Kadalock differentiates itself from the other Bluetooth bike locks out on the market by making use of your existing water bottle cage. The designers behind the Kadalock take into consideration how you can easily take out the bottle cage by hiding the screws underneath a supplied metal strip that you can take out if you unlock the Kadalock. The aluminium contraption itself is weather-resistant and has an electrically retractable 120cm rubber-coated steel cable. Admittedly, it looks a bit filmsy but the company said you would need a hydraulic cutter to cut it.
To get started, you need the free iOS or Android app. You can wake up the lock by touching it with your finger and then you will enter a passcode on your phone to be able to pull out the cable. After you wrap it around a post or something, you will feed it back into the lock. You do the same thing when you want to unlock. But you press a button on the device to wind the cable back into the lock. It’ll sound an 80-decibel alarm if someone tries to steal your bike as well as notify you on your phone. You also have an option to lend your bike to your friends by giving them temporary access to the bike and the lock.
You can charge the lock’s 210mAh lithium-polymer battery via USB. It pairs with your phone via Bluetooth 4.0. With “average use,” it’s said to a last for a year. And you will be notified on your phone if the battery is low. If you run out of juice on your phone, you can unlock the Kadalock via a pre-specified Morse code pattern with your finger. You can pledge US$99 on Kickstarter to get one of these or if you want to wait for it to go on sale, you’ll have to shell out $199.
Source: Gizmag