I've had the small-size, deluxe model for 6 1/2 years. Can not be happier with it. It is great. Holds one handgun, plus an old wallet with a few papers, prescriptions, credit cards, etc.
I have it bolted to the wall, low down, inside a closet three feet from my bed. It's actualy sideways on the wall, so the S&W 586 is upright, rather than lieing on its side.
When I first set it up, I got a little crazy with the combination. You can set some very complex combinations with it, and that's what I did. That was a mistake. Some of my numbers were "double entrys": two buttons pressed
simultaneously. But if your timing is off even a split second,you'll get a false entry. I had the combo in "muscle memory", and eventually forgot it with my "concious memory". That is, I couldn't open it if I thought about it, but my fingers had it down cold. But occasionally, I would fumble those double entrys. Well that was a bad set-up.
So I changed the combination to something very simple, with all "single-entry" numbers. I can open it
very quickly, in the dark, by feel. In fact, the way it's mounted, with clothes right against it, I can't see the key pad anyway: I
have to open it by feel.
Some people open them every night when they turn in, and close them in the morning. Others only close them when they leave the house. I keep mine locked at all times, but feel confident I can get to the contents pretty damn quick. It's a personal assessment.
Anyway, I feel no need of the "biometric" option. I prefer simplicity, and I'm very confident in the speed and reliability of the keypad.
But it's nice to see they have a number of options, and I think they're pretty affordable. I recommend them highly.
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