Schlage F40 FLA 619 Flair Door Lever, Bed & Bath Privacy Lock, Satin Nickel

The oil-rubbed bronze finish is dark and classic. The Brookshire Rose rosette is elegant. We chose the Flair style scrolled handle. The Callington is also nice. It was tempting. But in the end, we chose the slightly thicker Flair style. The levers are solid and the latch is sturdy. We find that they wiggle a bit more than we expected, but this is not too bad.Reversing the handedness is a piece of cake. Incidentally, I installed half of my 30 levers backwards until I discovered from a dummy lever what I had done (dummy levers cannot be reversed). The lever should be installed (as depicted in the photo if I had bothered to look) with the curve looping up from the center and down and the outer end. This way, the user's down-turned palm fits smoothly at the peak of the curve to push down the lever.It does not make a difference, of course, which way one orients the lever. It works both ways. Thinking of a right-handed lever as the face of a clock, one can pull the lever from 3 o'clock to noon or from 3 o'clock to six. Either way retracts the latch as well. As for that the latch retracts fully with slightly less than 90 degrees turn and springs back to its extended state fairly quietly, even when allowed to snap back freely (guaranteed, the kids are not going to guide the lever gently back in place). This gives it the feel of a sturdy lever.I expected the lever to be more substantial, but for the price, I can't complain. The design of the lever makes it foolproof to install (well, unless you install it upside down as I did). The lever is guaranteed to be perpendicular to the edge of the door with both levers aligned to each other, perpendicular to the rosettes behind them. [One has to be more careful with the dummy version to align the rosette and lever as this has no interlocking part on the other side of the door].We use this passage lever to replace a Kwikset lever on our kitchen door. Compared to the Schlage, it was difficult to install and align, difficult to reverse handedness; it did not ever align with the strikeplate properly, and over a period of seven months had to be re-tightened several times and eventually the latch malfunctioned. In contrast, although this Schlage lever has only been in place for close to two months, it closes gently and perfectly (although installed in the exact same door and strikeplate position as the Kwikset. It is as tightly attached as the day we installed it. Only time will tell if the Aged Bronze finish stands up to the humid Florida weather.When we bought our house as a foreclosure, there were no interior doorknobs or levers. We searched and researched for several months to find just the right lever at a decent price (try explaining to guests why there is a circular hole in the bathroom door where the privacy knob should be). We wanted a lever that would convey both elegance and sturdiness. With our Schlage levers, we not only fulfilled that expectation, but got a quality functional mechanism that was very easy to install.

Easy to install and looks great and is a very solid handle. Nightly recommend this product.

Bought this to go with my kwikset pad and it’s beautiful!!

The media could not be loaded.  We’ve tried a few different brands and this one is our favorite. Sturdy, but not difficult to open. Not too noisy. Very easy to install.

Got this for my formal dining room door and looks so elegant

This door lever replaced one that had a broken spring. Easy to install, works well.

I was absolutely surprised at the quality and weight of this compared to my old handle. Awesome experience.

Easy to install, luxe look, and has held up great through out the years in other properties. Beautiful design at a reasonable price range with great quality.

Perfect replacement for our old one. Feels solid and finish matches perfectly the electronic keypad.

Bon produit

Excellent value for money

It says case of 4, it came with one handle.

lots of compliments on this door handle