Right for me, perhaps not for thee
I'm glad I decided to purchase this safe; it works well for my specific needs but I feel that it may not be right for many people. The good: The biometric reader seems to work very well for me. I had read reviews that complained about consistency and I have not observed that problem. The safe stores enough fingerprints you can just double-triple the same finger with different locations for reliable access. The safe is lightweight enough to be installed solo, but still sturdy and secure I like the VISN app for real time status monitoring + access/impact/humidity alerts The OK: The keypad only has digits 1~8. I don't really understand what reasoning was behind the decision to omit digits 0 and 9 from a full size safe Push notifications from safe alerts are nice but can't reliably give real-time notifications (I assume network traffic plays a part in this). Notifications will be received within seconds at times, but up to 20-minute delay The not-so-good: It's very cramped for a full size safe -- shelves on the back will block any door-mounted options at the same height. Same with any large optics on rifles. It's tall enough but really ought to be 15-20% larger in width + depth. That would make it less claustrophobic but still be light enough for self-install. I have the same concerns with their slider-safe: bought one to mount on the side of my nightstand but the edge catches on the iron-sights of my compact if I'm not slow and careful on the draw... Not what you want for quick-access and it's clear that a red-dot is fully incompatible. The slider wouldn't need to be any taller or wider, just extend out an extra ~2 inches The door locks fine but isn't sealed well, I would caution anyone worried about long term storage in a high-humidity region. It's an electronic safe but there's no outlet available inside for plug-in moisture management Lastly, it's quite $$$. If they could make it larger at the same price point, I'd have bumped up this review to 4*