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BARSKA Biometric Safe

BARSKA Biometric Safe

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Brand: Barska
Category: Sports
Department: Home and Kitchen

List Price: $406.25
Buy New: $195.99
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 48 reviews
Sales Rank: 648

Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 31
Dimensions (in): 16.5 x 14.5 x 7.8

MPN: AX11224
Model: AX11224
UPC: 790272980741
EAN: 0790272980741
ASIN: B002AQ0PFW

Release Date: March 11, 2009
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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, medicine, firearms, 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) and weighs 31 pounds; one-year limited warranty
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Looking for a place to store your valuables or firearms but don't want to deal with bulky keys or unwieldy combinations? Turn to the Barska Biometric Safe, which opens with the touch of a finger--your finger, to be precise. Compact, convenient, and state of the art, the safe offers a unique fingerprint pad that recognizes only the fingerprints you select. As a result, thieves simply can't break in no matter how hard they try. The pad also guarantees that you'll never again have to fumble for your keys or remember complicated combinations. Just touch the finger to the pad--which accepts up to 30 permanent or unique 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.

The safe is also extremely compact at 16.5 by 7.75 by 14.5 inches (W x H x D), so you can store it pretty much anywhere. And should someone without an approved fingerprint need to open the safe, he or she can use the emergency backup keys. Built to operate on four AA batteries (not included), the Biometric Safe weighs 31 pounds and carries a one-year limited warranty. The safe also comes with mounting hardware.



This Biometric Safe features a fingerprint pad that recognizes only approved fingerprints before opening.
Features and 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)
  • Mounting hardware included
  • Includes two backup keys
  • Weight: 31 pounds
  • Store important documents, medicine, cash, jewelry, firearms
  • Compact design hides nearly anywhere

Manufacturer's Warranty
One-year limited warranty

What's in the Box?
Biometric safe, mounting hardware, two 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.



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5 out of 5 stars Barska Biometric Safe   September 6, 2010
rblscb
The Barska Biometric Safe is fantastic. It works quicker than I had expected. We now have our handguns put away safely and we have instant access to them. I would highly recommend this fingerprint safe, it has opened wverytime we have tried it.


5 out of 5 stars Great product, drawbacks are very minor   September 1, 2010
Mr Accent
This safe works great. Took me less than 5 mins to program all my fingers and there's no way to get in without a key or one of my fingers (except the mythbusters trick, which can be prevented by wiping the lense off).

The beep is not so bad, but I agree that a silent mode would be a welcome improvement.

The trick to the expanding bolts is to drill a hole the sane diameter as the shank through a piece of material as thick as the distance between the shoulder and the edge of the castellations. Then put the bolt through and tighten it. Do not bolt it to drywall as that can be pulled out. It would have been nice if they would have included a template.

The packaging issue is that the box says "fingerprint safe on the outside, but that's really only a concern if you live in apartments and aren't there to sign for your package.

Bottom line is that this safe does what it says it does, and does it well. I can't see why my local gun store doesn't carry this brand, it is awesome.

My next step is to build this into my nightstand.


3 out of 5 stars Techno savvy teens CAN open this safe!   August 22, 2010
D. Fudge (NC)
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.


5 out of 5 stars Barska Biometric Safe   August 20, 2010
WVU Rocks
This is my first biometric safe and after reviews of many on the market I decided to purchase this one. It has worked 100% of the time and is well built. I used an alternate mounting method from the included system. The beeping sounds when activating and opening are loud, but it doesn't bother me at all. Opens in seconds. I have been opening it everyday since purchase and not a failure yet. Packaging and delivery was excelent as well. I highly recommend the product.


4 out of 5 stars Good Gunsafe   August 14, 2010
BB
Good product for the money, The manufacturer should give you the option to turn the beep volume down when opening and closing the safe. Over all this is a pretty good deal.

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