gun vault/safes

[b79holmes]

I am getting no results with search, so sorry if this is the 1000th question on this subject.
I have a 16 gun safe and am about to buy a small vault for a loaded revolver.

I like the mechanical simplex lock of the v-line. I just ran their 'change your combination" video and the button clicks sound loud to me.

Any comments on v-line, or any other other simplex locked vaults?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[jfd]

nice products

I have a VLine vault "equipped" on each level of my house and in my car. I'm never very far away from a pistol when needed. I like the simplicity and reliability of their products. No electronics/batteries to worry about or keys to keep up with and being able to set my own combo makes locked items secure when kids are around. Never gave much thought to the sound made by depressing buttons but it does make an audible click. The sound an intruder hears when one of my vaults is opened will be far louder than the sound of the buttons being depressed and thats what matters most to me. I'm very satisfied with the VLine products.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

I don't use any type safe for my home defense pistol.
I take it off when I go to bed so kids ain't able to get
it. I do have a safe that I lock up guns I am not using.
If you are watching TV and someone kicks down the
door can you get to your gun fast enough? Don

 

[USAF385]

I don't have any curious little people running around my house... so, like Hawkeye10, I don't need to lock my HD pistol either.

I'm assuming you may have small kids in the house? Only reason I can see locking up a loaded weapon.

 

[flop-shank]

I'm assuming you may have small kids in the house? Only reason I can see locking up a loaded weapon.

When I'm working in the basement and home alone, I lock the safe. I don't want anyone to be able to get between me and my weapons. I'm always armed, so there is a gun, or three, downstairs with me.

 

[kbm6893]

I had a V-Line, but I sold it for a Gunvault. I don't like the fact that V-Lines don't have a backup way into the safe. If you screw up the combo, forget it, or the device breaks (like all mechanical things can), you have to destroy the safe to get into it.

 

[USAF385]

When I'm working in the basement and home alone, I lock the safe. I don't want anyone to be able to get between me and my weapons. I'm always armed, so there is a gun, or three, downstairs with me.

My guns are locked away as well, just not loaded.

Loaded guns never go into my safes.

 

[Crazy K38]

well I am usually carrying all day, but when the ol' lady calls bedtime I put mine into a pistol box because I have a two year old, but my keys are laid next to the box to I can get to it quick and it is right next to the bed

 

[b79holmes]

SNIP...

I'm assuming you may have small kids in the house? Only reason I can see locking up a loaded weapon.

Yes, I have a 7 year old and I am also in MA. I have a 16 gun safe for storage but the combo is slow to open.

I like the mechanical lock of the V-line as there are no electronics or batteries to create problems. I'd expect more issues with those than a mechanical lock. I do not see other mechanical combo locks out there.

Bill

 

[USAF385]

Yes, I have a 7 year old and I am also in MA. I have a 16 gun safe for storage but the combo is slow to open.

I like the mechanical lock of the V-line as there are no electronics or batteries to create problems. I'd expect more issues with those than a mechanical lock. I do not see other mechanical combo locks out there.

Bill

That's what I assumed. I also wouldn't want an electric or battery powered safe to deal with. V-line has some nice small top opening safes perfect for a night stand and can be mounted to anything.

 

[orangehole]

I have a V-line that I use and really enjoy it. I tried the gun vault but worrying about batteries and a door that would sometimes stick does not work well for me. The sounds of the clicks are not very loud. If you turn over in your bed, you probably make more noise.

 

[Grandma]

Anyone use Biometric Pistol Safes?

Does anyone have any experience with biometric / fingerprint gun safes? I'd like to know if they actually work and if they work well.
I have a 6 year old grandson that comes over often and stays overnight, for this reason I want a safe for our pistols, but at the same time I want something that I could access immeadiately if need be. I don't want to get a safe that has a combination or push buttons, because I'm afraid I would not be able to get it open quickly enough. If I needed to push a combination of numbers in the dark, after being awoke in the middle of the night, especially knowing an intruder was in the house, I don't want to take the chance it might take a couple of trys to get it open if I could do it at all. I also would worry that just by chance or luck my grandson would happen to push the correct sequence of numbers. Paranoid... I know.... It's a grandma thing..
At this point when he stays over the pistols are locked in their cases, unloaded, keys in another room and ammo locked in the closet which is absolutley usless in the event we need them for protection. If the fingerprint safes work it would be the perfect solution to leave the guns in the night stand, immediately accessible to us if needed yet at the same time out of sight and reach of my grandson.

 

[Titan]

My personal experience with biometrics is that it's too slow and unreliable a mechanism to depend on.

I don't believe the technology (at least on the devices I have) has matured sufficiently.

Fingerprint scans take too long and FREQUENTLY have to be done more than once to gain entry.


My experience is with biometric Gun Vaults and a brand new laptop computer.


I've completely abandoned using fingerprints at this point.
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[b79holmes]

SNIP...
I have a 6 year old grandson that comes over often and stays overnight, ... SNIP...

If I needed to push a combination of numbers in the dark, after being awoke in the middle of the night, especially knowing an intruder was in the house, I

We are looking at similar situations. If you have any of those child-locks in your house you know how fast they can learn to open those too.

My advise situation-wise is to plan to turn on a light. Consistent advise from the likes of M. Ayoob, etc. You have to give up a slight edge for safety. There was a home shooting here recently where the burglar turned out to be LEO and the home owner shot him. He wasn't charged but his CCW was revoked and is suing to get it back.

I ordered one of the V-line wall safes. I am still a little nervous about a loaded firearm as they don't have that many combination's but they can be set to something like "1 and 2 togeather"; 3; 4; 5. If you aren't familiar with that type of lock or have the manual I don't think a kid can guess about that combo. At least not until he's 10.

He knows I have the big gun safe but I plan to hide this one from everyone.

Bill

 

[Lightfoot4]

I have three V-line safes, strategically placed in the house. The buttons do click, but they aren't loud. More like a light tap than a click. They seem to blend with the ambient noise. I can open the safe and have the firearm out in about 2 seconds.