Residential Door Locks

[Mabouya]

Honestly, if for some weird reason all four of the keyless locks failed while we were locked in a Turkish prison

Just be careful with your choice of underwear, and you'll be fine.

[Bob Ross]

I have had the first gen of Schlage keyless deadbolt since forever and do not regret a thing. They are as solid as anything and only need a battery ever few yrs.

When we bought our apartment in Tucson a year-and-a-half ago it came with a Schlage FE595 electronic deadbolt; this one was both keyed and keyless. Sadly, the previous owners had scrapped off the master programming passcode, so we couldn't really use it for its intended purposes...but reading about its capabilities I realized that was precisely what we wanted, so we bought a brand new one of the exact same model.

I'm curious to know what the attraction of a keyless lock might be.

It strikes me as a solution looking for a problem but I am ready to be edumacated!

The primary advantage over a keyed lock is that you can give temporary guests their own temporary combination to get in, and then easily delete that combination when those folks are no longer staying with you. Or no longer welcome :)

Plus you can always get in even if you forget your keys (so long as you remember your own personal combination).