Why are all safes coming with the electronic keypads?

[any4xx]

Resurrecting a (somewhat) old topic:

I just reinstalled my original dial locks on both of my safes. One 8 year old Liberty and one 30 year old Cannon. I previously had an S&G on the Liberty which had been problem free and a LaGard on the Cannon which did fail and locked me out about 20 years ago. Cannon sent a guy out to replace it for free.

Two years ago I installed Securam Pro Logic Xtreme locks on both, thinking the dial backup was a great feature. And it was. One failed about a month ago and I was able to get in with the dial. Securam was zero help, as they have a one-year warranty and won’t even sell parts separately. I did send it back to them and they returned it stating nothing was wrong with it. But it still didn’t work…

So after one LaGard failure and one SecuRAM failure I’m back to dialing my way into both. No more electronics for me.

 

[billdeserthills]

Mechanical safe locks fail too, my safes have some of both types of locks on them. One thing I dislike about digital safe locks is that they could be quickly opened with the little black box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxYJqRfXNxM

This one only opens Sentry safes but there is another version available

 

[any4xx]

Scary stuff. How many folks rely on those safes…

 

[High Standard]

A mechanical backup of some sort (dial lock or key lock) is always preferable to go along with the electronic lock.

 

[QuangTri]

Mech locks do fail I found out yesterday. As I posted this morning, my 9 month old Liberty with S&G mech combo lock just decided to stop responding. Worked fine for months then suddenly will not do the "stop" at 87.

Just spins

 

[any4xx]

Mech locks do fail I found out yesterday. As I posted this morning, my 9 month old Liberty with S&G mech combo lock just decided to stop responding. Worked fine for months then suddenly will not do the "stop" at 87.

Just spins

Wow. Even more scary. At least Liberty has a good warranty. Still sucks to be locked out until they can come and get into it for you.

 

[QuangTri]

Wow. Even more scary. At least Liberty has a good warranty. Still sucks to be locked out until they can come and get into it for you.

I got in, with the help of a rubber mallet and utube to know when to whack.

With the door open, tried the lock and it is still farqued up. At least the toys are not trapped now.
Will see what the safe store has to say.

 

[TriggerFish]

Had Jesse @ Safe City convert my 26 y.o. AmSec to S&G dial from EK.

 

[jnojr]

I just went to open my safe with an electronic lock. It beeped and flashed, but didn't open. I guessed at a new battery, and that did the trick. Clearly, if it was an emergency, things could have been difficult. I need to set a yearly reminder to replace the battery, to catch it before it gets that weak again.

 

[John Jonson_83]

In my opinion, electronic keypad locks are easier to install and maintain. Mechanics, it is more reliable, but maintenance is labor-intensive and expensive. Changing the password for a new one is easier on a lock with an electronic keypad.