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Although Amazon's Big Deal Days are over, we managed to hand pick some home security items still on sale just for you. Grab'em while you can!

By Shubham Yewale
Amazon October Prime Big Deal Days 2024 Home Security

Ding, dong! You're running out of time to take advantage of Amazon's fall sales event and lock down the best prices on home security gear. Act fast!

By Shubham Yewale
Amazon October Prime Big Deal Days 2024 Home Security

Forget keys! A connected lock is a secure, easy-to-install, and convenient way to control who can access your home and when. These are the top smart locks we've tested.

August Smart Lock Pro

We install and test more than 100 smart devices in our homes each year to determine their ease of use, reliability, and performance to help you choose the best ones for your budget.

By John R. Delaney
Google Nest Hub

Although Prime Day is over, it's still raining nonstop savings with flurries of massive price cuts on our favorite home security products!

By Shubham Yewale
Amazon Prime Day 2024 Home SecurityDeals

The discounts have started to drop, and it's raining non-stop savings with flurries of massive price cuts on our favorite home security products!

By Shubham Yewale
Amazon Prime Day 2024 Home SecurityDeals

As Prime Day approaches, the discounts are starting to drop, and soon it's going to be raining non-stop savings with flurries of massive price cuts on our favorite home security products.

By Shubham Yewale
Amazon Prime Day 2024 Home SecurityDeals
3.0

The Yale Approach Lock has the potential to be a great retrofit smart lock, but some performance issues limit its ability to provide true peace of mind.

By Andrew Gebhart
Yale Approach Lock
3.5

The Philips 4000 Series Smart Deadbolt is a sleek Bluetooth smart lock that provides several ways to lock and unlock your door, but you'll need to purchase a separate Wi-Fi bridge for remote access and voice control.

By John R. Delaney
Philips 4000 Series Smart Lock
4.0

The Proscenic L60 is a Bluetooth-enabled smart lock that is reasonably priced, easy to install, and gives you multiple ways to lock and unlock your door.

By John R. Delaney
Proscenic L60 Smart Lock

Yale's Approach Lock leaves your original outdoor keyway in place and offers an optional keypad.

By Josh Hendrickson
A door with a Yale Smart lock on it
4.0

The Aqara U100 is a sleek smart lock designed for Apple HomeKit that offers many different options to secure your door.

By John R. Delaney
The Aqara Smart Lock U100

According to security researchers, the flaw can let a hacker unlock door systems from Dormakaba's Saflok brand, which is used across numerous hotel properties.

By Michael Kan
Hotel lock
3.5

The Defiant Hubspace Biometric Fingerprint Electronic Touchpad Deadbolt is a stylish smart lock that lets you unlock your door with your fingerprint and several other methods, but its third-party device support could be better.

By John R. Delaney
Defiant Hubspace Biometric Fingerprint Electronic Touchpad Deadbolt
3.0

The Philips 1000 Series Electronic Deadbolt offers multiple ways to lock and unlock your door, but its mobile app and smart feature set leave much to be desired.

By John R. Delaney
4.0

The Igloohome Padlock 2 and Bridge smart lock combo is secure and easy to use with support for app, keypad, and voice control.

By John R. Delaney
igloohome app
2.5

The Proscenic L40 smart lock supports multiple unlock methods, but it’s not easy to install and requires a separate $30 Wi-Fi hub to enable voice controls and full remote access.

By John R. Delaney
3.5

Part video doorbell and part smart lock, the pricey Lockly Vision Elite offers several convenient ways to help you secure your front door and also record who approaches it.

By John R. Delaney
3.5

The affordable Defiant Smart Wi-Fi Deadbolt is easy to install and supports multiple unlock methods, but don't expect it to interact with many of the other smart devices in your home.

By John R. Delaney
4.0
Editors' Choice

The versatile Eufy Video Smart Lock is pricey, but it offers multiple ways to lock and unlock your door and doubles as a 2K video doorbell.

By John R. Delaney