
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.
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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Mary Alice
I follow on Facebook.
an
we only have deadbolts on our doors so we can’t lock ourselves out :)
Sandra U.
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Shawnda
Follow on facebook
Shawnda
Also an email subscriber
Sarah Joy
Each of us keeps a key on a keychain and we keep a bowl by the front door so that we can drop our keys into when we come home. Our next door neighbor has a key to our house in case of emergency.
Sandra U.
Following on twitter and tweeted:
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Sandra U.
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Dianne
I subscribe email and google reader.
Lisa
I keep a spare key at my parents’ house a few blocks away. So the most I would have to do is walk a little ways.
Carolyn
Im always losing my keys, so I don’t manage them well
Carol
I have a HUGE keychain!
Chriscia
Our fallback is crawling through the bedroom window. We have had to do it a few times :O.
Carol
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Chriscia
I subscribe via rss feeder
Noel
Absolutely manage them by using a chain attached to my wallet
Jo
We have a key basket so no more disappearing keys around the house.
Deanna Windust
This would be awesome to win, my daughter is always leaving her house key home and gets locked out, a coded door handle would be great!
Alleen
I love this idea!!! I currently just have to hope and pray I don’t leave my keys in the house.
Marcie
Awesome giveaway! I need a better way to handle my mountain of keys
Alleen
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Marcie
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Marcie
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Brenda L.
We are actually really bad at managing our keys. Although I have a place where my keys are suppose to be my 2 and 3 yo like to take them.
Jessie
We have an extra hidden outside – put there after I locked myself out of the house with my toddler inside!
Beth
Am lovin the Kwikset SmartKey, I am always using the spare I keep in the back of the house because I often lock myself out!
Alleen
Already a facebook fan
Brenda L.
I follow you on facebook!
Lucy
I have a photo keychain that my kids made, but I would not mind having this one bit, super easy
Will
My wife desperately needs this, I like the security aspect too…plus the teens often lock themselves out!