Keyless Entry System Benefits

For years people have been installing keyed locks and then doing corresponding key tasks to coincide with the operation of these locks. There were not a lot of other options at the time. It was pretty much assumed that if you had a lock installed you would get a key with it too. But a few decades ago that all started to change as other types of locks started to become more popular. The most popular of which were keyless electronic locking devices. Now they have become a major player in the lock marketplace because of all they have to offer those that have them installed.

Here are some of the best benefits you get when you have keyless entry locks installed at your home, business or on your vehicle:

Convenience

There is not a more convenient type of lock to operate than a keyless entry lock. They take very little effort to open whether they require a simple keycode or activate in any other way. It also only takes just one hand to operate them much unlike their keyed counterparts. That means you don’t have to put down your kid or the bag of groceries you are carrying to enter into your home.

Businesses find keyless entry locks very convenient too. That’s why they use them to control access to such things as parking garages and secured areas of a building. Keyless business locks are very easy to distribute and control also; the same cannot be said of keyed locks.

No More Key Worries

Have you ever seen a person go by without about 10 pounds of keys hanging off of their belt? That is just not something people should have to deal with. If more people installed keyless entry locks people could greatly reduce the number of keys they have to carry around. If someone is prudent and had many keyless entry devices installed around their home, car, and at work; they theoretically could eliminate having to carry around keys at all.

There would also be no more need to make spare keys and have several copies of duplicate master keys. You don’t have to worry about hiding a spare key around your home or in your car either. So there are so many key worries that vanish when you start to convert your locks over to keyless entry devices.

Avoids Lockout Situations

Keyless locks help people avoid lockout situations a majority of the time. That’s because the only way a person will get locked out is if they forget the combination, the lock breaks or they lose their keycard. This is not the case with keyed locks at all. They can be lost, stolen, misplaced, become unusable and be subject to a whole lot of other conditions that will cause a lockout situation.

Keys are also fragile despite the fact that they are made out of metal. Unfortunately, this is softer metals like aluminum in most cases. That means that keys wear down over time and also have the potential to break. When this happens you definitely could be caught in a lockout situation. Once again, with keyless entry locks this is never a factor and there is very little chance of a lockout as a result of this.

Easy to Reprogram

Keyless locking devices can be easily programmed and reprogrammed. That makes them ideal for a business that has employees coming and going that will use these locks. It certainly is much easier to making and distributing a whole bunch of keys to several different employees who need them. Reprogramming also helps to keep keyless lock security at a very high level.

Accountability

Some businesses will also use keyless entry devices as a means of employee accountability. There are those that think this is too much ‘big brother’ watching but it has its merits. You can judge employee punctuality and performance by how long they spend in their designated work area and what time they go in and out. Also, if theft occurs at a business, that business will know which employees were in the area at that time.

Added Style

Keyed locks tend to be big and bulky in nature. The more security that they offer the more they seem to stand out. This is not the case with many types of keyless entry locks. They tend to be much smaller and can be placed in areas where they do not figure prominently into the background. Many times they can even be slightly hidden. So keyless entry devices can contribute more to the style and simplicity of any entranceway.

Increased Security

Keyed locks have keyholes that are very vulnerable to being picked. That’s not the case at all with keyless electronic locking devices. They have very few spots on them where someone can open up and allow a thief or someone with other bad intentions to easily defeat them.

Who Can Install Your New Keyless Entry Devices for You?

There are different types of professionals that can install your new keyless locks for you. With that being said, you are best off calling a locksmith to do this. Locksmiths are excellent when it comes to the installation of keyless locking devices. After all, their only job is to know all about the different types of locks that are made and they are very good at it. That also means they are efficient at installing keyless locking devices which help keeps their cost down too.

One big benefit you get with locksmiths is that they can do more than just install new keyless locks for you. They can also repair them when you have a problem with them. That’s why it’s a great idea to get familiar with your local locksmith when they first come to install your new keyless entry devices for you.