Review: Hyve Smart Package Locker

Can a high-tech lockbox put an end to porch pirates?

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In a perfect world, provides a secure spot for package deliveries whether you’re home or not. Reasonably sturdy. Mobile app notifications work well.

Easy for delivery drivers to ignore, and impossible to enforce its use. Recurring returns feature only available in two cities. Assembly is a small nightmare. May not be large enough for heavy-delivery homes. Odd, premature battery failure. Curb appeal? Never met her.

The onslaught of tech gear being delivered for WIRED Reviews , combined with the samples I receive constantly for my side hustle at Drinkhacker , means that delivery trucks are a constant occurrence on my suburban street. UPS and FedEx both make drops at my house nearly every day, and that’s not to mention occasional deliveries from the likes of DHL and, of course, Amazon and its ilk. But it’s usually not a problem.…