for years, nothing remotely new about it.

As mentioned wont work with PVC doors with multipoint deadlocks.

noshua

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8th Oct 12 at 21:05

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Originally posted by John
There are products that do it remotely already, and probably by phone if I could be bothered looking.

But this one is designed like an Apple product and works on iOS

It is a great idea - just like the remote lighting and heating systems, should be more mainstream, and probably will in a few years!

AndyKent

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9th Oct 12 at 07:53

I can see it being handy in certain circumstances, for example I have a storeroom that doesn't need to be 100% secure (and doesn't have a deadlock) but that I use all the time and finding the key is a PITA.

£100 though, jeez.

Russ

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9th Oct 12 at 09:43

prefer £60 lightbulb tbh

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