Barska Biometric Safe

by Barska

Product Features

• Compact safe with unique fingerprint pad for easy, secure access
• Opens with the touch of a finger; stores up to 30 fingerprints
• Stores important documents, valuables, jewelry, and more
• Includes mounting hardware and 2 emergency backup keys
• Measures 16.5 x 7.75 x 14.5 inches (W x H x D); weighs 31 pounds

Product Description

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Rest assured knowing your valuables are stored securely in Barska's Biometric Top-Opening Safe. Compact, convenient, and state of the art, the safe offers a unique fingerprint pad that recognizes only your fingerprint and others you designate. Fingerprint recognition guarantees you'll never again have to fumble for your keys or remember complicated combinations. Just touch your finger to the pad--which accepts up to 30 fingerprints--and you'll receive instant access to your money, passport, firearms, medicines, jewelry, and other treasured items. In the end, the safe gives you complete control over who can open the interior and retrieve the contents--and more importantly, who can't.

The safe holds jewelry, important documents, and other valuables.

A biometric safe is the most secure means of keeping valuables stored safely in the home. Prior to the invention of the locking mechanism on this safe, many people lived in fear that a child or a thief would gain access to their valuables. Peace of mind is possible with the use of a safe that has a biometric lock and can only be opened with up to 30 specific fingerprints of your choosing. The smaller dimensions of the safe mean that it can be kept out of reach of small hands, but still accessible to the owner.

If the contents of the safe must be accessed quickly, the touch of a finger in the correct position against the locking mechanism will open the lock and provide immediate access. No more need to remember a complex numeric combination under duress. This safe includes a key for traditional access in the event access to the fingerprint is not available.

The safe is built to operate on four AA batteries (not included), weighs 31 pounds, and carries a one-year limited warranty. The safe also comes with mounting hardware.

Features:

• Biometric safe opens with fingerprint recognition technology
• Up to 30 fingerprints can be stored
• Two solid steel locking bolts
• Mounting hardware included

  The safe opens with fingerprint recognition and can store up to 30 fingerprints.

• Includes two backup keys
• Store important documents, valuables, jewelry
• Compact design hides nearly anywhere

Specifications:

• Interior dimensions: 16.25 by 7 by 14.25 inches (W x H x D)
• Exterior dimensions: 16.5 by 7.75 by 14.5 inches
• Fingerprint compatibility: Stores up to 30 unique fingerprints
• Batteries required: 4 AA (not included)
• Weight: 31 pounds
• Manufacturer's Warranty: One-year limited warranty

What's in the Box?
Biometric safe, mounting hardware, two emergency back-up keys

About Barska
Barska is a worldwide sport optics company with strong brand recognition within the optics industry, with corporate offices in La Verne, California, and warehouses and distribution centers in La Verne and Shanghai, China. Barska offers an extensive line of precision sport optics products, such as binoculars, riflescopes, spotting scopes, and telescopes. The product range has been designed and built with the latest optical technology, allowing users to enjoy all their favorite leisure time outdoor activities, including bird watching, outdoor observation, hunting, fishing, stargazing, concerts, and sporting events.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 14.5 x 7.8 inches ; 31 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 30.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002AQ0PFW
• Item model number: AX11224
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (207 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #973 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #6 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting > Gun Storage & Safes > Gun Safes
  • #86 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Tactical & Duty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

300 of 307 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Techno savvy teens CAN open this safe!, August 22, 2010

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D. Fudge (NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barska Biometric Safe (Sports)

I recently received this biometric safe from Amazon. I ordered it on 8/15/10 and received it on 8/21/10 via fed-ex ground. The outer box was crushed on top but the safe was in perfect condition thanks to some very good packaging. Any past packaging/shipping problems have been fixed.

I ordered this safe because I wanted quick access to a weapon in a part of my home that is far removed from my gun collection. I decided I can open a biometric safe when my heart is racing much faster than I can a combination lock. I have two teenage children who I do want to have access to the weapon. Shortly after installing the safe and registering my fingerprints and my wife's fingerprints (We did several angles of our right index fingers per others suggestions), my 15 year old son WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE SAFE in 10 seconds using a trick he learned on the "Myth Busters" television show. I quickly learned that you MUST wipe the glass clean after each use or techno savvy teens CAN open this safe. (The instructions do not tell you to do this). With the glass cleaned my son was NOT able to open the safe. We now keep a wash cloth next to the safe for this purpose.

My children have grown up with firearms and I take them to the shooting range MONTHLY. Firearms are not taboo or a mystery to them and they are safer around firearms than most adults I know. The purpose of the safe is really to keep their friends out and prevent any temptation to show the weapon. However, after watching my 15 year old open the safe (even knowing he could not repeat it with the glass clean), if my children were younger or were at all inexperienced with firearms, I would invest in a more expensive biometric safe to insure they could not gain access.

This safe would be easy to carry off if you don't bolt it to the wall or floor. Also it is relatively thin metal (about the same thickness as a typical high school locker but a far more substantial locking mechanism) and would probably only keep out a thief looking for a quick in and out. In my opinion a determined thief would open this safe with a heavy crowbar in just a few minutes. I have a 2 cu.ft. combination lock fire/flood safe from Sentry which I paid about $400 for. It is far, far more substantial and that is the type of safe I recommend for digital media and real valuables.

138 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth the Money, February 1, 2010

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MrRadio897 "Big D" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Barska Biometric Safe (Sports)

I bought this to keep my handguns in when not being carried or out for home defense. I considered less-costly, more traditional combination safes including the finger-touch models; but after reading reviews that called reliability into question decided against them. I couldn't be happier with this safe.

For $50-$75 more than you'd pay for an inferior safe, this one is extremely well-built. The programming of the lock is simple and fast, the back-up system sufficiently easy-to-use (IF you are the owner and know how); and the capacity abundant. The safe opens quickly with just the touch of the (programmed) finger.

I have two full-size handguns, ammo, and several spare magazines in there and STILL have room for important documents and some other valuables. I bolted it to a wall in a seldom-used closet (easy, fast and secure), but you can just as easily bolt it to the floor with the pre-drilled holes the manufacturer provides. In terms of size, the best way to describe it is hotel room safe-sized.

If you want a well-built, well-priced, dependable safe that is easy to program, fast and easy to open with an excellent fail-safe, this is for you.

73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised, March 9, 2010

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Duane J. Mader (Western South Dakota) - See all my reviews
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This is the only way I could think of to have quick access to a gun but keep it totally safe from kids. The safe has NEVER opened for anyone who has tried it without thier prints programed in it. The only times it has failed to open for me is if my finger is at quite an angle to the reader or not in very far, its not picky but you can also program it with your fingers at angles to avoid any problem. My only complaint would be that I wish there was a way to not have the loud beeper go off as you open it, kinda defeats the stealth effect.