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Win-It Wednesday: Kwikset SmartKey Prize Pack!

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Have you ever locked two kids in your running car and a third child in the house all at once?

As embarrassed as I am to admit it, my husband and I accidentally did this when we were in the process of building our house. Through a comedy of errors where each of us thought the other had the car and house keys, we found ourselves standing outside of our newly-built home with a 2-year-old and 1-year-old locked in our running SUV, while our 2-month-old infant daughter was locked in her carrier inside the house.

Of course you can imagine the panic that ensued…until one of our new neighbors calmly walked across the street and wedged a credit card into the door frame, popping the lock. Of course I vowed two things right then and there: a) to always use the deadbolt lock and b) we needed to ensure that we were always able to gain access to the house.

Until now we’ve used a PIN pad attached to our garage door to achieve this, leaving our door leading inside in the garage unlocked. Of course had I known that there were such things as the Kwikset SmartKey available before now, we could have solved this in a much simpler and more secure manner!

My husband installed the Kwikset Arlington Handle and SmartKey Keyless Deadbolt in under 20 minutes — all while I was away on a business trip and he was in charge of all five kids. So that tells you just how easy it is!

The handle is so much more attractive than the boring basic doorknob we had previously, and I love the keyless deadbolt. It automatically locks behind you after 30 seconds, and all you have to do to get back in is punch a 4-digit code that you set into the PIN pad. We’re definitely buying a second SmartKey for our door in the garage!

One Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a Kwikset SmartKey prize pack that includes:

  • Your choice of a Arlington handleset, Tustin lever or Juno knob
  • SmartCode Signature Series Keyless Deadbolt

To enter, tell me how you manage your house keys. Do you have multiple keys in case you get locked out? Do your children have keys to the home? Perhaps a neighbor keeps a spare key in case of emergencies.

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

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Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. How do you manage house keys?

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Prize:
(1) Kwikset SmartKey prize pack, as described above

This giveaway ends at 7 p.m. on Thursday, 11/18 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Michelle G

    I keep my housekey on an easily removable key ring that is attached to my other key ring. I keep it on there so, if I’m warming up the car and I forget somehing in the house, I can continue to warm up the car and I can separate my house key and use it.

  6. alice

    we have 2 locks on the door and one of them we dont have a key for my nephew locked it one day and we had to hoist him through a window to unlock it so to relplace the whole thing would be wonderful please pick meeeeeeeeeeeee

  8. Amy Bell

    Embarrased to say we don’t have a backup plan. Fortunately the one time our then 5 y/o locked us all out of the house we had inadvertantly forgotten to lock the back patio door.

  14. kristin

    I have had to use a ladder to break into the second story window (it was the most likely to be unlocked) and then climb through. Once, while we were remodeling, I had to have my 5yo son go through part of the crawlspace (it was 3′ high an open to the inside of the house). We SO need this!

  15. colleen

    Luckily, I haven’t experienced this yet (knock on wood). My husband and I each have a house key and my parents have an extra key and they live about a mile away so I guess my parents are my backup plan.

  16. Erica

    We have a little lock box, with a combination lock, mounted under the siding on the back of our house with a spare set of keys inside.

  19. Brigitte

    We have a family member that has a key, and we also have a door that has to be locked from the outside with a key.

  20. erin

    after locking myself out many times, we got a key pad for the garage door and put a spare key in the garage.
    at least your 2 year old never locked you out of the house!!

  22. Michele

    spare key hidden for when we forget. Thankfully, we’re pretty good at remembering keys. Purses, on the other hand….

  25. Erin Cookmeyer

    I keep my housekey in my purse. My husband leaves his on the key holder. We so could use this type of deadbolt.

  28. mona p

    we have multiple sets. we were recently in a rental house that had a lock like you’re giving away and we loved it!