Wow! Thank you for such a thorough look over on this! I’m glad to get some confirmation that it’s not just me and there’s definitely something wrong with this thing. I appreciate all your efforts and agree with everything. Seems like another quick to ship product without thorough testing/vetting by Wyze.
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Just came here to find info about this. Man this lock is a dud.
Ive had this thing installed for less than 12 hours and my irritation level with it is at 9/10.
I’ve disabled notifications and alarm volume for the the stupid 5 minute notification. I really hope they fix this stuff.
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Installed the lock in a few mins. Setup is easy but I did notice right away the alarm after 5 mins of leaving it unlocked. Please fix this asap as it’s quite annoying and I had to disable all alarms for now.
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Lock Bolt V2 - option to turn off 5 min unlocked alert
The Lock Bolt v2 should have the option to disable the 5 minute unlocked warning. This seems to be categorized as a critical alert that is unable to be disabled, even when push notifications for the entire Wyze app are turned off and all alerts on the lock are turned off.
[Mod Note]: Your post was merged to this product Wyze News announcement topic for better visibility to Wyze.
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I’d buy this immediately if it came in nickel.
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That IS until the first serious EMP ! At that point all those aging grey beards will be smiling as they use their analog key to get in the door and race to the bathroom to service that urgent bladder call 
Avoiding JANK one emergency after another 
Peace
Haha, fair point!
Though honestly, if we’re talking about a serious EMP, my smart lock being dead is going to be WAY down the list of things I’m worried about. At that point I’m dealing with bigger problems like:
- no running water,
- no refrigeration or cooking,
- no communications,
- no law enforcement response,
- what to do when local gangs realize there are no alarm systems, law enforcement communication or travel to intervene, and they can sneak up on, surround and surprise, and outnumber anyone at their home (even I have to sleep sometime) even if those people think they have weapons to help themselves,
- loss of my entire income source
- worries about global escalation that could make that 2 minutes problem irrelevant when global war potentially ends most life.
- and a whole lot of people suddenly realizing their cars, phones, and jobs don’t work anymore.
In that kind of scenario, the “analog key advantage” lasts about two minutes, because a brick through a side window is still the fastest universal key ever invented. And if society is actually in a grid-down emergency, the real security problem isn’t whether my deadbolt has a key slot, it’s the fact that every house becomes vulnerable once people get desperate. Even my normally trustworthy neighbors may become different people once food and water run out.
Meanwhile, in the other 99.999% of normal life, I’d rather have a lock that:
- can’t be bumped or picked in 10 seconds with a $10 Amazon kit,
- let’s me easily change who has access and when
- logs entries,
- integrates with alarms and cameras,
- and doesn’t rely on me carrying a metal tooth around like it’s 1950.
To me, having a physical key and keyhole just in case there's an EMP is kind of like the following analogies in this drop-down:
- insisting on wearing a parachute in the shower “just in case the house collapses and I fall three stories.” Technically possible, but not exactly the most rational place to optimize my safety plan.
- leaving my car unlocked outside every day because “well, if a once‑in‑a‑century disaster happens, I might need to get in fast.” Sure… but in the meantime I’ve just made myself easier to rob every single day when I know that there are constantly hooligans checking for unlocked doors.
- refusing to wear a seatbelt because “what if the car plunges into a lake and I need to escape quickly?” Sure, that scenario could happen, but meanwhile the seatbelt protects you in the 99.999% of real‑world situations you’ll actually face
- choosing a house based on whether it has a meteor‑proof roof. If a meteor actually hits, the roof is the least of my problems. Meanwhile, I still have to deal with rain, snow, and day‑to‑day weather.
- insisting on keeping a crank-start on a modern car because “you never know when the battery might die.” Sure, it technically covers a rare edge case, but meanwhile you’re giving up all the reliability improvements that made crank-starts obsolete in the first place.
Don't get me wrong, I understand WHY a lot of older people prefer physical keys
Based on my psychology education and experience, I would include things related to: product theory, status quo bias, habit theory / procedural memory, uncertainty avoidance (from behavioral economics), Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, technology acceptance model, availability heuristic (older adults especially have lots of experience with early tech failing),
A lot of older adults prefer physical keys not because they can’t adapt, but because their risk perception is shaped by decades of experience. They’ve used keys tens of thousands of times, they’ve lived through a lot of tech failures, and their brains naturally prioritize reliability and familiarity. From that perspective, sticking with a metal key is a completely rational choice.
That is part of the reason I said Wyze was smart to include it. It’s non-negotiable to many people.
I could elaborate a lot on why I consider it a big vulnerability (and inconvenience) vs a smart lock with no keyhole, but it’s largely unnecessary. I am pretty confident that keyholes will be relatively rare in a couple of decades as the adoption curve sets in.
For me it’s mostly proportionality and probability and current likely reality. I’ll take the daily, practical security benefits over optimizing for a less than once-in-a-lifetime Hollywood disaster scenario. If an EMP ever does hit, I’ll have much bigger things to worry about than whether my front door is “EMP‑compatible.” So I definitely prefer not having that high risk vulnerability of a keyhole. But I know it is a hard thing for some people to get over since for their whole life it has been a normal, necessary part of security.
Just hopping on here as well to voice my irritation with the 5 minute alert. Allow the consumer to decide what is critical to them. Unnecessary, un-blockable notifications will absolutely have me considering returning this and getting a different smart lock.