Kwikset 156MIL-RDT Keyed Entry Lever SmartKey with Round Rose, 6AL Latch and RCS Strike

The 156MIL lever is reversible, so one lockset covers both hands. There's no separate left hand and right hand part number to order, and no need to know the swing before you buy. Handing gets set during install rather than at the order form, which is why the same box works across a run of doors that swing different ways.

No. The 156MIL is a residential lockset. For a commercial opening you want a Grade 1 or Grade 2 cylindrical lever built for that traffic, such as the Falcon K101 Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical lock or the Hager 2525 Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock. Inside an apartment unit or a house, the 156MIL is on the right door; on a leased corridor or an office entry that gets cycled all day, it isn't.

SmartKey is Kwikset's owner rekeyable cylinder. With the current working key and the SmartKey learn tool, the cylinder is reset to a new key in seconds without pulling the lock off the door or disassembling the cylinder. For a landlord doing a turnover, that means the unit gets a new key between tenants without a locksmith visit and without buying a new lock. It also means a group of 156MIL levers can be brought onto one key after they're installed.

The latch and strike ship with it. The 156MIL-RDT includes the 6AL latch and the RCS round corner strike, so the lever, cylinder, latch and strike plate are all in the one box. Nothing else is required to hang it on a bored door that's already prepped.

The Kwikset 156MIL-RDT is a residential keyed entry lever. Where a heavier lock is wanted for the same keyed opening, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle, fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, and the Falcon B511CP6D is a Grade 2 medium duty cylindrical lever with entry/office function. The Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever is Grade 2 with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, keyed different, on a 2-3/8 inch backset.

The 156MIL-RDT is a keyed entry lever, so for an unkeyed opening a passage lever is the correct part. The Bravura Atlanta with round trim is a Grade 2 passage leverset, as is the Bravura Orlando with round trim; both keep the round rose look. The Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset in satin nickel, and the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 cylindrical lever in passage/closet function.

The 156MIL-RDT is a residential keyed entry lever, which locks and unlocks as an entry function rather than holding the outside lever permanently locked. For a storeroom door the Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom lock with the Withnell lever. For a classroom, the Cal-Royal AG03 is a Grade 2 classroom lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway on a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Dexter C1000 classroom lever is Grade 1 with a clutching lever.

No. The Accentra 107S is a Schlage cylinder adapter kit for Yale hardware, not for the Kwikset 156MIL-RDT. If an opening has to run a Schlage C keyway, order a lever built for it instead, such as the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever, Grade 2 with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway, keyed different, on a 2-3/8 inch backset, or the Arrow MK33-BD-CS with a conventional cylinder in Schlage C keyway.

The Kwikset 156MIL-RDT is a residential keyed entry lever. Where the opening carries a fire rating, choose a lock listed for it: the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lock with a fire rating for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage/closet lever with a fire rating for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, and the Arrow MK02-TA privacy lock is fire rated for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch.

RCS is a round corner strike, which suits a hollow metal frame or a wood jamb already routed with rounded corners. If your jamb is mortised square, the round corner strike will leave a gap at the corners and you'll want a square corner strike or a full lip strike instead. Worth eyeballing the existing strike cutout before you swap, because that's the one part of this lockset that has to match prep you already have.

The 156MIL itself is the keyed entry function only. To fill out the interior doors, Bravura's round trim passage leversets (Miramar, Atlanta, and Orlando) are all Grade 2 passage levers with round rose trim, so the rose shape carries through the unit. If you want the levers to be exactly the same family, the answer is to stay in the Kwikset line and order the matching interior pack functions in the same finish rather than mixing brands, because two makers' round roses rarely land on the same diameter.

Yes, and that's the practical strength of SmartKey. Any 156MIL can be reset to an existing SmartKey key using that key and the learn tool, so a landlord adding a door to an already keyed unit brings the new lever onto the current key rather than issuing a second one. What SmartKey will not do is take a Schlage or Weiser key, it's Kwikset's own keyway, so a mixed building ends up on two keys unless the other locks get swapped too.

Cylindrical. It goes into a standard bored door prep, a cross bore through the face of the door and a smaller edge bore for the latch, not a rectangular mortise pocket. If the door you're working on has a mortise lock body in it now, the 156MIL is not a drop in, you'd be filling a pocket. On a door already carrying a bored knob or lever, it swaps straight over.

The 156MIL is key operated, so entry depends on carrying a key and rekeying is done through SmartKey. The Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever with a passage function, so entry is by code and there are no keys to issue or collect. For a rental turnover you'd pick one or the other depending on whether you want to reissue keys or just change a code; for a shared or short term let where keys go missing, keyless is the reason people move away from a keyed lever.

No. A dummy lever is fixed trim with no latch and no key, used on an inactive leaf or a pull side, while the 156MIL-RDT is a keyed entry lever that latches. Dummy parts in this style include the Callan Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever, the BEST 7KC single dummy trim in Grade 2, the BEST 9K 1DT single dummy trim in Grade 1 heavy duty, and the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy, which is ordered as a left hand or right hand part.

The 156MIL-RDT is keyed entry, so it is operated with a key from the outside. A bed or bath door normally takes a privacy function instead: the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with 5048 rose, the Arrow MK02-TA privacy lock, which is fire rated and fits doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, or the Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch.

The 156MIL-RDT is key operated. To drop keys at the opening, the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1-3/16 inch to 2 inch, the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination for doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock. The Emtek Classic keypad leverset is the same idea in the Classic trim.

The Kwikset 156MIL-RDT is a residential keyed entry lever. Where a Grade 1 keyed lever is required, the Dexter C1000 entry/office lever is Grade 1 with a clutching lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. In the same C1000 family, the asylum function is Grade 1 for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch and the classroom security function is Grade 1 for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch.

The 156MIL-RDT is a keyed entry lever supplied with a 6AL latch and RCS strike, without a deadbolt. Where a second point of locking is wanted, the Callan Bennett is a Grade 3 entrance leverset supplied as a deadbolt combo. Other keyed entry levers without a deadbolt include the Callan Artino Grade 3 entrance leverset, the Master Lock BC Series return style Grade 3 keyed entry lockset, and the Cal-Royal AUS00 Grade 3 entrance/office lever with a solid brass forged body for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch.

The 156MIL-RDT is reversible, so one part serves a left or right hand door. Most of the cylindrical lever alternatives are the same: the Falcon B101 passage lever and the Falcon K101 passage lock are both described as non-handed. The Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy is the exception in this group, ordered specifically as a left hand or a right hand part.

They are not the same trim. The 156MIL-RDT is a lever on a round rose, which many facilities prefer for ADA reasons; a knob set uses a round knob in the same cylindrical prep. Knob alternatives include the Arrow HK11-BB turn-pushbutton entrance lock with a ball knob and conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Arrow MK02-TA privacy lock with a Tudor knob. If lever trim is required, the Lockey 2835 keyless lever lock is listed as ADA compliant.

Two: Polished Chrome and Satin Chrome. Satin Chrome is the low-shine, brushed-look option that reads closest to satin nickel from a distance, and Polished Chrome is the bright mirror finish. If you're matching a building where the existing levers are brushed, Satin Chrome is the one that blends; against bright chrome bath and kitchen fittings, Polished Chrome lines up.

The 156MIL is a contemporary style lever on a round rose, so it's clean lined with no beading or scroll. Beside colonial or period casing it reads modern. If the building is traditional, a decorative brass leverset such as the Baldwin Estate 5103 on the 5048 rose is the look that matches that trim, and it comes in passage, privacy and dummy functions for the rest of the doors.

The 156MIL-RDT is a contemporary lever on a round rose. For a more traditional entry, the Deltana 6201 Manchester, 6411 Morant, and 6431 Linstead levers are all entry function for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Deltana 5851 Claremont is an entry lever as well. The Baldwin Estate 5103 with the 5048 rose is offered in passage and privacy functions in the same family.

The 156MIL-RDT uses a round rose. Bravura offers both shapes in Grade 2 passage leversets: the Atlanta and the Orlando come with round trim, the Miramar comes with round trim in a US4 satin brass finish, and the Tampa comes with square trim. That lets a round rose entry lever be paired with either trim shape on the non-keyed doors nearby.

The Kwikset 156MIL-RDT keyed entry lever comes in polished chrome and satin chrome. For a different look on nearby doors, the Callan Asheville Grade 3 passage leverset is offered in satin nickel and the Bravura Miramar passage leverset in US4 satin brass, so a mixed finish scheme can be planned around the chrome entry doors.