Which cheap as chips fingerprint door lock?

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Context… right now, the human door to my garage (not the car door) has a combination padlock
It’s not very secure, but it’s in my garden and already behind a couple of locked gates.
It doesn’t need to be super secure, but I do want it locked, but frankly there are two single glazed plexiglass windows so if someone wants in it’s really not going to be a huge issue for them.

I’m getting frustrated at sticking the combination into the padlock, so was thinking a fingerprint door lock would be the way to go, but don’t want to spend a fortune as I figure you’re mostly paying for security and I essentially want it to hold the door shut

It needs to be weatherproof (as outside in the elements) and can be WiFi or ZigBee (or Bluetooth I guess if it’s not permanently connected, but would be nice to use automations)

The WiFi and ZigBee are pretty weak at the garage, so I’d like it to be able to operate without if they drop for some reason

Easier to fit the better but really price and function the main things for me!
Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks

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You can look into an Aqara Smart Lock U100, the U50 version is without fingerprint scanner or look into the U200 and U200 lite, anything else would be switchbot locks or those like ones shown in these vids:

I currently have a u300 which is a little more on the costly side but the aqara locks have at least the lock status and battery info in HA.

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