LINEAR AK-11 Exterior Digital Keypad

UPDATE (08/06/2017) Its been over a year and the keypad had gone through a whole wet winter in Northern California. Its still working fine. The only correction to the design I will perform is replacing the useless overhead keypad light with an LED one. The default light is very poor even in the darkest of light. I love products that are well-built. =========================================================== Aluminum cast casing, powder coated, lock&key. Looks really sturdy. I will update on longevity. The last keypad I had lasted 15 yrs. I bought the Heddolf M330-1KA which lasted 6 months. I hope this guy will last longer. If you purchased one, here is the crux to programming, if you made a programming error, exit programming mode then re-enter programming mode. When you are done programming, remember to exit programming mode before testing the programmed code. (The instructions were poorly written and I saw that many people had to call support to get help with the programming.) Fortunately, I am a programmer and know how other programmers think when they designed the user interface. Ill update longevity on 6 months basis (when I remember).

I purchased two of these. One of them works fine but the other is non functional. I guess 50% effective will have to do since I passed the 30 day return period before I took it out of the box and installed it. Make sure you install it quick or let the buyer beware.

Purchased Mar 11, 2018. It has stopped working. Says product has 24 month warranty. Called Linear to see about returning for replacement. Linear SAYS I MUST deal with Amazon since I ordered thru them. When I go thru returns process on Amazon item shows NOT TO be returnable. SO MUCH for 24 month Warranty. CANNOT get to talk to an Amazon customer REP because THEY DONT SHOW A HELP PH NUMBER. VERY aggravated with AMAZON. We buy a good bit from Amazon BUT NOT ANY MORE. TO chicken to put a help phone number on website. THAT IS SORRY customer service.

These things work great.

I ordered a LINEAR Ak-11 Exterior Digital Keypad to replace a unit that got damaged. The product was shipped quickly and worked perfectly. The transaction was smooth and problem free.

Love having an automatic gate that works! We went ahead and hired a specailist to install this little number. Very much worth it! I am thankful everytime the gate opens and shuts.

Awesome unit. I am so glad I decided to spend the extra money and get this, compared to the garbage I was considering. This thing is tough, and you can just tell it is made from quality. Works great, and well designed. The buttons beep as you press them, and light up to so you can see in the dark. Nice unit.

Linear is the only keypad I will use. High quality, but a little pricey. But, you get what you pay for.

Works great

This will be my second keypad of this exact unit that I have used at my self storage facility which supports 150+ customers. So, it has got plenty of use over the years. Its done great, but a customer with a very long trailer accidentally sideswiped it, thus the reason Im needing to get another one. Programming isnt so bad, but it does take a lot of keystrokes to program in one code. Try doing 150! But the instructions are easy to follow, and one shouldnt have any trouble. It takes me about one hour or so to program in all 150. Although it says 480 codes can be programmed into it, you get your choice of some 10,000 codes to pick from using four digits. Just a great, solid, reliable, very affordable keypad that Ive used outdoors in all kinds of weather conditions. In freezing rainy weather, it is a good ideal to cover it, otherwise keypads will get stuck. With my automatic gate, there are only a few wires you need to hook up to it. I couldnt be happier with this keypad. UPDATE March 12, 2016: Not too long after I wrote the original article, I was able to fix the keypad which just had a broken case, so I put it back in. So 17 years and still going strong. Use this new one as just a backup now, although the original will probably outlast me.