Advice on Smart Locks (Z-Wave vs. WiFi)

[benjamin]

@bcopeland

It was sent to me by Yale to write drivers for it.

@bcopeland: One more question about the Z-Wave module for the Yale Assure Lock 2: Is it based on the 500 or 700 series Z-wave module?

I ask because of this other post about the Alfred DB2 vs. Yale Assure, which says the Yale lock uses the older Z-wave, but it is also referring to the older Assure lock, and I wondered if the newer Assure 2 has the newer chip (at least, if the demo model they sent you has the newer chip).

@halfrican.ak

I would definitely recommend the Alfred over Yale if using a C-7 hub as it has the 700 series Z-wave module which will perform much better than the older module used by Yale. I believe kwikset also offers a model using the 700 series Z-wave module as does Ultra-Loq.