I really like Palm Lock a lot more than I expected to, and I think it’s getting better with some firmware updates to improve battery management. The palm vein scanning is pretty slick, and I like that I don’t have to enter a PIN to unlock it. I had a non-Wi-Fi-connected PIN-based electronic lock on that door before.
I think Palm Lock’s Auto-Lock feature is better than Lock Bolt v2’s because it calibrates to know the door’s position and can deploy the latch bolt immediately when the door is closed, which is how I have it set so that I don’t have to think about it when I walk out my front door (but I still listen and can hear the lock actuate when I do that). Lock Bolt v2’s Auto-Lock doesn’t sense whether the door is closed and is time-based only, so it will deploy the bolt even when the door is open. That doesn’t mean Palm Lock is immune to problems: Its Lock After Hours feature will deploy the bolt at the specified time regardless of whether the door is open, though I’m hoping that’s something Wyze can/will improve with firmware, too.
I guess I like them both for different reasons, so the decision might depend on how motivated I get: I drilled and cut the door to my garage and mortised the jamb specifically to install a deadbolt (that door didn’t have one before), and that’s where I have Lock Bolt v2 currently installed. If I replace that with a Palm Lock, then I’ll have to figure out where to put it if I want to continue trying to answer Forum questions about it. 