[billyvg]

I have been using the August for a few months now and I have a hard time recommending it to people. Smart locks need to be reliable and if they aren't then you lose trust in your lock, and, well if you lose trust in your lock, what's the point of owning it.

* Auto-unlock is great when and if it works, and is the only reason to own the August. Unfortunately it's currently iOS only.

* Everlock is currently in "beta" (it's the feature that auto-locks your door after 30 seconds), but one night after my friends left the house, it didn't re-lock itself, so now we can't trust one of the few features of the lock anymore.

* Opening the door with your phone itself is a slow and painful process. It takes anywhere from 5-10 seconds for the phone to connect to the lock before you can control it (this doesn't include unlocking your phone, opening the app, and selecting which lock to connect to). It's absolutely unusable for day-to-day users. There's no point in using this when your keys work faster. However, I can say this is useful for people that do not live in the home, i.e. friends, cleaners, pet sitters, etc.

That said, I have an extra August coming in that I'm not sure what to do with. Christmas is coming up and I absolutely do not want to give it out as a present because it's just not ready.