If you get something biometric - be sure that you get something that has an alternate method of entry (push button numeric code etc.) that can be used quickly - and practice with that code regularly... My biometric safe has a cylinder key as a backup - and when the biometric functionality crapped the bed (started taking 2-3 swipes of the finger to open - then 2-10 swipes) the safe became a paper-weight because I didn't trust it to open when I needed it to open...