> An electronic keypad might work, still need electricity but it is a lot simpler.
There are mechanical keypads where you have to press three buttons simultaneously.
> Although you'll always get somebody who doesn't make the link.
I once came home to see the apartment block superintendent overseeing the installation of a new mechanical keypad. The door was covered with sticky notes saying "130" over and over again, but I still almost asked him what the new code was going to be.
>> An electronic keypad might work, still need electricity but it is a lot simpler. [...] or a combination lock [...]
> There are mechanical keypads where you have to press three buttons simultaneously.
The combination lock has the benefit of being a little more familiar.
>> Although you'll always get somebody who doesn't make the link.
> I once came home to see the apartment block superintendent overseeing the installation of a new mechanical keypad. The door was covered with sticky notes saying "130" over and over again, but I still almost asked him what the new code was going to be.
It makes sense that you'd be confused -- what's the point of a keypad with the combination on the door? Unless bears are breaking into the apartment!
This does seem to indicate a problem with the keypad/combination lock idea though. Since most people are familiar with them as a form of human-blocking access control, they might not assume the number above is the password (somebody might think it is an ID number for the garbage can, for example).
There are mechanical keypads where you have to press three buttons simultaneously.
> Although you'll always get somebody who doesn't make the link.
I once came home to see the apartment block superintendent overseeing the installation of a new mechanical keypad. The door was covered with sticky notes saying "130" over and over again, but I still almost asked him what the new code was going to be.