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I don't know if the lock was made wrong at the factory, or if Schlage just has zero common sense. The deadbolt works correctly, turning the key clockwise locks, and counterclockwise unlocks. However, the doorknob is the opposite. When you turn the key clockwise in the door knob, it unlocks, which is wrong. This means that to lock the deadbolt, I turn the key clockwise, but to lock the door knob, I turn the key counterclockwise. Just plain wrong.

Well built. The Lord said buy.

Good quality product.

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Purchased two sets of these with matching keys to replace Defiant locks. At first glance, they're obviously heavier, better-engineered, and harder to break by force. I also like that the doorknob unlocks when turned from inside, although it's oriented weird (it's locked when horizontal); I exclusively use the deadbolt anyway, because knobs are bypassed by snapping them off and pulling the plate. If someone locks their front door without using a deadbolt, you break into their house in about ten seconds. The components all move smoothly as well: the knob doesn't jiggle loosely and has good spring tension, and the deadbolt operates just as smoothly.I wanted basic, consumer-grade locks for my house, rather than high-end locks like Medco. Your three basic Home Depot off-the-shelf options are Kwikset (USA), Defiant (China), and Schlage (USA). 90% of residential locks in America are Kwikset, with the cheaper Defiant locks gaining some traction. Deadbolts are the only secure locks: Deadbolts resist all forced entry, leaving you with cylinder attacks. The question is how well they resist forced entry.In tests, Kwikset and Defiant locks perform similarly. Defiant locks are some of the worst-made locks, yet they're equipped with more security pins than a Kwikset, and have a drill-resistant plate. Unfortunately, both locks can be raked, picked, or bumped in seconds. The USA-made Kwikset is far easier to drill out, with both soft screws and a soft cylinder; while the Defiant's drill-resistant plate comes out with a hammer and a flathead screwdriver, reducing it to the Kwikset with ten seconds of extra work. Both locks can be opened in under 30 seconds, and drilled out in under 3 minutes.Kwikset's Smart Key lock is a different animal. It resists common pin-tumbler attacks; however, you can insert a forced-entry tool (or screwdriver) instead of a key and twist it with a pair of pliers. The Kwikset Kevo fails to exactly the same attack. Both locks are destroyed by these forced entries.That left Schlage.Schlage locks consistently resist picking, bumping, raking, specialized locksmith tools, and all forms of forced entry. You can bump a Schlage deadbolt with a heavier key and more impulse: a bump key that opens a Schlage will absolutely open a Kwikset or Defiant, but a bump key that can open a Kwikset or Defiant won't necessarily open a schlage lock. Nothing's perfect; even a Medco lock can be opened in 15 seconds, and you can pick a Schlage if you have the time and experience.Schlage deadbolts have one smooth cover. You don't pry the drill-resistant plate off a Schlage; and that plate will eat drill bits, leaving you with a dozen ruined bits an hour later and no entry. The lock meshes with the deadbolt mechanism in such a way as to resist twisting, so you can't grab it with a wrench and turn the whole mechanism rather than the cylinder itself. The cylinder itself can't be drilled, so destroying the pins isn't any easier than destroying the screws. Security pins make it difficult (but not impossible) to bypass through non-destructive forced entries.For a USA-made product, Schlage locks are surprisingly low-cost, and surprisingly well-engineered. Schlage isn't just an American company; it's an old company, built on a mission of producing secure locks.A lot of American businesses are built on a brand and a reputation: they want to be the household name for a product so they can sell units, and don't need to be the state-of-the-art because nobody's going to ask them to defend their good name. That's Kwikset's current position, the lock on nearly every door.Many American businesses are built on a no-recognition model: the lowest-price product is what people buy, and they import from China specifically because the Chinese can either make a high-quality product OR a low-cost and barely-passable product, and people will buy that product-shaped object. That's Defiant's current position, the cheapest thing at Home Depot.Schlage started as a business built on principle; it is now either still built on principle or, at least, built on its demonstrable reputation. Schlage locks cost more than other locks; they can only stay in business by being seen as the most-secure option, and they've so far only been able to do that by making locks that are legitimately hard to break into. You don't buy a Schlage lock because they cost $10 less than the most-expensive option at the hardware store (they ARE the most-expensive option), or because they're the lock that has 90% of the shelf space (that would be Kwikset); you buy a Schlage lock because you bothered to ask if there's a difference, and any close look at the three options at Home Depot quickly puts Schlage WAY ahead of the competition.

Easy to install, just wish dead bolts could be rekeyed, so the same key work on front and back door deadlock, just wish the key came as shown in a video so you can re key the locks so I could use 1 key for front and back door instead of two keys. But very good locks