Jan 20 2010
Kwikset®, an innovation leader in the residential door hardware industry, today introduced the Key Control™ Deadbolt featuring SmartKey® re-key technology, a smart and secure alternative to master keying. Kwikset Key Control deadbolts differ from traditional pin and tumbler master key deadbolts because they contain two cylinders: one concealed, patented cylinder that is a new and proprietary keyway for added security beyond current master key options, to be used by the property manager, allowing for one key control to all units; and a second cylinder to be used by the tenant, or individual user.
Property managers can rotate the cylinder cap to reveal the Key Control cylinder and re-key the lock in seconds, saving time and money
Kwikset’s new Key Control Deadbolts provide significant time and cost-savings to property managers over the traditional pin and tumbler master key system. With the pin and tumbler master key system, a lost or stolen master key creates a significant security risk for potentially hundreds of tenants, and the only solutions for property managers are time consuming and expensive. In this situation, a property manager has to either hire an outside contractor who charges a fee plus a cost per lock, or use an internal maintenance employee, who earns an hourly wage to undergo the time consuming process of removing every lock from every unit, disassembling, re-keying, reassembling, and then re-installing each one. Because this must be done as quickly as possible for tenant security, property managers can also expect to incur additional fees or charges for the extended hours required.
“With Key Control Deadbolts, property managers can re-key every lock, quickly and easily, in three simple steps, without removal from the door,” said Margo Fevergeon, product manager, Kwikset. “This provides not only a tremendous time and cost-savings to management, since each lock can be re-keyed in seconds, but it also dramatically increases the security of the entire complex because property managers can take immediate action and all locks can be re-keyed very quickly.”
Security is also significantly improved over traditional pin and tumbler master key systems, because the Key Control (Property Manager) cylinder is completely concealed from view, and it is a unique, patented keyway which ensures that no other key in the market today will ever fit into the Key Control cylinder.
“Kwikset’s SmartKey re-key technology was the first of its kind in the industry, and has been the only re-keyable solution available to the builder and general consumer for the last three years,” said Brent Flaharty, vice president of Marketing, Kwikset. “We’re now building off of this industry-leading innovation by introducing the revolutionary Key Control Deadbolt as the first and only double cylinder master key alternative for multifamily housing, with simple, fast, and secure re-keyability for improved security.”
Source: http://www.kwikset.com/