Kwikset 740VDL-SMT Vedani Keyed Entry Lever SmartKey, Square Rose with 6-Way Adjustable Latch and Round Corner Strike

The Vedani 740VDL ships with a 6-way adjustable latch, so it covers both of the standard residential backsets without buying a separate latch. That is the 2-3/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch positions you find on a typical bored door. It also comes with a round corner strike, which suits a frame prepped with a radius-corner mortise rather than a square-corner one.

Yes, and that is the main reason to pick this one. The Vedani 740VDL uses SmartKey, so you re-key the lock yourself in seconds with the included SmartKey tool and a working key, no cylinder removal. It runs the KW1 keyway, which is Kwikset's standard profile, so an existing KW1 key from your other Kwikset locks can be taught to it. It leaves the factory keyed different, so each one arrives on its own key until you re-key them to match.

No handing to specify. The Vedani lever is fully reversible, so the same lock fits a left or right hand door. You set the lever direction during install.

It is a residential-duty lock. The Vedani 740VDL is classified residential, so it fits apartment unit interiors, single family homes and light-traffic openings, not a commercial corridor taking hundreds of cycles a day. For a commercial opening, step up to a Grade 1 or Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lever such as the Hager 2525 Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock or the Dexter C1000 Grade 1 entry/office lever, which fits doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani is a residential keyed entry lever, so for a commercial opening the Dexter C1000 Series entry/office lever is the closer fit - it is a Grade 1 clutching keyed cylindrical lever with an entry/office function and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. If the opening needs a storeroom function instead, where the outside lever stays locked and the key retracts the latch, the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick.

For a rated opening, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty non-handed passage lock with a fire rating for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever with a fire rating for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. Both are passage function, so if the opening also has to lock, plan on a keyed function from a commercial series such as the Dexter C1000 entry/office Grade 1 lever.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani is keyed and uses a SmartKey cylinder on the KW1 keyway. If you would rather not carry keys, 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 thick, and the Lockey 2835DC adds a double combination. The Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set for doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch, with the 1150S offering an adjustable backset. For an electronic keypad, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani uses the KW1 keyway with a SmartKey cylinder, so it will not key into a Schlage C system. Cal-Royal builds levers on the Schlage C keyway directly: the AG00 is a Grade 2 entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C cylinder keyed different and a 2-3/8 inch backset, and the AG03 is a classroom lever with a 6-pin Schlage C cylinder keyed different and a 2-3/4 inch backset.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani is a keyed entry lever, which is not a classroom function. For a classroom opening the Dexter C1000 Series classroom lever is a Grade 1 clutching keyed lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Dexter C1000 classroom security version keys from both sides. The Cal-Royal AG03 is a classroom lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway and 2-3/4 inch backset. For a utility or institution opening, the Dexter C1000 asylum function fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch and the Arrow MK33-BD-CS is a Grade 2 heavy duty asylum lock on a Schlage C keyway.

A mechanical keyed lever like the Kwikset 740VDL Vedani has no electrical function. For access control, the Corbin Russwin CL33903 is a Grade 1 fail safe electrified cylindrical lever running 12VAC/DC for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, offered with the NZ lever and D rose in the CL33903 Series and as a keyed 12VAC/DC version in the CL33900 Series.

Yes. The 740VDL Vedani is listed to ANSI A117.1 and ADA, and it is a lever rather than a knob, which is what ADA-compliant openings call for. It also carries an ANSI/BHMA Grade AAA rating.

The Vedani entry set arrives complete for a standard bored door: both levers, the 6-way adjustable latch, the round corner strike, screws, an Allen wrench, the SmartKey tool and keys. Nothing else to buy if the door is already bored. If your frame has a square-corner strike mortise, you will need to swap the strike or file the mortise, since a round corner strike is what ships.

It works well for a fleet of residential unit doors. Every Vedani 740VDL uses the KW1 keyway and SmartKey, so you can re-key an entire building to one key yourself, or to a per-unit key, without a locksmith or new cylinders. The square rose and contemporary lever profile stay consistent across doors, and the levers are reversible so you carry one part number for both hands. For any common-area or higher-traffic door in the same building, use a commercial Grade 2 lever instead.

No. The Vedani 740VDL is a keyed entry function only, so it locks and takes a key. For a closet or hallway door you want a passage function, and for a pull-only door a dummy. Look to the matching non-keyed Vedani functions from Kwikset, or from other brands the Bravura Tampa square trim passage leverset, which is Grade 2 and closest in a square-trim look, or a Baldwin Estate 5103 passage or half dummy lever.

For frequent tenant turnover, SmartKey is the cheap answer: the Vedani 740VDL re-keys in place with the included tool, so at every move-out you reset the lock to a new key instead of replacing a cylinder. Where you would rather stop issuing keys entirely, a mechanical or electronic keypad leverset does that instead, for example the Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton keyless lever, which fits doors 1-3/16 to 2 inches thick, or the Delaney LP250 electronic keypad leverlock. Keypads cost more up front and add batteries or code management; SmartKey keeps a plain key and no power.

A dummy lever is trim only - it does not turn a latch and there is nothing to lock, so it cannot stand in for the keyed entry function of the Kwikset 740VDL Vedani. Dummy levers are used on inactive leaves and closet doors: the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 single dummy cylindrical lever in the 5400 Series, the BEST 9K Series 1DT is a Grade 1 non-keyed heavy duty single dummy trim, the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is the Grade 2 medium duty single dummy, and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever. Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummies are handed and ordered left or right.

A bathroom or bedroom door takes a privacy function, which locks from the inside with a thumbturn or pushbutton rather than a key, so the keyed entry Kwikset 740VDL Vedani is the wrong function for it. The Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose covers that opening, and the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani is a contemporary lever on a square rose. For a more traditional profile in the same entry function, Deltana offers the 5851 Claremont, the 6201 Manchester, the 6411 Morant and the 6431 Linstead, all entry function levers; the Manchester, Morant and Linstead fit doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani carries a SmartKey cylinder, which lets you rekey the lock yourself on the KW1 keyway. Without that, the Master Lock BC Series RL01 is a Grade 3 return style keyed entry lockset, and the Callan Artino is a Grade 3 entrance leverset. The Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office lever with a solid brass forged body for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. If the door also needs a deadbolt, the Callan Bennett is a Grade 3 entrance leverset supplied as a deadbolt combo.

For thicker doors, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 vandal resistant Grade 1 lever covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, though it is a passage function with no key. The Falcon K101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage lock spans 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. If a knob is acceptable in place of a lever, the Arrow HK11-BB turn-pushbutton entrance lock uses a conventional cylinder and fits 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch.

No - those are different parts. The Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is heavy duty escutcheon lever trim in an entry function, which mounts to an exit device rather than working as a standalone cylindrical lock like the Kwikset 740VDL Vedani. The Accentra 107S is a cylinder adapter kit that lets a Schlage cylinder fit Yale hardware; it changes what cylinder a lock accepts and is not a lockset. The Corbin Russwin 585F715 is a Grade 1 lock lever for the ED8000 pushpad exit device and CL3300 cylindrical lock series - a lever part, not a complete keyed entry set.

The Vedani lever carries Microban antimicrobial protection built into the finish, which inhibits the growth of bacteria on the handle surface. It is a treatment of the product itself, not a substitute for cleaning. Worth having on shared-touch doors like a rental turnover or a common laundry room.

Polished chrome, with the square rose trim. If you are matching a bright chrome bathroom or kitchen package on adjacent doors, it lines up; against satin nickel or matte black hardware it will read as a different family.

The latch on the 740VDL has an interchangeable faceplate, so you can match the latch face to the door prep you already have rather than re-chiseling the edge. Combined with the 6-way adjustable latch, that is what lets one part drop into doors prepped a couple of different ways.

The Kwikset 740VDL Vedani is a contemporary lever on a square rose. The Bravura Tampa is a Grade 2 passage leverset with square trim, so it matches the square look but in a passage function with no key. Bravura's round trim passage leversets - the Atlanta, the Orlando, and the Miramar in US4 satin brass - are all Grade 2 if you would rather carry a round rose on the non-locking doors.