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Originally Posted by photon
That's why I made sure to get one with a key backup just in case. Did have trouble opening it a few days ago (had to pull on the door to get zero friction on the bolt), but turns out I just needed to replace the batteries, been good otherwise.
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We bought the electronic locks that actually need to be turned by hand to lock/unlock. We previously had fully electronic ones but found that the gears strip too easily and causes issues. Although the Schlage ones that we use have their own issue where the spring mechanism doesn't work effectively in the cold after a number of years. Ours started giving us issues after about 6 or 7 years so I adjusted the spring and it would work great down to -20. I finally replaced them all this year with new locks and it works great again.