Best remote smart locks

[Shivam Patel]

Any recommendations on smart locks for rental/ airbnb that can be accessed remotely? Any good experiences with a specific type of smart lock?

Thank you

[Miller McSwain]

We are using the "rent-by-room" strategy, and we put electronic locks on all bedroom doors and the front door. Our locks allow us to remotely add a pin for a new resident, make temporary pins for handymen/contractors, etc.

DISCLAIMER: I don't think the codes can be automatically changed when a new booking comes in. We are using for RbR, not STR. These are great though because you don't HAVE to have internet to remotely change codes (through an app, not automatically through AirBnb) because they run on an offline algorithm. Pretty cool

We looked for any lock that uses the "TTlock" app on Amazon. That way, all of our locks are in the same app and have the same functionality.

For exterior deadbolt locks (front door, garage door), we used this:
https://a.co/d/2SFMNcy

For normal interior locks (bedroom), we used something like this (the ones we have are currently unavailable, but this has similar capabilities):
https://a.co/d/8C6nYen

You can create codes from anywhere without the locks having internet connection because it can create them using an offline algorithm. But if you want to create specific codes with certain digits (instead of random), you either need to be close enough to the lock to use bluetooth or you need to have a gateway. The gateway is just a hub that all the locks connect to.

We are using this one, but there are other options:
https://a.co/d/0kEUCXv