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What makes Philips smart door lock secure enough in unlocking experience?

Sep. 10, 2021

As we all know, the anti-theft performance of home lock mainly includes two aspects which are anti-violent damage and anti-technical unlocking. Technical unlocking, as a special unlocking method, is an effective solution for the unlocking master to let the user enter the door smoothly through professional tools when the user forgets to take the key and fails to enter their house.

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Technical unlocking not only helps users who forgot to take their keys, but also doesnt affect the normal use of the lock. How does this work? Can all locks be opened technically?

Unlike violent damage, technical unlocking can unlock the door without bringing any damage. In other words, the lock can still be normally used after technical unlocking. But this requires a professional unlocking master who is familiar with the internal structure and unlocking features of different lock cylinders on the market to unlock the door technically. Without damaging the door lock and its cylinder, they use tools such as single hooks and steel needles to move the lock cylinder, and operate on its cylinder, door seam, inner handle and other components to technically unlock the door.

Although technical unlocking can handle most of the lock cylinders, there still have some lock cylinders with an exclusive structure that is challenging to unlock on the market like the C-grade lock cylinder under the continuous development of security technology.

C-grade cylinder makes the technical unlocking more challenging

C-grade lock cylinder, also known as side column lock cylinder. If the lock cylinder is violently opened by tools, the inside of the lock cylinder will be damaged, which makes the door lock unable to be opened.

Besides, the C-grade lock cylinder is designed with a combination of multiple anti-theft technologies and a special pin and blade structure. It is difficult to judge the internally toothed gear of the lock cylinder even with tools, and the anti-technical opening time is more than 270 minutes which intensifies the difficulty of technically unlocking. (*Data source from lock cylinder inspection report.)

Philips smart lock equips with C-grade cylinder, double increase the anti-theft performance

In order to improve the home security level, Philips smart locks are equipped with a C-grade lock cylinder with a high level of security. Meanwhile, most smart locks also employ a hidden lock cylinder design, which hides the mechanical keyhole at the bottom of the lock. This design not only wouldn’t impact the integrity of the lock appearance, but also would increase the difficulty of technical unlocking and strengthen the safety of the door lock.

However, many users might wonder why the mechanical keys are still indispensable for unlocking even though smart locks already have so many convenient unlocking ways such as fingerprints and PIN codes. In fact, smart lock unlocked by mechanical key can’t be used frequently, but it must not be ignored. Because when some functions of the smart lock fail to take effect during emergency circumstances such as fire or circuit failure, the mechanical key is an important way for us to unlock from outdoors.

In addition, the indoor escutcheons of many Philips smart locks are equipped with a rotary knob. When the smart lock is powered off due to abnormal conditions, it can be unlocked by the indoor rotary knob and open the door in one step which can avoid potential safety hazards.

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Thus, the Philips smart lock employs a C-grade lock cylinder, keeps the traditional mechanical key unlocking, and matches with the indoors rotary knob. Then we dont need to worry about the smart lock being violently damaged or technically opened, which greatly improves the home security level, and also ensures our security during some emergency circumstances.

Above all, a lock cylinder, as the essential part of making the door unlocked, plays a vital role to prevent technical unlocking. Philips smart lock with hidden C-grade cylinder leaves you more sense of security.