A Review Of The Biometric Safe By Barska

By: Mack Krasen

This Barska fingerprint safe measures about 16 inches wide, 14 inches deep and 7 inches high. It is quite large enough to hold jewelry, medicine, important papers, or, the more commonly - guns.

Obviously since this model is a biometric safe it opens with the simple touch of your finger. Up to thirty fingerprints can be stored. This means you do not have to fumble for keys or try and remember (and enter) its combination. Simply "touch and go". It's memory runs on 4 AA batteries.

Are you worried about the batteries dying? Not to worry! This retailer doesn't give the details of it's failure rates, but assuming its the same as other finger print safe manufacturers, its failure rate would be much less than 1%.

Whatever the case, there is nothing to worry about in this regard. The safe comes with unique keys that enable you to get into the safe in the event that there's a malfunction with the electronics or something.

Sturdily built, it weighs in at around 30lbs. The door is heavy, but opens and closes easily. Bolt holes are built into it allowing you to mount it on a counter or in a wall. You can also securely double bolt it by bolting it to a shelf and the wall behind.

Reviewing this safe wouldn't be complete without the pluses and minuses of owning the said product. This biometric safe holds 30 fingerprints. This lets you enter anothers fingerprints, but, more importantly, it also allows you to enter multiple fingerprints of your own. You can do this by positioning your finger a little bit differently every time you store a print. That means you will have less problems and will get the safe opened quicker if you have these multiple prints of your own stored in its memory. If you had just one print stored, you'd have to place your finger almost identically every time you open it. By having multiple fingerprints stored, you are allowing for variations in finger placement when touching it.

Buying a product while not understanding everything about it isn't always optimal. By letting you have access to the full owners manual online, Barska lets you make a fully informed decision. A person can learn all about it's features before they even get it. This instills a lot of confidence in your purchase. This particular biometric safe is near the top of the list, as far as price and quality are concerned. This sells for less than two hundred dollars.

The following can't really be called encumbrances, only things to be aware of. The door contains a majority of the metal, being that it's the point of entry. The sides of the box, while extremely sturdy, can be broken into with the correct tools. This is a reason to mount any kind of safe. Besides, bolting it down keeps someone from walking off with it. The wake up button should be depressed when you shut the safe door. This way you know the door shuts correctly. This is probably no different than any other fingerprint safe but if you only have a single fingerprint of a person stored in the safes memory, you may have to try a few times to get your finger situated just right and it unlocks.

But overall a vast majority of owners love this biometric safe, as evident by all the 5 star ratings on Amazon.com. They are of great quality and carry the acclaim of Barska who are known for their great quality sport optics found in binoculars.