Hardware recommendation: smart lock that is cloud-free (possibly over wifi)

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Hi evreryone,
I’m about to take what I consider a big step: I want to install a smart lock on my main entrance door and I’m looking for a recommendation

What I’m mostly interested in is:

  • decently known brand (no unknown brands)
  • possibility to use the device entirely cloud-free
  • possibly using wifi or zwave (no BLE nor zigbee)

Does anybody have a recommendation?

Many thanks!

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Where are you located device availability varied by country.

If you’re in the US I prefer schlage. The connect series is ZWave.

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Thank you for answering.

Located in Europe. The shape of the cylinder we use here is the “waterdrop” type (see pic below for reference).

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As you’re in Europe, a few words on Nuki as they are one of the most used smart locks here:

The non-pro in combination with the bridge should work without internet connection.
The 3.0 Pro with it’s nice MQTT implementation NOT. Even that you might think it would be a good fit.
It reconnects Wifi all the time when it can’t connect to the cloud.
So it also looses connection to the MQTT server.

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Thanks for the reply! So you recommend Nuki 3.0 base version.
As I understand it uses bluetooth (not BLE) and I can control it with a esp32 bluetooth proxy directly from the integration in home-assistant, am I right?

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I haven’t used it with a self-made esp bridge so far.

A few years ago I used the 2.0 with the Nuki bridge, which worked fine for me.
Now I use the 3.0 Pro with MQTT, but that wouldn’t fit your need for offline-usage.

Maybe someone else can tell you more about their success with a self made esp32 bridge.

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