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Eufy Smart Lock Touch & WiFi review: The most versatile lock on the block

Eufy Security is fast becoming a serious player in the smart home realm, with an impressive suite of smart security cameras, some top notch robot vacs, and now a really good smart door lock.To get more news about touch lock, you can visit securamsys.com official website.

While the snappily named Eufy Smart Lock Touch & Wi-Fi is not Eufy's first skin in the door lock game, it is its best, upping the stakes from the first fingerprint model by adding a Wi-Fi radio while keeping the same launch price.This stylish looking device also boasts five ways to control your door - touchscreen keypad, fingerprint reader, regular key, app unlock, and voice control with Alexa or Google.

The only thing missing is auto-unlock, but with fingerprint unlock being almost as convenient (and often quicker) that's not a big miss.

Sadly, despite Eufy's reputation for quality hardware with budget prices, the Smart Touch Lock is up there with the best of them in terms of price.

But how does it compare to our top lock the August WiFi Smart Lock ($249), or another fingerprint-enabled lock the Lockly Secure Pro ($279) in terms of features and everyday use?
While it's not as discreet looking as the Level Touch Lock, the Eufy Smart Touch Lock has a nice, slimline, unobtrusive look. And unlike with the Level Lock, you don't have to have your phone on you for the touch-to-unlock feature to work.

It's large, but not bulky, about half the size of the Lockly Secure Pro and Nest X Yale locks, which are both large and bulky. Eufy has managed to pack everything into a really slim form factor, both for the exterior and interior.The exterior portion is made of a smooth black plastic with a sleek design that blends in well on our dark green door. While It doesn't match your existing hardware as the Schlage and Kwikset smart locks can, we did like its keyhole cover, which makes the whole lock look more modern and high-tech than those more traditional looking offerings.

A touch-screen keypad sits between a round fingerprint reader and the keyhole cover, and while that cover is a bit tricky to slide open, with so many ways to open this door you're probably not going to be removing it much.

Eufy gives you five physical keys - rather more than most offer, but as these are not standard keys and they need a locksmith to copy, getting a few extras makes up for that potential hassle. It does mean you can't rekey this lock to match any other exterior locks you may have.On the inside, there's a slim housing for the mechanics and batteries. Here, instead of the standard four AAs you get a more earth-friendly rechargeable 10,000mAh battery pack - a genius idea really.

Locks eat batteries and rechargeable makes so much sense for a door lock. Plus, Eufy says this will last a year, compared to most Wi-Fi locks which need new batteries every couple of months that's impressiveThe downside though is there will be 6 hours while you recharge it when you won't be able to unlock your door with anything but a key - but Eufy says it will be selling spare battery packs if that's an issue for you.

Installation was really simple, aided by Eufy's excellent "color by numbers" approach - each item is boxed or bagged and labelled with a number that corresponds to the very clear instruction manual.