Or a battery systemMost electronic locks come with a backup key.
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Or a battery systemMost electronic locks come with a backup key.
thats where i bought my fatboy jr. good people, fair prices!Call Wayne at Liberty safe of Oregon. He usually has used safes around his shop that you can buy. Ones that were traded in. Wayne is a great guy with exceptional customer service. If you want I can PM you his number.
I've had this Stack On for a year: Amazon.com: Stack-On SS-8-MG-C 8 Gun Fully Convertible Security Safe with Combination Lock, Matte Hunter Green: Home Improvement
Honestly, I wish I had bought something better -- the hinge is wearing out causing the door to lean in a little and it is getting progressively harder to open and close. One of these days, it will stop opening. So I'm going to be looking for something better, and the $250 I spent on it will just be wasted.
I tell people any time this comes up. If you can't afford a "nice one" now, get a cheap one. ANYTHING is better than nothing. I would not consider the money you spent a waste since it was something for now. It can stop the smash and grab doper sometimes. It can also protect you from bottom feeders if they are stolen, then used in a crime. You made a reasonable effort to secure them. Get a better one when you can. Consider the money for the first one renting something for the time being.
+Agree to disagree my friend. I would eat rice for a month to buy a better safe. In fact I would sell a gun to buy a better safe. If you can't put your guns into something worth a dang to protect them when you don't have them on you then why buy the gun. All it takes is one bad guy and you not home to get everything.
JMHO
The electronic safe locks work off of a 9v battery tucked up under the key pad.
If the battery fails, you can open the safe with the backup key, install a fresh battery and push the reset button located on the interior of the door and reprogram your combination.
So an electronic lock is essentially a key lock with a keypad option? I'm thinking I might prefer a mechanical lock.
I just have a snap-on security cabinet lag bolted to the studs I would love to have a nice big fire rated safe however I have to transfer every roughly 4 years for work and am weight limited in that transfer making an 500+ lb safe less practical. I also figure if nothing else getting into that cabinet would be noisy enough that one of my nosey neighbors would likely call in a complaint or come to investigate themselves.
As I often mention, not perfect or best but beats nothing. In you situation it's a double problem, the having to move so often. Another thing you can do it not keep the safe in the master bedroom. That is of course the first place thieves go. Most often if it's dopers they are in a hurry. They will head strait to the master bedroom to look for anything they can carry off. If the safe set up you have is in some out of the normal area they may never even find in. It's just this reason I don't have my safe in my master bed.
Hiding it really isn't too much of an option due to space constraints. The other advantage is I live on a second story so only a single entry point that is quite visible. I have figured you likely have two types of breakins the pros who are more likely to bring the tools required to enter any safe and the amateur smash and grab who is far more likely to grab my computer/TV/etc rather than messing with trying to pry open the security cabinet.
Agree to disagree my friend. I would eat rice for a month to buy a better safe. In fact I would sell a gun to buy a better safe. If you can't put your guns into something worth a dang to protect them when you don't have them on you then why buy the gun. All it takes is one bad guy and you not home to get everything.
JMHO
A quality mechanical combination that has a lockable dial can be locked just 10 degrees away from opening for quick access during the day.
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Didn't skip any meals (probably should have ), but did skip on buying a new gun in order to invest in a good safe. I went from no safe to a good quality safe with a combo EMP lock and plenty of room. I know no safe is impenetrable, but I know this one would take considerable time to break into - and the amount of noise it would take would very likely draw the neighbors' attention, one of which is a retired LEO and keeps an eye out for suspicious stuff.
Looking back on it, I don't regret investing in a better safe. I feel my investments are so much more secure than they were in the closet years ago.