bio-metric gun safes?

[opr1945]

1. I know gun safes activated by finger print have been around for awhile. my son had one awhile ago he said it was junk.

Any have experience with finger print activated?

2. Recently I have been getting ads for "finger vein" activated gun safe.

Anyone have experience with these? "MAXSafes pro pistol safe.

Thanks, opr1945"

 

[Rustyt1953]

Contact member Kanewpadle. He is our resident safe whisperer.

 

[444 Magnum]

All of my safe's are the S&G rotary dial mechanical type. I don't want anything that depends on batteries or technology. The S&G locks have been around a long time and are great quality.
My self defense pistols/shotguns do not stay locked up. If I'm woken in the middle of the night by something "going bump", the last thing I want is to fool around with a safe and lock- no matter how sophisticated and "simple".

 

[Greyman50]

I am in the " don't trust some technology" group. My safes have S&G tumbler locks.

 

[CB3]

Anything that runs on batteries, especially AA and AAA batteries, is subject to unscheduled failure. This is completely unacceptable for a quick access safe for a firearm for personal defense.

I will not use biometric safes when Simplex mechanical five button safes work just as well and never fail. There is a host of companies making cheap to excellent boxes with the Simplex lock system. Look for those. Bolt or lag screw the safe to something solid so the whole thing cannot be stolen.

As with so many things, you will get what you pay for. In 15 years, the Simplex system will be working with no maintenance, and a good steel (expensive) box will be a justified, worthwhile investment that can be passed on to another generation.

 

[swsig]

Before you commit to a biometric safe, make sure you have fingerprints. When I applied for my license to carry, my fingerprints could not be read by any of the four electronic fingerprint readers that were tried. I got my license anyway, but there are no biometric safes in my future.

 

[opr1945]

I have a medium sized floor stand safe in basement. I am looking for some thing for bedroom or easy to get to for defense. I have a bunch of grand kids who visit frequently and get into everything so I dont leave anything dangerous out.

 

[TX-Dennis]

My son has a biometric single pistol safe mounted to the wall beside his bed. I'm not sure of the brand, but I like it. It opens quickly when the correct finger is applied, and the door opens downward and presents the pistol grip ready to go.

Me, I just stick it in the nightstand drawer until I wake up, but I'm tempted by his. It works quickly and well.

 

[Bugkiller99]

One of my concerns is how your fingerprints can change. In the winter, because I wash my hand constantly in my occupation, the dry, cold weather and washing causes my fingers to crack. I've had biometric readers not work for this reason.

 

[chief38]

Call me old fashioned and stubborn but I don't trust them! An old fashioned combination lock is what I prefer.

 

[Greyman50]

FWIW, as " things get more crazy" every day the chance of an EMP is scary. Doubt any electronic entry system would function.

 

[WR Moore]

May depend on the brand of hand reader, but my experience with biometric access control is that it reads the geometry of the hand, not prints. Oil, sweat, band-aids etc can prevent the reading of your hand. Our system required a key card swipe to tell the computer what original map to match. I'm a believer in mechanical locks after that.

 

[Puller]

Depending on technology in our lives is great until it fails to work.

 

[BigBoy99]

Being a machinist, I bought one the the battery powered vernier calipers when they first came on the market. Thought that might be a good idea. NOT! When ever I wanted to get a measurement, the battery was dead and the cooling solutions and batteries did not get along. I went back to my dial vernier calipers. Anything with a battery is going to be a problem. My gun safe has a tumbler lock which has opened every time in nearly 40 year of service. Batteries and mechanical device do not get along well and that is why I stay away from things with batteries. Just my $0.02.

 

[ladder13]

This one is a no brainer.