In the past two years, the smart lock market is very chaotic, the cheapest smart fingerprint lock is less than a thousand yuan, dare to either? Seeing such a cheap price, the average person will be moved, but think about it carefully, only a C-class lock cylinder is nearly 300 yuan, is the thousand-dollar level smart lock really safe? Almost I also started a fingerprint lock of about a thousand yuan, fortunately some time ago, the "Tesla coil" small black box 3 seconds to open the lock, but also gave me a blow. Later, when I chose the fingerprint lock, I was more cautious, compared for a long time from the aspects of lock body security and ease of use, and finally chose the spotted cat W500 Internet of Things fingerprint lock.
At that time, the choice of this lock focused on both safety and convenience. According to relevant national regulations, smart locks must have mechanical keys to make emergency needs. Therefore, one of the soft points of the smart lock is still the mechanical lock cylinder, there are many smart locks on the market, especially some cheap smart locks are still stuck in the B-class lock cylinder, and this one uses a C-class lock cylinder; on the other hand, this smart lock can resist the "Tesla coil" small black box, and the security in the electronic part is also relatively high.
Convenience mainly considers that the lock can be opened in a variety of ways, such as the daughter-in-law's fingerprint is very shallow, you can use the mobile phone Bluetooth to unlock, the password to unlock; parents are older, occasionally come over once, the password can not be remembered, the smart phone will not be used, you can use the physical magnetic card to unlock the lock; when there is no one at home, if there is a courier sent over, you can give the courier a remote unlock through the APP. So carefully calculated, all kinds of use scenarios can be taken care of, and it is indeed more convenient.
The packaging of the Spotted Cat W500 Internet of Things Fingerprint Lock is as shown above, although the design is relatively simple, but it is very heavy and the portion size is particularly sufficient. After opening the package, there are warranty cards, installation instructions, and instructions for use. The door lock panel is red bronze, which looks more high-end than black, silver, etc., and this color matching is also more compatible with the security door at home.
After receiving the lock I immediately contacted the sales post installation, the installation is free, about 2 pm, before the installation master came to the door, I first opened the package and looked at it carefully. There are more accessories for the Internet of Things fingerprint lock, various different types of screws are individually packaged, the guide pieces are made of alloy steel, and the inner and outer panels have protective gaskets.
The smart lock is also equipped with two emergency mechanical keys and two magnetic key, the magnetic key should be an NFC chip, originally wanted to copy the magnetic chip to the mobile phone, but with Huawei and Apple tried can not be identified, it is estimated that the use of non-standard frequency or the use of other encryption technology. The advantage is that the risk of the magnetic sheet being easily copied is eliminated.
The bottom of the outer panel is a mechanical keyhole and a USB power supply interface, the interface is integrated design, the safety is relatively high, and it will not be easily opened. When the smart lock battery is insufficient, if the mechanical key is not around, it can be unlocked by powering the power supply through the USB interface with a mobile power supply.
Both the outer and inner panels support the left-right adjustment function. The direction of the lock handle can be adjusted through the small hole on the right side, whether it is a left door or a right door can be adjusted and adapted.
The lock panel is very large and the material is also very thick. The surface of the panel adopts the IMD process, the color and luminosity are better, the effect of dustproof, moisture-proof and scratch-proof is also better, and there is no need to worry about the panel being scratched in a short period of time.
The panel has a layer of cushioning protective pad when installed, which can make the panel of the door lock fit better with the door, and also prevent the panel from scratching the surface of the door.
Every time my parents' smart lock needs to use fingerprints, it must first perform a slide action, which feels more troublesome to use. Spotted cat this is fingerprint and handle integrated design, this design is very convenient, in the door does not need to deliberately press the fingerprint.
The upper part of the panel is the password input area and the magnetic chip sensing area.
The inner panel of the door is consistent with the outer panel style in appearance, with slight differences in that the upper code area becomes a battery compartment, and the lower spotted cat LOGO becomes an anti-lock mechanism.
Spotted cat this Internet of Things fingerprint lock uses 8 batteries to power, accessories are provided with batteries, the official promotion of the battery life time of 180 days, once a year to change the battery can be. When the battery power is less than 20%, the smart lock will actively remind the user to replace it in time through the APP and lock body.
The lock body of the spotted cat is very thick, only the lock body part weighs up to 1KG, and the lock body supports the heaven and earth hook of the security door, and everyone can pay attention to it when installing.
The lock tongue can also be adjusted 180 degrees, also suitable for the left door and the right door, the lock tongue has a hook design, which can prevent the card from unlocking, and the security has been further improved.
At 2 p.m., the installation master arrived on time, showed various documents, and began to install. A look at this master is the old driver, the technique is very skilled, the hole is three times five divided by two to install. After the installation, at my request, the master deliberately took out the "Tesla coil" small black box on the spot to help me verify the security, this lock withstood the small black box 360 degrees no dead angle electromagnetic interference, this electronic security is also assured.
After the installation of the effect, it still looks more beautiful, the red bronze color is more compatible with the security door, and it looks more high-grade.
When unlocking the lock from the door, just put your finger on the fingerprint, there is almost a reaction time of about 1 second, and after a drop, the real person voice reminds the door lock to be opened. The unlocking process is relatively smooth and natural, and it has been used for nearly three months now, whether it is dry or wet, it can be opened almost at once, and no adjustment is required. By the way, fingerprints will become more sensitive as they are used for longer periods of time, which is the self-learning and improvement mechanism of fingerprints.
Daughter-in-law fingerprint is very shallow, can only use the password to unlock, every time you need to enter the password, the hand can touch the panel to wake up the key light. Because the password supports a 16-digit anti-prying code, you can unlock the lock as long as the number you enter contains the correct password in a complete succession. This is convenient and safe to operate, and the door lock also supports setting a set of coercive passwords, when entering this set of passwords, the door lock will immediately alarm the family.
In addition to the physical password, the door lock can also be unlocked by entering the password via Bluetooth + APP.
What should the elderly do if they are forgetful, have shallow fingerprints, and cannot use a smartphone? Don't worry, you can also use the magnetic chip to unlock it. The tile needs to be paired with the fingerprint lock once before it can be enabled.
The magnetic chip is very small and can be easily put into the protective case of the mobile phone. We carry mobile phones with us, so we don't need to worry about forgetting to bring magnetic chips when we go out.
The magnetic chip can also be easily opened in the phone case.
Look at the effect inside the door, there is an anti-lock mechanism inside the door, and the anti-lock is mainly to prevent the cat's eye from unlocking. After the anti-lock, if you do not manually lift it, the door cannot be opened at all.
This point originally did not need to be mentioned, but after the net red Mijia smart door lock anti-lock, the door unlock can actually be linked to open the anti-lock mechanism, which is more embarrassing, anti-lock is originally to prevent unlocking from the outside, I don't know what is the significance of Mijia doing this? From this point of view, the safety factor of the spotted cat is a little higher.
The app design of the spotted cat also takes into account safety and convenience, and every time it enters the APP, it needs to be verified to prevent criminals from operating illegally or misoperating when they use it. When logging in, you can choose to use the fingerprint that has been entered in the mobile phone instead of entering the password, which is indeed more convenient.
In the APP can be the smart lock user management, for different users to assign different permissions and unlocking methods, unlocking method in addition to simple fingerprints, passwords, magnetic cards, can also be set into a hybrid verification mode, so that you need to open the door in two ways at the same time when you open the lock. For example, the unlocking method you set for your parents is a magnetic chip + password, if others pick up the magnetic chip and open the door, because they can't guess the password, the security is further improved.
The smart lock will automatically record and remind the unlock to be unlocked, in addition to the prompts in the APP, the user can also bind WeChat to remind through the WeChat terminal. Then there is the matter of the coercion code mentioned earlier, if the family is threatened, you can use the preset coercion password to unlock, at the same time when unlocking the APP will remind the family, and the mobile phone will also receive a TEXT reminder; in case the door lock is broken, the lock will sound an alarm, and the APP and the registered mobile phone number will also receive a reminder push.
The Spotted Cat APP can actually manage all its smart devices, such as fingerprint locks, cameras, cat eyes, gateways, door and window sensors, body sensors, curtains, sockets, switches, etc., and these devices can also be set up with linkage. After linkage, you can build a relatively complete smart home system. For a simple example, I set up my daughter-in-law and I will take a photo when the cat's eye unlocks in the linkage, and the camera in the living room will turn off the video mode, if the unlocking time is at night, the smart switch will also linkage to open the living room and the book bathroom lights. This is just a very simple example, and you can also customize the scene according to your actual needs.
By the way, at present, the smart device of the spotted cat home also supports voice control through Tmall Genie and Baidu speakers, if there is a smart speaker at home, it is more convenient to use.
Well, finally, from three aspects to summarize the spotted cat W500 IoT fingerprint lock. In the first place is definitely safety, spotted cat this lock in the security aspects of the design is very much, such as lock body with thick material, C-class lock cylinder, anti-pry alarm, coercion alarm, anti-lock anti-cat's eye unlock, two ways to combine the unlock, etc.;
The second aspect is convenience, the door handle is combined with the fingerprint, and it is more convenient to unlock the lock. 6 unlocking methods to meet the needs of different scenarios of many members of the family, especially the addition of magnetic card unlocking methods, which is convenient for special user groups such as shallow fingerprints and the elderly;
The last point is the icing on the cake design, the appearance of the spotted cat W500 Internet of Things fingerprint lock is indeed very angry on the grade, touching the conscience said, a few brands of fingerprint lock with the male mold design looks LOW, and tieba forum in a bunch of reaction lock handle coating process defective posts, with a period of time outside the handle have the phenomenon of paint drop, said who has a number in mind.