Recommendations For Handgun Safe?

[Radjxf]

Hello all. I currently have a GunVault Mini handgun safe. IMO it's a pain in the behind to maintain the 8 or 10 AA batteries and programming is equally annoying.
Can anyone recommend a high-quality handgun safe for bedside use that possibly does NOT utilize batteries and electronics? Just needs to keep my 6 y/o out, be consistently reliable and have key backup. Thanks for any recommendations.

 

[5Wire]

HandGun Box Safes. No batteries, no keys, five button user set Simplex lock (sequential, combination or both).

I have this one, it is very tough and very reliable:

 

[lesjones]

DAC SportSafe

I'm happy with my DAC SportSafe, $55 from Walmart.com. (My local store didn't carry them.) I have a four inch S&W N frame revolver on the bottom of mine, and there's a shelf above that where I keep an S&W 642.

It's an electronic keypad safe, with four buttons programmable from three to six digit passwords. You can have a master password and up to two other passwords. You can also set a motion alarm that goes off if someone tries to make off with it. It has a keypad beep sound that can be turned off.

The safe comes with a mounting plate you attach to a shelf, piece of furniture, or vehicle. You can buy extra mounting plates if you want to easily move the safe between locations.

It's battery-operated, and you can buy an external power supply so that the batteries become the backup for the AC. It comes standard with a key backup.

P.S. Does anyone know what amperage the 12V AC/DC adapter should be? I went to buy one at Radio Shack tonight. I took the manual, but it didn't say if the adapter should be 300 mA, 1000 mA, or something else.

 

[CalamityJane]

"HandGun Box Safes. No batteries, no keys, five button user set Simplex lock (sequential, combination or both)."


I also like this safe very much, especially the no-batteries part. Very sturdy and simple to use.

 

[PILMAN]

EDIT: NVM

 

[5Wire]

"and I, I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference."
------Robert Frost

That's actually my name, go figger.

When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra

And the safes are excellent and come with hardware for permanent mounting to something less easily carried away.

 

[copper4262]

my advice is that no-matter what one you get, get one big enough for future purchases. I bought one safe, filled it, bought another(making the mistake of buying another similar sized safe) and of course had to evetually buy a third one - In fact - i dont think I would ever buy another handgun safe - i think you should just buy a nice rifle safe with extra shelves to put your pistols on.

Forwhatever its worth - if you decide you must buy a handgun safe - look into the DAK ones - i like that one best of all.