Kwikset Signatures Lido Venetian Bronze Door Handle Series

Good Product but Keep your receipt

My wife is a retired residential contractor and has built many houses. We built our own house 25 years ago. She has always used KwikSet products and we used them in our house. They come with a lifetime warranty which is good as depending on where you live you may need it. We live at the beach on the Florida Gulf Coast where the environment is brutal on metal. Our first sets of exterior knobs and locks (8 sets) lasted about 14 years. By that time the finish had deteriorated and the internal mecha...

Read instructions several times / practice patienc

Kwik-set Easy-key works but instructions are confusing. Instructions showed Easy-key tool port on top of key once turned 90 degrees. My install had the tool port underneath the key. Needed to get on knees and use a flashlight to see port. Easy-key tool seemed not to insert completely. However, key way was changed to old key. Lock worked. .

Replaced door locks

We moved into a new home and felt that we needed to replace the locks. The front door lock was a Kwikset and was not functioning well. We called Kwikset to inquire about the warranty. Within a week, Kwikset sent us a replacement front door lock set. So we decided to replace all of the other locks so they would be keyed to match. These locks were very easy to install (we did it ourselves). I have to give a shout-out to the hardware guy, Allen, in Covington, LA. He was so pleasant and help...

your original key that ur tryin to copy won’t work

our original key wouldn’t even fit in the key hole- it was a kwikset key-tried many times. the actual door set was very nice and we got 2 and we just ended up using the key it came w to copy w other door but now we need to buy another one. just upset for how much it cost and the key wouldn’t even work in new door knob

Poor quality control.

I swore I'd never buy another Kwikset product, but since all the other exterior doors in the house have Kwikset locksets and I wanted to be able to key them all the same, here I am and yet again I am left frustrated. Pros - the entire product appears to be made out of metal and the deadbolt and handle feel nice and sturdy. The SmartKey is neat and makes keying and re-keying the entire house simple. Cons - the lock in the handle doesn't work. I am not sure what the problem is but the thumb tu...

Great looks, but finish is disappointing

This set was chosen for my front entry as it is in the matching style of the Lido Levers that I have installed on the interior doors of my home. I have been most pleased with the levers used on the interior and after eleven years of service the appearance has remained as bright and flawless as when they were installed in 2004. However, I found it necessary to replace the "Lido Lever with Single Cylinder Deadbolt Combo" on the front entry twice as the finish on the lever initially installed on th...

The latch breaks, and you can't get in or out.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought the set about a year ago for my door to the garage from the kitchen hall. This door is used many times each day. Before a year had passed, the latch broke, such that it could not be retracted via any means. It couldn't be released with the door handle, with a prying implement from the inside, using picks, or any other tools. I had to cut the latch with a hacksaw in the doorframe gap. I got a free replacement under the warranty, but unl...

Perfect In and Out--Years Free of Trouble

I bought these for my old house years ago and loved them. We had them for 8 years. They are so convenient when your hands are full. You do not have to turn a door knob. All you have to do is bear weight on the top of the lever and the door will open. Never had a problem in those 8 years that we owner the old house. I re-keyed all doors to the same key. It all went so well that when we moved into our next home, I installed the Kwikset - Lido Lever with Single Cylinder Deadbolt Combo Pack in Venet...

Smart Key function was a nightmare

I was building a house and bought these with the intention of re-keying them after completion. When the day came to re-key them I followed the directions (which are pretty simple) for the dead bolt portion. After inserting the original key, turning it to the 90 degree mark, inserted the reset tool, removed old key, inserted new key and turned to left and right. It worked one time then it locked up. Got it replaced by Lowe's, and watched them use the same process I used. Took it home, installed ...

door lock key set

locks are very stiff and click when opening door and only go part of way down Do not like that you have to unlock from inside before opening door to go out side old set you could just open door from inside and it would unlock its self Would never by KWIKSET AGAIN Bought set of door and dead bolt and front door locks and to have extra keys made because door and dead bolt only come with 2 keys not 4