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I assume OP is looking for an existing product, not one that might ship when the moons of Jupiter align.

In all seriousness though, I've been waiting for my Lockitron for almost a year now, and others have been waiting for much longer. At this point, there's no way I can recommend Lockitron to anybody as anything more than a cool concept.

They sent me an email telling me my unit "shipped" last July and would arrive July 14-20th. 3 months later it still wasn't here so I sent an email, and the response was basically, "Uh... we expected to ship it to you at that time, but really we have no idea when we can actually ship it."

1 year after preorder they had to process the amazon payments preorders or amazon would void them. So here I am almost 2 years since I preordered a product that I've paid for, and they can't even give me an expected ship date.

Of course they continue to send marketing emails/self congratulatory accomplishments about software updates and hardware fixes for a product that doesn't exist.

To their credit, they did offer the option to extend the authorization and not charge you until it shipped.

But have never been upfront about that fact that it would likely take them 3 years to enter the market. Most of their email blasts are about them being right around the corner

Seriously? I expected the same thing I expect with most Kickstarter/similar projects (and those make you pay up front): there will be delays, there will be periods where you're more in the dark than you'd like to be, and it's gonna be a while before you have a product in your hands.

I got mine a few weeks ago.

So, if your home is out of energy you're locked out? I don't know how common that is in USA. But where I live, you'd be trapped under an hours-long storm while waiting for the power to come back during rain season.

Lockitron is almost vaporware at this point. Their site still only shows renderings and I've yet to meet someone who pre-ordered who actually got the product.

I ordered a Lockitron during the presale, and got it 2 weeks ago. Took forever, but I do have it.

Not something to get if you're in a hurry, though. I ordered mine last fall and it was initially supposed to arrive in a couple of months, but it's been bumped back repeatedly and now they're saying May delivery.

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