I am a first/time purchaser of a gun safe, and did my research into various aspects of what the requirements are and expected features should be. Received the safe and installed it over the weekend. The safe was exactly as advertised. Construction of the safe itself appears to be quality work, with very clean weld lines and no discernible flex to the shell. The locking mechanism works as advertised, although I had a little trouble with some of the fingerprint registration and had to reset it to factory settings in order to proceed. Once that was cleared up and the passcode and fingerprints registered, opening the safe is easy and not prone to false negatives at a higher rate than other industry scanner technologies (I will be keeping the scanner element clean).
As others have noted, this is not a safe in the sense of preventing theft against a professionally equipped person with the objective of gaining entry, nor would it be fireproof in the event of a serious fire / but it would certainly deter casual thieves and reduce most fire damage accordingly. If youre looking for a bank/grade safe in the same size range, it will cost 5x to 10x more and weigh 100s of pounds. This safes purpose is to securely store your firearms and have them readily accessible when required / and it is entirely practical for that purpose. The construction is solid and action smooth (hinges, lock mechanism, etc.). The interior space is exactly as advertised, and its definitely packed tight when you have rifles with scopes/sights in there (height of weapon from grip bottom to top of sight are pretty close to the depth of the safe), but this is a small safe not intended for more than 5 rifles.
Some minor cons:
Due to its location, I am currently unable to bolt the safe to either a wall or the floor without constructing some intervening infrastructure. It does seem to want to tip forward when the door is opened, which is entirely understandable when you swing a heavy door out from the center of gravity, but I was able to remove most of that tendency by elevating the front side a few millimeters (causing it to lean backward a little bit). I would like to see an optional anti/tip bracket offered for this / Ive dealt with computer equipment racks for many years, and most manufacturers offer a basic 90/degree angle plate that can be bolted to the front face of the racks and entirely prevents most tipping tendencies (very important when youre yanking 100+ pound servers out on their rails near the top of the rack). There is some carpeting type material included for lining the bottom of the safe, but having a fully/lined interior might be a nice option as well.
Overall, this safe is exactly what I was expecting and it should deliver many years of service without any issues at all. I am definitely happy with this purchase. We love it
My First Gun Safe / Worthy Investment
I am a first/time purchaser of a gun safe, and did my research into various aspects of what the requirements are and expected features should be. Received the safe and installed it over the weekend. The safe was exactly as advertised. Construction of the safe itself appears to be quality work, with very clean weld lines and no discernible flex to the shell. The locking mechanism works as advertised, although I had a little trouble with some of the fingerprint registration and had to reset it to factory settings in order to proceed. Once that was cleared up and the passcode and fingerprints registered, opening the safe is easy and not prone to false negatives at a higher rate than other industry scanner technologies (I will be keeping the scanner element clean). As others have noted, this is not a safe in the sense of preventing theft against a professionally equipped person with the objective of gaining entry, nor would it be fireproof in the event of a serious fire / but it would certainly deter casual thieves and reduce most fire damage accordingly. If youre looking for a bank/grade safe in the same size range, it will cost 5x to 10x more and weigh 100s of pounds. This safes purpose is to securely store your firearms and have them readily accessible when required / and it is entirely practical for that purpose. The construction is solid and action smooth (hinges, lock mechanism, etc.). The interior space is exactly as advertised, and its definitely packed tight when you have rifles with scopes/sights in there (height of weapon from grip bottom to top of sight are pretty close to the depth of the safe), but this is a small safe not intended for more than 5 rifles. Some minor cons: Due to its location, I am currently unable to bolt the safe to either a wall or the floor without constructing some intervening infrastructure. It does seem to want to tip forward when the door is opened, which is entirely understandable when you swing a heavy door out from the center of gravity, but I was able to remove most of that tendency by elevating the front side a few millimeters (causing it to lean backward a little bit). I would like to see an optional anti/tip bracket offered for this / Ive dealt with computer equipment racks for many years, and most manufacturers offer a basic 90/degree angle plate that can be bolted to the front face of the racks and entirely prevents most tipping tendencies (very important when youre yanking 100+ pound servers out on their rails near the top of the rack). There is some carpeting type material included for lining the bottom of the safe, but having a fully/lined interior might be a nice option as well. Overall, this safe is exactly what I was expecting and it should deliver many years of service without any issues at all. I am definitely happy with this purchase. We love it