Safe lock, mechanical or electronic?

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Update: Picked up a Fort Knox with mechanical S&G lock.

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Originally Posted by DRoberts12345 View Post
My question is how many electronic devices do you have that are 30 years old that still work. My mechanical safe locks will still work in 100 years.

Sure about that? Mechanical things break and wear out all the time.

Hmm...

I'm in the business, though not residential. Its not a question on IF an electronic lock will fail, just when Mechanical do sometimes need service as well, but much less often. I work on equipment sometimes 100+ years old and the mechanical locks still function great.

All that said electronic do have their place where quick access is needed. I suggest a mechanical on the main safe and multiple quick access boxes with electronic.

As always, YMMV.

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My mechanical S&G started feeling a little sloppy after about 15 years so I changed over to a SecurRam digital with keypad and biometric about 2 years ago. I'm in my safe a couple of times a day typically. It's been flawless and I wished I'd done it years ago. My dad has a floor safe, same story. After about 30 years it was hit and miss and hard to open. I converted his over to the same digital as mine. And again, it's been about a year and flawless.