The honest tradeoffs between a battery keypad and a hardwired one, and when to skip both for a cellular system.
Wireless keypads are easy: mount it, pair it, done. Wired keypads are permanent: no batteries, no range limits, no pairing. Which one you want depends on how far the keypad is from the operator and how many people need codes.
Here is how we decide.
Both fail from water if mounted badly. We use weather-rated housings, hoods, sealed pedestals, and drip loops on wiring. Sun-facing keypads get a hood regardless of type.
If you want to see who is at the gate, let in a delivery from your phone, or manage more than a handful of users, a cellular system like CellGate replaces the keypad and adds video and an app. It needs only power at the post. For commercial sites with many users, a reader-based system with fobs or Bluetooth is usually better than any keypad.
Typically 100 to 300 feet in the open. Metal, trees, and LED lights reduce it. We test at the post before we mount it.
Yes, if we can run wire to the post. Existing pedestals often already have a conduit we can reuse.
Wired, over the long run. No batteries and no radio. Wireless is reliable enough for most homes and far easier to install.
Multi-user wired keypads and cellular systems do this well. Basic wireless keypads support a few codes.
Yes, and we repair both. Common models are on the truck.
Call and we answer within 30 minutes. The owner or a senior technician comes out, diagnoses, and gives you a written quote before any work starts.