A lot of the gun safes discussed on this site are those massive, heavy, unmistakable steel leviathans crafted to keep your most precious valuables safe from crooks, fires, floods, lava, martians, and Rosie O’Donnell and her demons from Hell. Massive impenetrable fortresses from Liberty, Fort Knox, Cannon, Browning…these are the safes that I dream about. However, unless your wife is cooler than mine, which isn’t possible (she reads this), you’re never going to be able to sleep with a 2000 lbs armory next to your bed. So what good is a Liberty Presidential going to be during a home invasion if it’s downstairs in your basement?
Archive for the ‘Biometric gun safes’ Category
Tips On Buying a Fingerprint Safe
On December - 20 - 2009
Fingerprint safe, biometric safe, fingerprint reader…whatever you want to call it, what I’m referring to when I use anyone of these monikers is a gun safe that can be opened when the rightful owner of the unit swipes their finger across the safe’s scanner. High tech, I know, but with every year that goes by, biometrics technology gets better and better, and of course, cheaper and cheaper. You still pay a pretty penny for a gun safe that you can open with your pinky, but it’s a lot better than it was a couple years ago.
Understanding the Scanner On A Fingerprint Gun Safe
On October - 30 - 2009
When purchasing a fingerprint gun safe (biometric fingerprint gun safe), there are several elements to consider. Thickness, capacity, dimensions…these are all characteristics that are pretty easy to grasp. But when dealing with biometric gun safe locks, terms like ‘minutiae’ and ‘algorithm adjustments’ start to cloud up the water a bit. Take GunVault for example – they say that their MiniVault safe “has a very low False Reject Rate (FRR) for a given False Accept Rate (FAR)”. Ok, so what does that mean, fella? Is this something I should be concerned with, or is it just marketing gibberish? Well, it’s a little bit of both.
Biometric Gun Safe Basics
On October - 30 - 2009
Owning a biometric gun safe (aka – fingerprint gun safe), definitely has its advantages – that is if your needs fit the bill. A lock equipped with a biometric scanner boasts one characteristic that its dial and electronic keypad counterparts can’t match – that, my friends is speed. Most gun safes protected by fingerprint readers will allow you access to your firearm in a second or less. I don’t care how many times you’ve practiced spinning that dial, you’re never gonna come near those results with a rotary lock. Biometric scanners are ideal for small, bedside and wall-style gun safes.
