There are no fewer than 483 smart lock options out there (yes, I counted), but almost all of them are deadbolts. What I actually needed was a smart lock for the “other” doors in a house—the latch-only doors you have way more of than deadbolts. In this video I test the Thorbolt MK1, and I land on what I think is the perfect door for it: the interior garage door. We were never great about keeping that door locked because one of our cars uses phone-as-a-key, so this ends up being a very real, very practical upgrade. I walk through installation (it’s basically like any other doorknob), and then I get into why HomeKit-over-Thread locks are such a weird and wonderful category. It’s not Matter, but it does join the same Thread network as my other Apple Home devices, which is a big part of why it’s so consistent. I also cover the tradeoffs: it looks weird, it needs to stay away from moisture, and it’s one of the only devices in my house that’s flat-out incompatible with Homey Pro. But the fingerprint + auto-lock combo makes it feel almost like an analog knob—except it’s essentially always locked—and for about $80, it’s hard not to recommend for the right door.