The Hermit Lock is a brand-new commercial lock from stickLabs.io that allows you to:
Unlock doors directly from your phone using NFC (just like Apple Pay and Google Pay)
Create keycards with your phone (just like hotel keycards)
Unlock with a tiny NFC sticker on the bottom corner of your phone
Use the app to Manage users and guests (just like you would expect!)
Keep your business secure: Like a good Hermit, the lock doesn't connect to the internet. It only talks to your phone.
It's a commercial-grade lock that can replace those standard office-building-looking locks that you see in all commercial buildings.
The Hermit Lock makes going keyless easy for any commercial door: small and medium-sized businesses, apartment buildings, and even independently-owned hotels!
No software licensing fees or cloud subscriptions, your locks should be owned and operated by you, not some third party!
You don't see big-name "smart locks" at businesses for a few reasons:
They are residental-grade hardware
They don't have compatible business-grade master-key lock cylinders
They require an internet connection. This might be handy for a single lock, but setting up and managing many locks is a pain, especially in concrete and metal commercial buildings where WiFi signal is unreliable or unavailable.
Short battery life: Cameras, fingerprint scanners, and WiFi all eat up battery life.
The Hermit Lock solves these problems:
Commercial-grade: Built for high-traffic business use.
Compatible with master-key cylinders: Fits existing systems.
Scalable: Use the app to manage many locks using door names and door groups.
Convenient NFC technology: Use your phone or any NFC keycard, sticker, or fob.
No internet needed: Works offline.
Long battery life: No power-hungry features.
Cost-effective: No wiring needed, retrofit to any existing door, no recurring fees.
Scales from a single office door to an entire office building. Scales from a single guest house to an entire hotel!
Create keycards for guests and employees directly with your phone giving access to doors and door groups.
Keycards work with almost any off-the-shelf NFC tags commonly available - we don't force you to buy our keycards! You can use NFC fobs and stickers as well.
Support for phone-based "Airplane Mode" access so you don't need an active internet connection to unlock doors.
Keycards are exactly like keys - they allow access any time, day or night, no internet connection required.
Remove phone-based access straight from the app.
Removing keycard access requires a door sync (hold your phone to the lock).
Only an admin can remove access, but any user with access to that door can sync the door.
Perfect for property managers, rental properties, and hotels where admins can be off-site while cleaning crews or security staff sync the doors.
The locks are completely offline, alleviating the need to manage WiFi and Bluetooth connections - all the intelligence is in the app!
If you want to monitor unlock events in the Events screen (who is entering doors and at what time), use mobile phones only. This allows you to remove access at any time without the need to visit and sync a lock. If you want the convenience of a physical key, create keycards. Unlike a lost or stolen physical key where the lock must be re-keyed by a locksmith, removing access for a keycard is as simple as removing access in the app and syncing the lock.