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You are most welcome!Your right! I think i'll scrap my key lock strongbox and go buy a real safe. Thanks for setting me straight.
You are most welcome!Your right! I think i'll scrap my key lock strongbox and go buy a real safe. Thanks for setting me straight.
All too true.but "RSC" is such a broad category
I absolutely do believe the dial is more reliable, no doubt about that.
But with that said I have two other safes that are digital, both have been 100% reliable….so far… I don’t personally know anyone that’s had a problem with a digital lock. If they weren’t fairly reliable I’d take the dial to.
I’m glad they make both.
If you want to keep it simple just pair it to your smart car key. If your keys are in your pocket the safe will open.Why not a safe that works like a pet door.
The door reads the implanted chip in the cat/dog and door opens.
The chip could be implanted or placed in a ring, the door of the safe will unlock
when the implant is placed on a location on the safe.
Cannon sending out a new locket with no questions asked, tells me they honor their lifetime warranty.
I don't use a safe for quick access, I use for prohibiting unauthorized access.
When I close my safes I turn the first 2#s of the combination then stop on zero, turn dial to final # and its open, I can get in there fast.
Mine came with a key. Remove the digital dial and in goes the key. Kept hidden in another part of the house of course.
I recently swapped out my S&G mechanical for an electric. Note that the lock smith told me with the mechanical NOT to spin the dial real fast because it could upset the combination.
Nothing fuddy duddy about it! I have a Winchester safe and the electronic lock failed within the first month. Although they replaced it, I replaced it with a Sargent & Greenleaf dial and I feel better. There’s no getting around the fact that an electronic keypad introduces at least two more possible failure modes.
This too happened to me, also with a Winchester branded safe. I was very lucky that I was able to get it open one last time before the digital lock failed permanently. Sergeant Greenleaf went in to replace it, and I think I will stick with mechanical locks from this point forward.
Personally I'll never go back to dials. If you don't open your safe often they aren't to bad. Sometimes I open mine multiple times a day. When I had a dial I'd actually leave my safe unlocked Sometimes on accident. Because if I thought I was going to need back in it soon I would close the door but not lock it.
Prior to moving from one address to another several years ago, I was considering leaving the old "safe" behind and just getting another one.Very true, but "RSC" is such a broad category that there is quite a bit of difference in construction of a $1500 RSC and a $6500 RSC with a U.L. certified RSCII burglary rating and a real certified fire rating like from Intertek. Probably most like you say would be under $3000 and very average protection for both.