"What's that noise?" my friend Karen asked me as we were walking around the track during our community's Relay for Life event.
"Oh those are my keys," I said. I had hooked them to my shorts.
"But it sounds like bells," Karen said.
"Well, that's because there's a bell on my key chain," I replied.
I then explained to Karen that I had bought a little tiny cow bell on our trip to France last year thinking that when I drop my keys, I'll hear the noise. You see I had gone through a few months of losing all my keys. First the mailbox key detached itself from my key chain. Then I lost the front door key. I was losing keys so frequently that I wondered if someone had cursed me.
I figured a new key chain, plus one that made noise, would prevent me from losing any more keys. Still, I don't need to carry a front door key since we have an electronic key pad that opens the garage. But occasionally the power goes out in the neighborhood, or the garage door breaks down. I wonder between the lack of keys and the inability to open the garage that I'll be locked out of my house some day.
If you're a person who loses their keys (or have kids or a spouse who does) or whose toddler locks them out of the house on a regular basis, you may want to look into electronic keypads for your doors.
Schlage Locks has come out with an electronic keypad lock and deadbolt for home use. The keypad allows access via a four-digit code that can be customized so members of your family, guests, nannies, and service providers can all access your home using different codes. Each code (up to 19 on each lock) can be easily set up for a new person or deactivated if you no longer want someone to have access to your house. You don't need a locksmith to install it. In fact, Schlage claims you can install it with a screwdriver in less than 30 seconds.
Having a Schlage electronic keypad lock means not worrying that your child will lose his house key at school. You can set it up for your housecleaning service or babysitters. And when they leave your employ, you can easily delete or change the code.
You can also use a Schlage electronic keypad lock on a room in your house that you don't want kids, the cleaning service, or your nosy mother-in-law to get access to. That could be a home office, a wine cellar, or your hobby room.
I was lucky to get two locks from Schlage to try out. I gave one to a friend whose husband has a professional recording studio in his basement. It's full of expensive computers and sound equipment. And while their boys know not to go in dad's studio, they may have friends over who don't know that and would mess with - or even break - stuff. Having the Schlage electronic keypad lock on the studio door gives them great peace of mind.
Also, if you're undergoing a home remodel or just want your painter to have access to your home, you can give your contractors a special code just for their workers. Once the project is done, you can eliminate their codes. No worries about collecting keys or that someone made a key copy without your knowledge.
Schlage electronic keypad lock gives you peace of mind and home security.
