Hello everyone,
I wasn’t able to find any relevant information on this topic.
Today, we visited the window manufacturer and also discussed front doors.
Since I often forget my key (at least I don’t lose it), and frequently have to crawl around in the garden to fetch the spare key, I would like to install an entrance door system in our new build that can be opened preferably with a door code or fingerprint (and optionally also with a key).
So far, I don’t see any clear advantage of one system over the other.
And no, it’s not enough to have a spare key in the car or at the neighbors’—I definitely want a system that works without a key.
I wasn’t able to find any relevant information on this topic.
Today, we visited the window manufacturer and also discussed front doors.
Since I often forget my key (at least I don’t lose it), and frequently have to crawl around in the garden to fetch the spare key, I would like to install an entrance door system in our new build that can be opened preferably with a door code or fingerprint (and optionally also with a key).
So far, I don’t see any clear advantage of one system over the other.
And no, it’s not enough to have a spare key in the car or at the neighbors’—I definitely want a system that works without a key.
The fingerprint scanner on a door is not comparable to a smartphone at all. The scanner reads the deeper layers of tissue, so a lifted fingerprint is completely useless.
We have fingerprint scanners and radio remote controls for the FUHR door, along with the matching motor lock and control unit, all integrated into the door, with nothing in the control box or elsewhere. My fingerprints work 95% of the time on the first try, while my husband’s—who has very worn and calloused hands from manual labor—work about 60% of the time, meaning he has to swipe several times.
So far, we haven’t used the radio remotes; they are there in case we get new garage doors later, so we can open those with the same remotes. At the time, I couldn’t decide between a remote control (which comes with the “thick” multitronic motor lock) and the fingerprint scanner, so I just went with both. I find transponders too inconvenient because you still have to press a button or hold the transponder very close to the reader. At that point, I might as well use the fingerprint scanner, which feels more secure since a transponder can be lost or stolen, but a finger cannot.
There was an additional cost of 2000 euros for the fingerprint scanner and motor lock. The entire door (1 side panel) cost 6000 euros in total.
I have also come up with a code for our second front door (we have an entrance on each floor), which I think is quite good. But that still needs to be rebuilt there, so it will take a while.
We have fingerprint scanners and radio remote controls for the FUHR door, along with the matching motor lock and control unit, all integrated into the door, with nothing in the control box or elsewhere. My fingerprints work 95% of the time on the first try, while my husband’s—who has very worn and calloused hands from manual labor—work about 60% of the time, meaning he has to swipe several times.
So far, we haven’t used the radio remotes; they are there in case we get new garage doors later, so we can open those with the same remotes. At the time, I couldn’t decide between a remote control (which comes with the “thick” multitronic motor lock) and the fingerprint scanner, so I just went with both. I find transponders too inconvenient because you still have to press a button or hold the transponder very close to the reader. At that point, I might as well use the fingerprint scanner, which feels more secure since a transponder can be lost or stolen, but a finger cannot.
There was an additional cost of 2000 euros for the fingerprint scanner and motor lock. The entire door (1 side panel) cost 6000 euros in total.
I have also come up with a code for our second front door (we have an entrance on each floor), which I think is quite good. But that still needs to be rebuilt there, so it will take a while.
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