Emtek 2610 Solid Brass Door Viewer, 5/8" Diameter Hole

The Emtek 2610 solid brass door viewer fits doors from 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch through a 5/8 inch bore. The Rockwood 620 covers the same 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch door thickness range, at a 160 degree viewing angle rather than the 2610's 200 degree angle. Both suit a standard residential or light commercial entry door; the difference a buyer feels at the door is the width of the field of view, since the wider angle shows more of the area immediately against the door face.

The Emtek 2610 is a residential solid brass viewer. For an opening where the door assembly carries a fire label, specify a viewer that carries the rating itself: the Ives U700 one way brass viewer is UL fire rated, the Ives U698 is a UL fire rated wide angle unit with a 190 degree view, the Ives U696 is fire rated with a 150 degree view, and the Ives 701 is a fire rated one way brass viewer for thicker doors with a 120 degree viewing angle. The Hager 1756 is a 185 degree one way viewer with a fire rating. Institutional and multi-family buyers putting viewers on labeled corridor or stair doors should work from that group.

The Emtek 2610 is built for doors from 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, so a thicker slab needs a different barrel. The Rockwood 621 is a UL listed 160 degree viewer for doors 2 inch to 2-1/2 inch, and the Hager 1756 is a 185 degree one way viewer rated for a 2-1/8 inch door. The Trimco 975 and Trimco 976 both span 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch, which reaches slightly past the 2610 while still covering standard slabs. Measure the finished slab thickness, including any applied panel or cladding, before choosing.

The Emtek 2610 is a plain solid brass viewer with no cover. If the resident wants the inside eyepiece closed off when not in use, the Hager 1759 is a 185 degree one way viewer with a privacy flap for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/8 inch, the Rockwood 624 is a 160 degree viewer with a cover for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Trimco 977 pairs a 200 degree lens with a heavy duty cover across a 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch range, and the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is a UL listed viewer with a 200 degree glass lens and privacy cover. The heavy duty cover on the Trimco 977 is the one to look at for high-traffic multi-family doors where the flap gets worked daily.

It ships as a complete set. One order gets you the outside barrel and the inside eyepiece, nothing else to add on. All you supply is the 5/8 inch bore.

Five: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Flat Black (US19), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), and Satin Brass (US4). Because it is solid brass rather than plated pot metal, the finish wears the way the rest of your brass entry trim does, which matters if you are matching a knobset or handleset on the same door.

The 2610 has no flap, it is an open eyepiece. If a tenant wants the lens blocked from the inside, the Hager 1759 has a privacy flap and covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/8 inch doors, so it drops into the same range of slabs. The Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is another privacy cover option, and Rockwood's 624 comes with a cover for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

Only where the doors are unrated and between 1-3/8 and 2 inches. The 2610 is a residential solid brass viewer, so it suits owner-occupied and single-family entries where the brass finish is matched to the rest of the trim. For a mixed fleet, the Trimco 975 and 976 span 1-17/64 to 2-1/8 inches, which covers a wider variety of slab thicknesses off one part number, and the Rockwood 620 matches the 2610's 1-3/8 to 2 inch range if you just need a plainer equivalent.

No. A hollow-core interior slab is usually 1-3/8 inches or less, and the 2610 needs at least 1-3/8 to make up. For anything thinner, the Rockwood 619 is built for 11/16 inch to 1-1/16 inch doors.

The Emtek 2610 gives a 200 degree viewing angle. The Trimco 976 is also a 200 degree viewer, covering doors from 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch, and the Trimco 977 puts the same 200 degree lens behind a heavy duty cover over that same range. The Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is a UL listed 200 degree glass lens viewer with a privacy cover. Where the 2610 differs is the material and the trim: it is solid brass in an American Classic style, offered in Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Satin Nickel US15, Flat Black US19, Polished Brass Lifetime US3, and Satin Brass US4, which is what makes it the pick when the viewer has to sit alongside decorative entry trim.

Treat bore diameter as the thing to confirm before you order a replacement. The Emtek 2610 is bored at 5/8 inch. The comparable viewers are identified by viewing angle and door thickness range rather than bore, so on a retrofit into an existing hole, verify the bore of the specific unit against the hole you already have. A viewer that shares the 2610's door thickness range, such as the Rockwood 620 at 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch or the Rockwood 624 with cover over the same range, still needs its own bore confirmed; door thickness and hole diameter are two separate fits and matching one does not match the other.

One barrel length will not cover a mixed stock of slabs, so standardize on a family and pick the barrel per opening. The Trimco 975 at 160 degrees, the Trimco 976 at 200 degrees, and the Trimco 977 at 200 degrees with a heavy duty cover all share a 1-17/64 inch to 2-1/8 inch door thickness range, which spans most residential and light commercial slabs in a single spec. The Rockwood group splits by thickness instead: the 619 for 11/16 inch to 1-1/16 inch, the 620 for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the 621 for 2 inch to 2-1/2 inch, so one appearance carries across the whole building with the barrel selected per door. Where the unit sits on a labeled door, move to a fire rated viewer such as the Ives U698 or Ives U700. The Emtek 2610 in solid brass is the choice for entry doors where the viewer needs to match decorative trim, in Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Satin Nickel US15, Flat Black US19, Polished Brass Lifetime US3, or Satin Brass US4.

The number is how much of the area in front of the door the occupant can see without opening it. The Emtek 2610 is a 200 degree viewer, as are the Trimco 976 and the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 with its 200 degree glass lens. In the middle sit the Hager 1756 and Hager 1759 at 185 degrees and the Ives U698 at 190 degrees. Narrower units include the Rockwood 619, 620, 621 and 624 and the Trimco 975 at 160 degrees, the Ives U696 at 150 degrees, and the Ives 701 at 120 degrees. A narrower lens shows less of the wall immediately beside the door frame, which is the blind spot a resident notices; a wider one covers it. Match or exceed the angle of the unit coming out if the complaint is that the occupant cannot see who is standing to the side.

They answer two different concerns and are easy to confuse. One way describes the optics: the Ives 701, Ives U696, Ives U698 and Ives U700 are one way viewers, as are the Hager 1756 and Hager 1759, meaning the lens is intended to be seen through from inside only. Privacy describes a physical cover over the inside eyepiece: the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is a privacy viewer with a privacy cover, the Hager 1759 adds a privacy flap, and the Rockwood 624 and Trimco 977 carry covers. The Cal-Royal PRIULDV200 is designated for privacy, bed and bath function. The Emtek 2610 is a plain solid brass viewer, so if the requirement written on the order is a closable cover, the 2610 does not satisfy it no matter how the optics are described.

UL listing is called out on the Cal-Royal PRIULDV200, a UL listed privacy viewer with a 200 degree glass lens and privacy cover, on the Rockwood 621, a UL listed 160 degree viewer for 2 inch to 2-1/2 inch doors, and on the Ives U698, a UL fire rated wide angle viewer with a 190 degree view. The Ives U700 also carries a UL fire rating. Specifiers writing to a facility code requirement should pull from that group; the Emtek 2610 is a residential solid brass viewer and is specified for its finish and appearance rather than to satisfy a listing requirement.

Solid brass, both the substrate and the material of record. That matters on an exterior door where the outside barrel takes weather and hand contact, and it is why the same viewer is offered in living finishes like Polished Brass Lifetime and Satin Brass rather than a coating only.