UniFi Deadbolt
Is anyone else surprised by the fact that Ubiquiti doesn’t sell a deadbolt? I know the company’s access product line is centered around commercial customers, but the company must know there are millions of home automation nerds who wire their homes up with UniFi prosumer equipment too. The fact that the company doesn’t yet sell a smart deadbolt to integrate with Access and/or Protect is baffling to me, especially given how diversified some of their other product lines are around some seemingly niche product categories.
I just took the plunge into the UniFi access world myself with a G6 Pro Entry and I have it programmed to unlock my August deadbolt via the Home Assistant API and while it works, there is a noticeable lag between when the reader issues an unlock command and when the lock opens. Are there better ways of doing this? Should I be considering other smart lock solutions? I like the fact that I get to keep my existing exterior-facing keyed lock set.