Smart lock guides & assessments
Guides and assessments of the smart locks sold in the UK, written by people who fit them for a living. No sponsored posts, no invented test scores — just what these things are actually like once they are on a door.
Assessments
Nuki made a decision early that most of its competitors did not: change nothing a burglar can see. Almost every strength and every limitation follows from that.
SmartLocksUK editorial · 2 September 2026 · 7 min read
Assessments
Yale is the brand people reach for when they do not want to research the decision. That instinct is largely sound — but it hides a design choice on their flagship lock that not everyone should accept.
2 Sep 2026
Guides
Put a smart lock and a good British Standard lock side by side and the question answers itself badly, because the two are not really competing on the same thing.
2 Sep 2026
Guides
Four names circle the same shelf, and none of them is a standard. Sorting out which words carry meaning is the quickest way to stop comparing the wrong things.
14 Aug 2026
Assessments
The most common misunderstanding about TTLock is that it is a brand of lock. It isn't, and almost everything people like and dislike about it follows from that.
7 Aug 2026
Guides
Most locks worth fitting offer five ways in. The mistake is picking one and turning the rest off.
7 Aug 2026
Guides
The hardware is the easy part. Most of the trouble in rented property comes from permission, fire doors and who holds the codes.
7 Aug 2026
Guides
It is the first question almost everyone asks, and the honest answer is that being locked out by a flat battery is close to a solved problem — if you buy accordingly.
7 Aug 2026
