Kwikset Halo vs U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Locks

The Kwikset Halo WiFi makes for a good, if unremarkable, Smart Lock for people with a $180 budget.

The U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Lock, however, is merely mediocre at its $99 asking price, when compared to similarly priced products, and won't satisfy the needs of most people.

In either case, we suggest that you first take a look at some other options at the $180 and $100 price points before committing to one of these - it's likely that you'll be able to find some better alternatives.

If you're still interested in learning more about the Kwikset Halo WiFi and U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Lock, however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

The Kwikset Halo WiFi has done really well in a number of roundups conducted by sources that perform their own hands-on testing, such as Popular Mechanics, Good Housekeeping, and Android Central - it was awarded the "Best Smart Lock" title by Popular Mechanics, "Best Versatile Smart Lock" by Good Housekeeping, and "Ranked 2 out of 10" by Android Central. That's high praise from reliable sources.

As for the U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Lock - macsources.com, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro WiFi Smart Lock REVIEW roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

We couldn't find any sources that tested both of these Smart Locks, so we only analyzed how they performed in reviews from different sites.

We first examined which sources rated each of these best and found that the Kwikset Halo WiFi got its highest, 10, rating from reviews.org, while the U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Lock earned its best, 10, score from macsources.com.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Kwikset Halo WiFi, with its 7.3 average, performed considerably better than most Smart Locks - the mean score for the product category being 7.1 out of 10 - while the U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Lock managed an average of 10.0.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Kwikset Halo WiFi vs. U-Tec Ultraloq U-Bolt Smart Lock review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.