Digital locks for self-service rental

Igloohome locks get their codes from partner software through Igloo Connect, Igloohome's service for booking systems – and for rentals of gear, saunas, boats, trailers and courts, Igloohome lists Rentalbuddy among them. You'll find Rentalbuddy as an integration in Igloohome's Igloo Connect marketplace and on its pages for trailer hire, SUP and kayak rental and sports courts.

With Rentalbuddy, every booking gets a new code, also for a shared box or shed door. The codes are Igloohome's offline algoPIN codes, worked out for the booking's time, so the lock needs no internet. The code shows on the renter's unlock page 15 minutes before the start and follows the booking if you move it; if a code can't be made, Rentalbuddy tells you in the admin and by email. How to connect your locks ↓

Igloohome smart locks – usually the Padlock 2 for gear and the Keybox 3 for keys. Every lock on Igloohome's Igloo Connect list of supported locks works, including the Padlock 2E and Keybox 3E. The Padlock Lite isn't on that list and doesn't work.

Other smart-lock brands aren't integrated. The one exception is Allockate's connected locker banks, which need power and a mobile connection – ask us before you buy. Padlocks or key boxes with a fixed code can be added as manual locks, but then every renter gets the same code.

One for every item renters book on its own, plus one for each shared door or box. Hang a Padlock 2 on each kayak, canoe or trailer, or put each boat's or sauna's key in its own Keybox 3. Gear that's booked together – paddles and life jackets, or 4 SUPs in one box – can share one lock on a shed or box door, and every booking still gets its own code for it. On your Rentalbuddy plan, every item customers can book counts as one lock, and so does every shared door: 4 SUPs in a box with one lock on its door count as 5, though you buy only one lock. Starter covers up to 6, Growth 8 and then 120 SEK a month per extra lock. Which plan fits

Pair each lock in the Igloohome app, add a card in Igloo Connect, then connect Igloohome in Rentalbuddy and sync. Use one Igloohome account for all your locks. Igloo Connect is Igloohome's service for partner apps such as Rentalbuddy, and it won't hand out codes without a payment method. In the admin you connect under Settings → Integrations and press Sync Igloohome locks; Rentalbuddy tries a test code for every lock it adds and tells you if one can't create codes yet. Without a payment method in Igloo Connect, codes can't be made – Rentalbuddy then keeps trying and warns you in the admin and by email.

About €160 per lock, bought once: Igloohome's EU shop lists €159.99 for the Padlock 2 and €159 for the Keybox 3 (October 2026). Buy them from Igloohome or a reseller; resellers set their own prices.

On top, Igloohome charges about US$2 (about 20 SEK) per lock a month for Igloo Connect, the service that creates the codes. Rentalbuddy doesn't sell locks, but we work with lock resellers and can help you put a setup together. The locks stay on your own Igloohome account.

No. They run on batteries and check each code themselves. When you pair a lock in the Igloohome app, the lock and Igloohome's service share a secret key. Each booking's code is worked out from that key and the booking's start and end, so the lock can tell on its own that the code is genuine and when it's valid – much like the codes from a bank's security token. Only the renter's phone needs a signal, to open their unlock page.

Padlock 2: rechargeable, up to about 9 months per charge, rated −20 °C to 50 °C. Keybox 3: four AAA batteries for up to 12 months, but Igloohome rates those batteries only down to −10 °C. A flat lock can be powered for a moment from a power bank through its USB-C port.

Rentalbuddy can't see battery levels remotely, so charge the padlocks and change the key boxes' batteries before the season and regularly during it. For a key box by a winter sauna, choose a sheltered spot and fit fresh alkaline batteries before the cold sets in. More on frost and batteries

Their own PIN code, on the unlock page that the button in their confirmation email opens. The code appears 15 minutes before the start. Igloohome codes run in whole hours, so a code works from up to an hour before the booking starts until up to an hour after it ends – then it stops for good, so past renters can't come back another day. Leave an hour between bookings of the same item, so the last renter can't reopen the lock during the next rental.

If you ask for it, renters first accept your terms, upload a photo of their ID or watch your safety video. After several wrong codes in a row, the keypad stops accepting codes for a while, so nobody can stand there guessing. What if a renter can't open the lock?