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Best safe ever for home defense
By Ashley Schmid on Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2025
I bought this to store my first firearm close to where I sleep. As a person who is usually terrible at installing things, I can say it was super easy to install to my bed frame and it feels very secure on there. I programmed my own code right away, and I like that you can include in your code multiple key presses at once or just one, or all of them at once. It's great for creating a difficult to guess code that you can still use in an emergency situation. It really does open right away like in the videos and your handgun is right there ready for you to grab. Before purchasing, I was worried about my revolver not fitting or fitting to loosely due to the barrel being thick and short (lengthwise). However, I am able to fit my Smith and Wesson .38 double action revolver in there no problem and it doesn't move around or anything. Just make sure you buy this safe with a 9V battery because it needs one for you to use the code feature and light, and they are not included! Other than that, this is an awesome, fast, convenient, and secure safe that I would buy again.
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UNSAFE!
By NH Mountain Man on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2014
I have a large gun safe for my hunting and sporting firearms, and take firearm safety very seriously. I have a adult child with a mental disorder, and never want her to have access to a weapon. We live in an area where home invasion has become a genuine risk, and for more reasons than I can go into here, I believe the area is risky enough that carrying a firearm is an important part of keeping my family, my home and myself safe. I have purchased 2 safes from Gunvault - the GVB 2000 and the SV 500 Manual. The 2000 Biometric as a safe place for my every day carry weapon and the SV Manual to keep another gun close to my nightstand. The Biometric safe was set up to accept only my fingerprint and the SV 200 has a 4 pad keypad that is programmed to accept a code before opening. I have followed all installation instructions, and have double-checked my work. NEITHER SAFE WORKS AS ADVERTISED. The biometric safe opens with any persons fingerprint. The Manual unsafe opens if someone holds down a single key for about 10 seconds. As a result, I believe the biometric safe is entirely unsafe - any child, including my own grandkids, out of curiosity, could place their finger on the fingerprint reader, and if they we lucky enough to touch the other release button, could have access to the safe's content. Finally - I've tried contacting Gunvault's customer service department using the phone number included in the included manual. At any point of the day - I've been told via recording that the wait time would be at least 60 minutes. This message happens EVERY SINGLE TIME I've called them. (the phone number is set to pacific standard time). Before purchasing, I read other's reviews, and saw that many are happy with the products. I've also read other reviews that said there were malfunctions, and that customer service was nonexistent. As more reviews were favorable - I chose to purchase. I completely regret my purchase, and want others to know that Gunvault's service is horrible, and from this reviewer's perspective - THE PRODUCTS I PURCHASED ARE UNSAFE for anyone to use to keep their firearm from someone that should not have access. DO NOT PURCHASE THESE PRODUCTS!
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