Can the smart lock that prevents the anti-cat eye unlock function become the new favorite of the industry?

When buying security doors, most users only pay attention to how thick, how strong, how many lock points and the level and safety of the locks, but ignore one of the weakest links of the door - the cat's eye. According to the professional introduction, for the skilled criminals, it is easy to lock into the room through the cat's eye, and the door can be opened smoothly within tens of seconds or even ten seconds.

So, what is the cat's eye unlock? In fact, the criminals use a special cat-eye tool like a "manipulator" to open the lock by opening the cat's eye into the room.

"Cat Eye" turned into a thief "fast track"

On the morning of November 11, last year, Mr. Yao, who lives in Liangjiang New District of Chongqing, did not lock when he went out to work. However, when he went home, he found that the door could not be opened. Just when he contacted the unlocking person, a strange man suddenly opened the door from his house. The straight run quickly disappeared into the stairwell. After investigation, the suspect used an unlocking tool to unlock from the cat's eye position and burglary. (According to Chongqing Evening News)

At 6 o'clock in the morning of November 30, 2014, Mr. Tang, who lives near Xujiaqiao in Lusong District, Zhuzhou, Hunan, just woke up and was surprised to find that two bags in the bedroom and living room were gone, and there were two bags missing. Each of the 10,000 yuan in cash. Upon receiving the alarm, the police rushed to the scene to investigate and found that the door lock of Mr. Tang’s home security door had no obvious signs of damage, but the cat’s eye on the door was destroyed, and there were traces of fire. It was finally determined that the thief had unlocked the cat through the cat’s eye. of. (According to Zhuzhou Evening News)

On November 19, 2016, the Qinhuai Branch of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau received an alarm at the Chaotian Palace Police Service Station. Ms. Lu said that the cat's eye on her door was opened. Fortunately, she did not lose valuable property.

In fact, news such as this is not uncommon in major media. Then why are such cases always banned? There are several reasons: First, the original cat eyes of the security door are too fragile and no cat eye protection device is installed; Second, most locks do not have anti-cat eye unlocking or automatic locking function; Third, the user forgets to lock when going out.

Anti-cat eye-opening smart lock into a citron

At present, most of the cat eyes installed on the security door are too fragile, some can be easily opened with a single screwdriver, and many mechanical locks on the security door are not equipped with automatic locking function, so the criminals are left behind. Convenient access."

Then, the current hot smart lock can avoid the above drawbacks of the mechanical lock? It is understood that many smart lock companies in addition to providing users with a convenient user experience, in terms of security is also a lot of effort.

The left picture shows the indoor anti-cat eye unlock button.

For example, some smart locks provide anti-cat eye unlocking functions for smart locks in addition to conventional anti-smashing, anti-technical alarms and other security functions. At present, the most common method is to add a button to the indoor handle. When opening the door, you must press this button and then press the handle to open the door.

The biggest advantage of this design is that it not only prevents young children from opening the door privately when the parents are not paying attention, but also holds the handle when the cat's eye unlocking tool touches the indoor handle without the button. The free state blocked the passage of the thief using the cat's eye to unlock the room. Therefore, the smart lock that can prevent the cat's eye from unlocking is gradually becoming the first choice for users.

What other ways can prevent the cat's eye from unlocking?

Since the cat's eye unlocking is so terrible, in addition to installing a smart lock with anti-cat eye unlocking function, what other methods can we use to block and prevent the cat's eye unlocking tool?

First, you must remember to lock when you go out. At present, there are only a few mechanical locks on the market that can be self-defense, so no matter how urgent the user is when they go out, remember to take out the key and lock it out, so as not to leave the criminals with a chance.

Second, add a cat eye protector. The user can install a protector for the cat's eye, which not only prevents the thief from peeking, but even if the cat's eye is removed, the protector can still play a second protective role.

Cat eye protector

Third, change smart cat eyes or smart cat eyes + anti-cat eye unlock smart lock combination. In the context of intelligence, users can also replace the original cat's eye into a more advanced and safer smart cat's eye. Because the smart cat's eye integrates the functions of the traditional cat's eye and the doorbell, and overcomes the shortcomings and safety hazards of the traditional optical cat's eye, it increases the role of monitoring, and can effectively prevent the cat's eye tool from unlocking;

If the user has extremely high security requirements, you can also install the "Smart Cat Eye + Anti-Cat Eye Unlocking Smart Lock Dual Combination" to achieve double protection and make your home safer.

Conclusion: Cat eye unlocking has become one of the main culprits of the current burglary, so whether it is a mechanical lock enterprise or a smart lock enterprise, we must see this grim situation and work hard to prevent the cat's eye from unlocking.

Editor in charge: Zhang Zequn