3½ Years With the ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro Z-Wave Smart Lock

Rachelle and I bought our house in Richmond in late 2022 and moved in early 2023. The ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro Z-Wave Smart Lock was the very first smart device I installed after setting up Home Assistant. Requirements # Our must-have requirements were the lock must work with Home Assistant, and it must have a fingerprint sensor. Everything else was just nice-to-haves. The setup # After doing lots of reading about smart locks and Home Assistant, I eventually landed on the ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro Z-Wave Smart Lock. We have the same lock on both the front door and the back door btw! I did have to install their app in order to set up users and modify PINs and such. But I only have to use their app if I'm updating users. Controller: Home Assistant Z-Wave JS Radio: Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 Locks: ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro Z-Wave Smart Lock First impressions vs. now # Physically installing the locks was pretty straightforward, and the instructions were clear. The Z-Wave onboarding workflow was the…