Amazon Basics Grade 3 Electronic Touchscreen Deadbolt Door Keypad Lock with Handleset, Matte Black, 133mm H Uppper x 294.5mmL Lower

Love this deadbolt/door handle set!
We love this door handle with a touchscreen deadbolt. The first deadbolt we received didn’t work correctly, but the company was great about sending a replacement keypad. The replacement has worked great. I couldn’t find anything this affordable in the local home improvement stores with this contemporary style.

THE KEYPAD IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW ONLY SOME NUMBERS
At first, I thought that the keypad was broken like a lot of reviewers on here, but I continue to read the instructions and found out that it is a security feature. Only a few numbers and/or the arrow or unlock key will show up before the full keypad shows up. You have to touch each number or symbol that shows up on the digital screen and then the full keypad, with all the numbers, will appear so that you can enter your code.Other than having to figure out that feature, it is an excellent lock and door knob for the price. It works great, nothing sticks, and it looks sleek, especially from the outside. You cannot beat it for the price. My only complaint would be that the screws are a little obvious on the interior side of the lock and door knob, but that is probably why it is so inexpensive. All in all, though it looks better and works better than my previous quickset lock and handle that cost hundreds of dollars.

Make sure the batteries are strong
Ok – so I want to like this deadbolt — It’s a pretty good price (I even got the ‘Like new’ Amazon Warehouse deal for a hefty discount) and it looks the part of a good dead bolt. So, the installation was very much like other deadbolts (It replaced a Schlage Wi-Fi dead bolt that decided it was no longer going to function after a couple of years of good service). This was a fairly easy install – I even did it without instructions (paper instructions were not included in this Amazon Warehouse used package). It was set up very very much like the Schlage it replaced. I finally did need to find the instructions (which Amazon provides online in a .pdf). I needed the instructions to figure out how to program it. I followed the programming instructions (almost*) to a ‘T’ and everything was working as designed… If you are having problems with this dead bolt please make sure you read the instructions – particularly about the random numbers that present themselves before you enter the programmed user code – this is a ‘feature’ that aims to make it more difficult for people to observe the password you enter (and prevents the keypad from wearing out specifically on the numbers in your person code – for example if your code is ‘9797’ then of course the 9 and 7 keys will show more fingerprints and indications of wear). Note that you can disable this (it’s also in the instructions).Now, everything was working correctly for a few days – and then the lock seemed to go crazy — like it lost its programmed mind. I would enter my code and it would beep 3 times at me and not unlock. It wouldn’t lock. Different keys would light up and it made no sense at all. I finally decided it must really be defective and was going to return it to Amazon (and still might depending).But then I thought of something. Remember when I said I followed the user instructions to a ‘T’ — ALMOST. Well, I didn’t have any alkaline batteries handy – so I put some rechargeable batteries in (they were charged up — which I checked). So I got to thinking — maybe the lock is trying to tell me the batteries have issues? and the motorized lock did sound like it was struggling a bit before it started acting all crazy. So, I bought some new strong alkaline batteries and put those in. Now everything is working again and the motor sounds strong when it locks and unlocks.Now I need to see how long these batteries will last … maybe the rechargeable ones just wore down to fast. One thing, this lock has an auto-lock feature which locks after a default of 30 seconds (this also can be configure for time and disabled). With the auto-lock the lock is doing at least twice the amount of work that mu Schlage was doing (because we would lock the Schlage only by hand).I will need to monitor this lock a bit more and may be increasing/decreasing my rating accordingly. If these new Amazon Alkaline batteries only afford a couple of weeks or less of power, then I probably will be returning the lock.If the batteries hold for a while (the Schlage with a similar 4 AA Battery setup would last about 6 months on average I think), then I may bump this lock up to a 4-star rating. I think the programming interface could be designed just a bit better, and perhaps the lock should just have a low battery or level indicator(s) and not act maniacal when the batteries are low? That would be much preferred. I don’t think I saw much in the instructions on how to determine that the batteries are weak.

Not the easiest to use
I couldn’t wait to swap this lock out for a new one after installing and using it for a few weeks.The handle works well, the lock itself is subpar. Constantly gets stuck no matter how many times I readjusted it and chiseled the hole in the doorframe. The keypad goes into a pointless security mode that only shows a few numbers before allowing you to input your personal code to unlock the door.Overall the best thing about this is the door handle and the appearance of the lock. Functionality wise, not impressed by a long shot. Gets 2 stars just because of the handle, outside of that not worth the buy.