Originally Posted by
ctoddrun
Used to have a keypad garage door opener outside the garage. Worked great. New house, too cheap to spend the $40 for new keypad, so now carry spare house key in the seatbag. Problem solved...
+1
I have locked myself out of the house more times than I can possibly remember. My friends have copies of my keys, but sometimes I couldn't find one of them so I'd be hanging around for awhile. I now have a keypad and use it as my primary means of entering and exiting the house.
The keypad does not change security in any meaningful way. If a garage door opener with a keypad is unsafe, so is one without one.
I don't buy that fishing around for a release cord 6 feet is a good way to break in. Better to use a crowbar on a door or break a window. Much faster, more discrete, and more reliable. Besides, seems like fishing for the lever the cord is attached to might even work better, and I'd be loathe to disable such a safety mechanism.