FP-300 fingerprint door lock
October 2nd, 2005 by Marc in Home Gadgets
I’ve been looking at devices around the home recently and I stumbled upon these biometric door locks. The concept is not new of course but it’s only in the last few years that they’ve been available as a plug and play (drill and play?) package for home installations.
I’ve seen a few different models and as I was looking at the specs I noticed one glaring fact - the cheap ones have an operating temperature that bottoms out at 0 degrees C! That might work in California but I can assure you that over here in the UK we need something considerably more hardy than that, even in the relatively sunny South!
Which is why I like this one. The FP-300 from fingerprintentry.co.uk is available in gold (which is just nasty) and a more conventional silver. 640 fingerprint storage might be overkill for the average house but the -20 to +50 degrees operating range is more in keeping with what I’d expect.
2 Comments on “FP-300 fingerprint door lock”
Jason Says:
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:13 pmI really hope you’re not mixing your units here, because 0 degrees Fahrenheit is just about -20 degrees Celsius; meaning that the two might be the exact same operating range and just labeled in different units (Fahrenheit for the Yankie market, Celcius for the Brits).
Marc Says:
October 4th, 2005 at 10:28 amYou had me worried there for a minute, but I just went back and double checked and the spec sheets I saw were both labelled up as degrees C. So no,it really does look like you could be frozen out of your own home if you pick the wrong one!
Post a Comment
- CG Forums
- Apple News (53)
- Audio/Video Gadgets (1559)
- iPod gadgets (361)
- Automotive Gadgets (36)
- Bluetooth (2)
- CES 2007 (55)
- CES 2008 (87)
- Childrens Gadgets (229)
- Conceptual Gadgets (383)
- Cooking Gadgets (28)
- Cool Clocks (167)
- Coolest Gadget of the Week (31)
- Coolest Mobile News (63)
- Digital Cameras (31)
- Digital Picture Frame (22)
- DIY Gadgets (106)
- Drinking Gadgets (156)
- Eco Gadgets (148)
- Electronic Gadgets (1970)
- Gadget Competitions (18)
- Gadget Gift Ideas (211)
- Gadget Humor (12)
- Gadget Reviews (59)
- Gadget Thumbs (293)
- Gaming Gadgets (436)
- GPS gadgets (91)
- Home Gadgets (1345)
- Garden Gadgets (125)
- Home Automation (89)
- Kitchen Gadgets (245)
- Home Theater (56)
- Medical Gadgets (72)
- Miscellaneous Gadgets (1480)
- Mobile Phones (495)
- Office Gadgets (212)
- PC Gadgets (1480)
- Software (187)
- USB Gadgets (585)
- Pet Gadgets (90)
- Photography (139)
- Projectors (4)
- Remote Control (9)
- Retro Gadgets (52)
- Robot Gadgets (117)
- Site News (72)
- Solar Powered Gear (97)
- Sport (212)
- Football Gadgets (19)
- Golf Gadgets (40)
- Spy Stuff (155)
- Tech News (597)
- Toys (470)
- Remote Control Toys (133)
- Vehicle Gadgets (376)
- Wacky Gadgets (833)
-
Signup because it's Monday





- or via email
- Coolest Reviews The latest addition to the coolest network, independant hands on reviews of all the latest gadgets and technology.
- Game Addicts Reports on all the latest news in the gaming industry along with reviews on the latest addictive games
- Say No To Crack A cool and funny humor site for all ages
- Self Made Minds A blog about business and making money on the web
- SoftSift News and reviews on the latest software releases


Email to a friend
Leave a comment
Share