MangoGT said:What if someone cuts off your finger?
30 user capacity, so you can cut somebody else's finger and use it
well thats not nice.

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GeorgeGarman said:Nice post, but I have a few questions.
How many fingerprints does it recognize/store? 30. It looks like the battery should last about a year. Do the fingerprints need reprogrammed after the battery is changed?
Thx
You might be able to get your answers here

slycat said:i'm afraid robbers will cut off our fingers...

Ha, I can't tell if y'all are being serious about severed fingers or not. Its really a myth, here is a good quote from an article that explains it:

# THERE are plenty of myths when it comes to fingerprint scanning and those myths have gained strength by the way they have been portrayed in popular culture. # One of the most popular misconceptions is that it is possible to capture a person's fingerprints with adhesive tape and then use the "taken" print to fool a sensor lock or decryption system. # Filmmakers and writers have taken plenty of creative licence to move stories on but, in the real world, sticky-taped fingerprints will not work. # Biometrics not only requires the right fingerprints, but also a pulse and the body's electrical current to verify it. Which leads us to another myth. # I had imagined – no doubt along with many other film buffs – that biometric systems could be skirted by chopping off a victim's finger. # Wrong again. A severed finger would have no pulse and no blood flow beneath the surface of the skin, which is essential for the biometric system to operate. # Not only would the severed finger be as useful on the sensor as a piece of wood, it would also land you in jail with nothing but a bloodied digit to show for it.

These biometric gadgets are cool.
I've got a biometric garage door opener that stores 4 finger prints.
There's always that risk of the severed finger but I think it is a minimal risk to bare

0AfterRebates said:I'm intrigued but wonder what happens when the bolt is not aligned with the strike plate (door not closed all the way).

I actually had the same concern, the User Manual says that when you lock it from the outside or inside it will beep with the bolt successfully extends, so I guess no beep = no lock.

Finger print disaster:

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=E20lHqbWqN4&feature=related

UAIron said:The thieves might not know that the severed finger wont work for opening the door. Thats the problem - they watch movies like all of us here.

Thats a cool device though.

I was thinking about that too. If you get one of these, you might want to post a reprint of the above notice (about severed fingers not working) on your front door. That would let would be burglars know it would be fruitless to lob of your pinky. Also, since this unit is 'up to 30', you could do your other 9 fingers and thumbs, and 10 toes, just for backup. If you're buying one of these, you know you can never be too safe. And if the would be burglar lops off 8 fingers, 2 thumbs, and all 10 toes? Shame on him.