Yale Keyless Connected Ready Smart Door Lock, Smart Living YD-01-CON-NOMOD-SN, Touch Keypad, Pin Code Access Lock, Thumbturn Operation, Nightlatch Satin Nickel

This review is after the first 24 hours so the opinion may change - but I doubt it.This was purchased not so much to allow us to open the door but to release the door for visitors as we live in a town house with three flights of stairs to negotiate to tell salesmen to 'go away'.First ImpressionsThe lock was purchased together with a Smartthings adapter. The lock seems a solid piece of kit, as I would expect from Yale. The adapter is a tiny lump of plastic that plugs into the lock battery box.InstallationInstalling the lock was pretty straightforward. The only problem is it needs an existing or new lock with 60 mm between the edge of the door and the key. I did not realise that there were different locks and found ours was 40 mm. That would have worked still but the wide Yale unit would have interfered with the door frame. The easiest answer was to buy a 60mm lock and install it near the existing lock, which now adds security when we are away from home.Installation was a simple matter of the usual carpentry jobs of drilling holes and chiselling that are required for any lock. If it is replacing an existing Yale type key cylinder on a 60mm lock it is just one extra 20mm hole in the door.Once installed, without the Smartthings adapter, it is just a case of following the clear instructions of setting unlock codes..In UseTo release the lock one can either place one of the supplied cards and tags on the lock or enter a personal code and it releases. To be honest it is just as easy to use a key so there is little advantage other than being able to give others a code so they can get access without having to hand out keys. It is possible to set codes that die after 24 hours or delete a code which is no longer required so this could be good when tradesmen need access. 20 codes are possible. The lock becomes a different animal once the Smartthings option is added.SmartthingsThis needs a small dongle to be plugged in to the battery box and the lock 'twinned' with Smartthings. Having read critical reviews on this option I was a little concerned but did not need to be. Having entered the code shown on the instructions into the lock I asked my SmartThings app to look for items. It took about 0.5 seconds for Smartthings to connect to the lock. I did this with the lock on my desk before installing and was a little concerned that the front door is a long way from my router in a steel framed house that is not good at sending wi-fi around. Our Ring doorbell needed a wi-fi extension near the door to work reliably but I need not have worried as the Yale works perfectly when twinned to the main router in our living room.Once twinned the lock can be opened by a one button press on a Smartthings app and it's also possible to set up actions so that when the lock is opened any SmartThings lights, etc. are turned on.. The lock is now really useful. I can release it if required from anywhere in the world I have internet access, let people in without needing to go down three flights of stairs and release the front door as I get out of my car in pouring rain. Love it. I can also check, if required, which user opened the door at which time by looking at Smartthings log.Amazon Alexa.Once the lock is twinned with SMARTTHINGS It can also be twinned with Alexa but before reporting why this is useless a note on using the lock. When the lock is unlocked it is possible to set a time delay before it automatically relocks - which makes sense. The auto relock function can be cancelled so then a separate signal is needed to relock. Not sure why you would want to do this though. Having spent some time linking the lock to Alexa I found that any command to unlock is blocked and only relock commands are possible. Thinking about it this makes sense. If it was possible to say "Alexa unlock front door" it would be possible for any thief to shout through the letterbox !!ConclusionSo far I am impressed. The kit was easy to install with little or no reference to instructions and it seems to work well. Using a code to enter is, I think, the last resort if you close the door and don't have a card or mobile phone to unlock with as it’s no quicker than using a key. With the Smartthings option (at extra cost) it fits in well to a modern connected household. If, like me, it's a long trek down stairs to the front door to let visitors in it is a useful energy saving option as well.One small snag.If I have a visitor who rings the Ring doorbell my phone opens the Ring app. I tell the visitor to come in but in order for him/her to do so I need to close the Ring app, open the Smarthings app and press the door release. By the time I have done all that the visitor has pushed the door and found it would not open as I am still changing apps. Not insurmountable but it would be great if I could release the door from within the Ring app. Makes sense and I now see this is possible with many remote operation locks but not Yale. come on Yale. Get together with Ring and get your locks integrated as well.UPDATEAfter a month of faultless use with code and SmartThings it has failed. In normal use the handle spins freely when the door is locked and after inputting code etc a sound is heard which must be some sort of internal bolt which connects the lock to the handle. Electronically it still works and the bolt can be heard to move. The snag is it no longer connects with the handle properly so although it unlocks the door when turned one way it now spins free the other way. The good news is having phoned Amazon on Saturday evening a new kit was delivered by Sunday lunchtime and is now fitted and working. I love the system so hope I just had a faulty product.

I have been using this for a year now. I never review anything until it reveals all its secrets! Lets go in stages:I installed it myself. I am handy, but it was clear and easy. The instructions are clear, and the parts fit well. So far so good. You will need to be careful to cut the lever to the correct length, which requires cutting metal and some filing, but nothing difficult if your patient.I put the batteries that came with it in the interior battery box here I would like a more robust cover, its okay, but not impressive plastic quality. It is not accessible to any would-be thieves, so this is not a security issue, but a potentially longevity issue as I can imagine it getting hit by something as its mounted on the door itself. Having said that, it has not broken during the past year. Next step was programming it and getting the codes and the key fobs to work. That again was all smooth, no issues. I ordered extra fobs and programmed those as well. All good.The batteries have been working for a year now, no issues. I love that it has a 9 volt backup contact on the exterior in case you are gone and the interior batteries fail.The lock itself keeps opening, no issues. All key fobs are working and happy to report nothing has failed. This has saved our backs more twice when a house guest was locked out and another time my son lost his keys - the manual code entry means you never get locked out again.The lock itself is very well made and I am impressed by the quality. I was a slight skeptic when buying it, but have to say, I cant really believe we were using a key with all its compromises and the fact that anyone can copy it. This has so many advantages and has made our AirBnb guest access so much better.I can highly recommend it!

A great little lock that solves a major problem for those who either live in a place with a rotating cast of residents/visitors -- how to allow them all access when they should have it and not when they don't (as is the case with people owning or being able to copy keys long after they no longer have any reason to be in the property). Also great for people who lose keys. One major downside though: as other people have noticed, the keypads can start to fail at about 3 years even if they show no signs of physical damage and aren't used super heavily. I noticed that a key I never used no longer blinked when pressed but since I never used the key I didn't think anything of it and didn't realise that part of the keypad was dead or that the dead area would spread to other keys that I do use. Then it spread to the * key, which ends all PINs, completely locking me out of the flat. This was a massive problem since there was no other way into my flat. Luckily, included with this lock are some electronic key fobs that still work even if the keypad fails. Unluckily, I did not have one on my key ring and the family member that did was hours away. Keep one on your key ring or stored nearby! For all that, I would still recommend these, but put a note in your calendar to get a new one at 3 years.

If you’re buying this in 2026, the default mastercode in Yale’s instruction doesn’t work anymore as they changed the programming. You need to create your own from onset by inputting any 6 digit then pressing the “R” button on the battery housing when opened.It is pretty rubbish that Yale don’t tell you this unless you have suffered thinking you’re crazy or uneducated then you call their tech support and they tell you “No latest programming is the above”Freaking out it in your instruction or website themI hope this helps someone

A cautionary tale.The fitter I hired to fit my Yale keyless connected door lock followed the Yale instructions perfectly. Specifically the instructions for retrofitting with an existing night latch. The instructions tell you how long to cut the tail bar, and whilst for a new night latch the instructions say 18mm, for a retrofit night latch the instructions very specifically say to instead *match the same length as your existing tail bar*. This is precisely what my fitter did.The lock worked perfectly for 5 months, but then developed a fault when trying to auto-relock. After going through the troubleshooting steps with Yale customer support, they finally decided that the tailbar had been cut "too short". They decided to treat this as consumer error. Critically you cannot just replace the tailbar like you would be able to do with any other lock. Yale informed me I would have to buy an entire new smart lock at my own expense.So. Please be aware that if you are retrofitting this smart lock to an existing night latch, that the Yale installation instructions are incorrect. If you follow them exactly your lock may work perfectly for several months, but your tailbar may in the future be deemed to be "too short" and you may find your lock soon develops the same fault which cannot be corrected.Whilst the lock worked, it was fantastic and I was delighted with it. But I cannot rate this more than 1 star if the lock fails within months as a result of avoidably incorrect installation instructions, not user error, and the customer is left with no resolution.I've escalated this complaint with Yale, as their instructions are clearly at fault and we followed them to the letter. Hopefully Yale will accept this is their error and provide a replacement lock. But at this point I'm left with a malfunctioning lock and the possible expense of buying another, not to mention paying to have it fitted again. And it still remains unclear exactly how long to cut the tailbar for a retrofit, per Yale instructions.I'll update this review if Yale revisit their decision.

I bought this to add easy entry and due to family members loosing their keys, and to allow visitors access without giving them a physical key.It looks great and does everything I'd hoped for, but I also added the WiFi option later (see below).It was simple to install (with DIY skills) with a new night latch at the same time (it would be even easier if fitting to an existing one), although the instructions for this and the night latch from Yale could be much clearer! And you only get one chance to cut the connecting bar to the right length - unless you cut it too long if course!Pairing the fobs and cards, or setting the PIN manually is a little tedious, but relatively straitforward, and the instructions for doing this are very clear (I set them before fitting to the door so I could test it out before cutting holes in my door but also so I didn't have to stand outside doing it)The batteries seem to have a reasonable life span, and warn you when they need changing (so far I've not had to replace mine in 2 months, I expect they'll last quite a while as it goes to a low power state when not being used), and if you don't change them and they drain there's an emergency power via a 9V PP3 underneath (obviously you'd need a PP3 battery to hand - I'm going to put one in a weatherproof box outside, just in case!).After a week of use I also bought the wireless module WiFi bridge (https://amzn.eu/d/1FRYbKB) so I could control it remotely and manage users. Adding this appeared to reset my fobs so I had to go back round that task (which was much quicker the second time around, although I had to stand outside this time as it was fitted to the door), and in fact it's become our default to each use our PINs than the fobs.The app isn't great, but functional, allowing additional users (guests) to be invited either as a permanent user or with limited access. Guests have to download the app before you can give them a PIN which is a bit rubbish so I've set up a dummy user on my work mobile so I can give people (builder, etc) the PIN without them needing to install the app, I can then just go in and change the PIN afterwards. The app shows who accessed the door and when. And of course remotely being able to unlock the door from the app (the main feature I bought this for).The wireless module also has a magnetic sensor so it knows if the door is open, closed, or ajar (isn't closed properly) which I think is useful, it requires a small magnet (included) to be stuck to the door frame near the lock - I don't recall seeing this in the details for the module - but is actually a great feature.

I’ve updated this review since Yale provided a replacement. Skip to the bottom to see the update.Original review...I have had this lock for 4 months or so and been stuck locked out of our house twice now. Had to call a locksmith which has cost us £160 in total.First time round we has used rechargable batteries and the backup 9v option was just not working. Connect the battery up and nothing happens. While frustrated sat outside I read in the instruction manual that you should not use "recharable" batteries. Well done Yale. So I assumed my use of rechargeable batteries was the reason for it not working.After that I changed to Duracell batteries and again 2 months later the same issue. Backup 9v option not working again. I made a point of keeping 9v batteries in the car so I can always get to them. No point as this useless lock doesn't work.The idea for this is good. I don't want my lock connected to the internet. I just don't want to carry a key with me but the reliability of this lock is just not good enough. It need to work 100% of the time or its garbage.Had some dealings with Yale CS and it's been just as bad as everyone says. When you call Yale out of hours they tell you they "cant get to the phone at the moment" and all that stuff however they make a point of saying "if you are having a problem with our smart locks press 1" Doing so puts you through to lockright who are a locksmiths who will come out and sort you out at YOUR expense. This says to me that Yale knows they have a problem with their smart locks to the extent where they have had to add a redirect on their helpline. They don't mention any other products just the smart locks.Updates...So I complained to Yale directly and they replaced the lock free of charge. Since fitting it 4 months ago it’s been perfect. Exactly as advertised.Battery life is significantly better. No problems since the last swap. Maybe the original was a dud or maybe the second one had updated software as the original problems seemed like a bugs. Since the initial problems I have really liked this lock. It does exactly what I need it to do. I would just recommend that you try and buy one that is the most up to date (not sure how you would do that) also monitor how quickly it goes thru batteries. It used to be 2 weeks per battery change now it’s about 2-3 months. if it’s close to 2 weeks, get it replaced before you get locked out.

Great product. I already have this digital lock. This is a new upgraded version on the original. The built-in RFID and the expansion port allows adding extra capabilities is a great addition. The lock looks identical to the original, however, touchscreen is brighter, more responsive & the increased memory storage enables adding more user codes is an excellent addition. The module slot enables connection with other capable devices. Update: Aug 2019: Yale KeyFree (Aug 2013), Keyless v01 (Jan 2014), Keyless Connected (July 2016), Conexis L1 (June 2019) - All working perfectly! I don't understand the issues & negative reviews? Battery Life - 4 New Duracell Power Plus works for 12 months (replaced on same date) has never failed. However I keep a 9v battery in garage just in case! 4 Remote Fobs are used every day, one press unlocks both front/porch doors at same time. Yale Customer Services are Rubbish - I've emailed them 4 times with no response & called once with a question but they didn't know the answer & promised to get back to me & didn't. These digital locks only replace the 'Key' for the existing lock. It's not an fully automatic motorised lock & does not change/increase the security/ability of original locking system. A PVC Multi-lock system requires pulling the handle up/down to operate the rollers/hooks/pins. A key moves the internal cylinder to LOCKED & UNLOCKED position that stops or allows the handle turning & operating the multi-locking system. The KeyFree simply replace the key with a digital pad which engages or dis-engages the handle operate multi-locking system. The KeyLess replaces the Key Cylinder (front part) of the night latch, with a keypad which engages or dis-engages the knob operating the night latch.Update September 2019: I was always led to believe Yale was a British Company & all Rolls Royce cars are fitted with Yale Locks. Both not true. Yale was founded by Linus Yale Jr, in Connecticut US. Yale began supplying locks to the motor industry in 1960s, including Rolls Royce until 1991! Anyway it’s owned by a Swedish Company now. A recent trip to New York, I discovered Yale sells a huge range of electronic “Smart” locks, with at least 30 versions on display, more online I’m told. I noticed one looked identical to mine, but with a different model number/name. It was not only cheaper, but with built-in Smart Home compatibility for Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Smart Things, Nest etc. I got a module compatible for use with most Smart Home tech. I was warned that it may not work with a British Alexa or HomeKit. What utter rubbish & for $20 I was willing to take the risk! In UK Yale Smart Digital Lock Range = 2 versions available! Can anyone tell me?

took way too much time to try and make the thing work, could supply the 60 mm lockset required to make it work or an option to buy the right one

It does the job and means you can access the room or house without looking for a key. Can be useful if you need a secure room in your house and trusted relatives can be given the code.

buenas tardes, la descripción de la cerradura es incorrecta, dice que se utiliza con app, pero resulta al instalarlo tengo que comprar un modulo a parte. Claro, compré creendo que ya funciona con app tal cual. Ahora resulta que ese modulo ya no se fabrica ,ni consigo donde comprarlo. Salió inútil por mala descripción sin detallar que a parte necesito un modulo, Muy decepcionada me quede.

The product is not as it is represented in the description. It is sold to Swedes in Sweden but it does not even fit a Swedish door. On top of that the customer service is terrible. There is no helpful solutions on making up for where the product lacks. This is the second time I had to write this. Stay away from this.

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