I will try to answer all "questions"
Mine has a key over-ride.
The reason for the touchpad versus key only is speed. I have another safe (Sorry CB900F, an RSC. Yes, It's crap, but it keeps my 2 year old from shooting herself, and it has kept my nephew from stealing it. Although I didn't spent 1,000,000 dollars on it, it did it's job. My apologies.) nearby that has a key, but I found that it takes to long to open. ESPECIALLY when you hiding spot was in an old shirt pocket, and your wife decides to help and sends that shirt, which I hadn't worn in years, to the cleaners. Also security. I don't have to worry about someone finding the key. It's locked in another safe. That's how I got into change the batteries.
(My other safe, er RSC, has a traditional dial lock, with a key that will lock the dial. )
This is used ONLY for my home defense in one location. I have other places that things are locked down. Up until recently, I opened it weekly. Unfortunately, the Mother in Law passed away recently, and my life is in shambles. My wife is a mess. My two year old wants to know why Grammy doesn't call anymore. Then she wants to know why mommy cries when she asks.
The "low battery" has been flashing, buy my Wife got a new watch, so I assumed it was her alarm going off. She assumed I heard it and never questioned it.
It was dumb on my part, and I need to be more careful, I was lucky that it wasn't in an emergency, yada, yada, yada. Please cut me some slack.
My point was nothing more than to remind people in a similar situation to double check in case they had forgotten to.
That is all.
M