• Reviews around keypad (3.14 of 5)

    August Smart Keypad

    • Nope, it's this terrible keypad that simply doesn't work - not human error
    • We love our new keypad!
    • I would not recommend the keypad or august
    • The battery drain in the cold is so rapid that the keypad is unreliable and often a fresh set of batteries lasts less than a few weeks
    • Keypad just didn't work
    • Which, like other rental smart locks, you need the keypad
    • Great keypad and easy to install.
    • August Smart Keypad, easy to install and use, I wish it had a sound when touching the keys
    • Love the August lock and keypad
    • The keypad is also very useful for unlocking when we've gone out without a phone or when a phone has died, and is also useful for those who don't have phones, like our grandchildren
    • Love this keypad
    • Smart lock keypad works great with the August Smart lock.
    • Because my unit was over a year old the only thing August could offer me was a 20% discount on a new smart lock keypad and that's just not good enough
    • The August Smart Keypad is a smart choice for your Smart Lock
    • When I saw that these keypads were available, I was delighted
    • The keypad is unreliable and on occasion does not work
    • My keypad from Amazon came missing parts so it would not work
    • Loving my August keypad
    • Absolutely love the August keypad
    • It can be set to illuminate the keypad as one walks up to it at night or extend the battery life by turning off the feature
    • I was having second thoughts about getting an August smart keypad based on the reviews
    • The batteries for the keypad run out once a week, because it easily gets into a state where it blinks the light indefinitely and dies.- The keypad forgets the codes you've entered into it periodically, and loses connection to the lock, and has to be fully re setup to make it work again, if at
    • I have now read the reviews and see that a faulty keypad is not that uncommon
    • This keypad though is worthless.
    • Lock is fine but the keypad.. super slow response, amazingly slow
    • My keypad, in its current location, works about 40% of the time on the first try
    • I mounted my keypad no more than two feet from the lock itself on the outside of the door and after putting in my code, it just calmly blinks red at me for 30 seconds, and then fails
    • Honestly, the keypad seems like a beta product
    • Set up was fine, though I must say, finding documentation or info about this product if you have a simple question (e.g., How far away can the Smart Keypad be mounted from the Smart Lock?
    • I have a doorbell cam that I cant connect to, a smart lock I cant connect to, and a keypad, that, while marginally helpful, I could have just installed a lock with a keypad from the beginning for a lot less money and trouble.
    • I spent close to $500 over the last year "upgrading" the hardware on my front door with an August "smart" lock, August "smart" doorbell, and August keypad.
    • Very very satisfied how this smart keypad has performed so far.
    • This keypad, is great
    • The keypad is extremely convenient to give guests and family members their own codes
    • Overall the keypad is good but does have glitchy moments
    • We don't use the auto-lock feature for several reasons, and so the keypad gives the extra convenience, ease, and confidence of hearing the lock actually lock
    • The August Smart Keypad works ok at best
    • The August Smart Keypad works ok at best
    • after clearing the lock the keypad is working fine again and we had a couple issues with the autolock feature but that is because we changed our Internet service
    • after a year so of having the lock it started functioning decent however the keypad is never worked well.
    • Love my keypad
    • I love everything about my August Smart lock and my Smart Keypad!
    • The keypad makes it easy to simply text a customized code out and you can even set up a schedule or grant temporary access
    • The keypad frequently fails to communicate with the lock
    • the keypad would not work
    • I have the Smart Lock, Keypad, and Connect
    • I absolutely love this keypad for the three months I've had it
    • I will never use August products again and am sad that I've wasted so much money on the Smart Lock, Keypad and Connect.
    • I really don't like this keypad.
    • Now the keypad doesn't work
    • This keypad just doesn't work though... period, end of story
    • Nice keypad to use in august locker when you forgot your smartphone or de batterie is low.
    • I thought hey, since I'm already invested in the August ecosystem, I might as well get the keypad so that (1) I don't need to coordinate with my guests and cleaners when they get in or out; and (2) I'll just grant/revoke passwords remotely
    • Having initially thought that the keypad was redundant and not necessary, I have found it to be the most useful piece of my August system
    • I like the keypad, except that it is burning through batteries about every two weeks
    • Stuck with a useless keypad that I cannot trust to work
    • This keypad is VERY flimsily constructed, and GROSSLY overpriced
    • Second, if you have the Smart keypad, get ready to get really annoyed with the batteries only lasting ~20d, WITH NO WARNING
    • The keypad is nice for people without a phone like my kids or if you don’t want to reach for your phone all the time when outside your house
    • Flawless smart keypad
    • The keypad will work one day, and then die completely the next, no matter how many times the batteries are changed
    • And finally, as other people have indicated... the keypad doesn't always work.
    • But we find our guests prefer the keypad almost exclusively and as a result the keypad option is just too unreliable
    • We have had the keypad and lock installed for about a week now the keypad was extremely easy to install and link to the lock.
    • It makes it fairly simple to secure the door remotely, but this keypad is terrible.
    • future versions should have the wifi option built-in to the lock like most locks in the market now , instead of the hassle of buying tye controller & the keypad separately and set it up all over again
    • but the keypad is awesome
    • Keypad has some delays but it is natural as it works with bluetooth connection
    • This keypad is great one problem is only one password works and the others don't
    • Keypad could not be made to work.
    • With this setup the keypad fails probably 25-30% of the time to unlock the door
    • In its current form, the keypad nor the lock are very reliable
    • Problems with this keypad: 1) it runs through batteries often, approx 1 per month 2) you have to type very slowly for it to work 3) it often doesn't work even though ours is approximately 2 feet from the lockWe love the August lock but this keypad is awful
    • I just have a modern looking keypad with absolutely no purpose
    • The keypad itself is flimsy plastic garbage, that will likely break just from changing the batteries
    • Sometimes I need to completely remove the keypad it from the app and re add it and lose all my settings so need to renter all of those.
    • Two days later the keypad is dead
    • Great keypad so far
    • but the keypad is a big disappointment.
    • The August Smart Keypad is a fantastic companion to the August Lock
    • I was forced to apply a firmware update to the keypad through my iphone and now the keypad no longer works.
    • The whole system....locks, wifi, and keypads is great
    • I prefer the keypad over the app at this point.
    • The keypad will work one day, and then die completely the next, no matter how many times the batteries are changed
    • I was sold A USED August smart keypad when it was supposed to be new
    • I checked my e mail and the fact that I typed in the correct e mail
    • Inside it is corroding as it really has no seal from weather.