SentrySafeMedium Safe with Digital Keypad, Lock Box with Code has Interior Lining and Bolt Down Kit that Secures Pistol, Money, 0.41 Cubic Feet, 7.6 x 11.4 x 10.4 Inches, X041E

Great looking and love it!!!

Super nice

First, let's dispell the myth of the "uncrackable" safe. Applying such an unreasonable standard is nonsense for any safe because EVERY safe is vulnerable in some way. SentrySafe specifically states that this is to deter the "opportunistic" thief, so this is not expected to thwart the professional criminal with power tools handy. Read my recommendations below and you will be able to keep your belongings secure against most minor to mid-level attempts at breaking into the safe.I was undecided on whether to select the SentrySafe X055 Security Safe or the Stack-On PS-514 Personal Safe with Electronic Lock and chose the SentrySafe because YouTube is LOADED with quick, easy ways to break into the Stack-on PS-514. More than likely, most of the same techniques are also easily applied to the SentrySafe, but I just went with the one that was less visible on YouTube. There was also a small price difference in favor of the SentrySafe. I did like Stack-on's time-out period that goes into effect after three failed entry attempts using the passcode, but with the modifications I describe below it is less important.Here is my recommendation to **REALLY** secure the safe:1. Bolt this baby to the floor! If you are burgled and this isn't bolted down, the burglers will not waste their time trying to crack the safe, they are just going to take it with them!2. This should be common sense, but do not make the passcode your birthday or your anniversary, or anything else so painfully obvious and easy to look up.3. Here is my modification: I added a Refrigerator Door Lock with Padlock - Black with a Sesamee K436 4 Dial Bottom Resettable Combination Brass Padlock with 1-Inch Hardened Steel Shackle and 10,000 Potential Combinations. This means that even if you can crack the digital padlock or keyhole on the safe, you still have to either cut the cable on the refrigerator lock or somehow break through the Sesamee K436 4 Dial Bottom Resettable Combination Brass Padlock with 1-Inch Hardened Steel Shackle and 10,000 Potential Combinations. I opted for Sesamee because of all the online videos on how to bypass a MasterLock padlock (it is easy). This will only slow down a burglar, but most teens or children (or other nosy family and friends) will be unwilling to actually damage the refrigerator lock or padlock in a way that makes it obvious that it has been tampered with.4. I keep the spare safe keys in a Master Lock 5400D Select Access Key Storage Box with Set-Your-Own Combination Lock, 1-Pack discreetly placed in another room of the house. Yes, there are a total of three combinations to remember, but they are necessary for maximum security against unauthorized access.The modification is done for the purpose of keeping others out, and it does make it slower to get into the safe, so if you keep a loaded firearm in there in case of an intruder, you may not want to add an extra step for access that might slow you down. It depends on your priorities and what you are trying to keep safe.The refrigerator lock protects against typical break-in methods like lock picking, "bumping," and the way-too-easy paperclip tricks which these kinds of safes are susceptible to. It still isn't "unbreakable," but it is WAY more difficult to get into without the codes and is only a few seconds more for me to get into.For those of you who need a locked place to store things with very little threat of someone trying to pick the lock, this safe is fine as-is. If you have someone living with you or someone who has regular access that may be apt to try to break into the safe, I recommend this modification. There is additional security in redundancy.

As I said. I input my code one day, it beeped the success beeps, but did not unlock the lock. Luckily, I had a key tucked away. The key did indeed unlock it. I tried new batteries, it did not work, I tried a second set of new batteries, it did not work. I changed the code and a 3rd set of new batteries and it did not work.I wrote support and they got back finally today after a week. and they told me to use batteries that were made this years and to use name brand to ensure full power and to clean the spring of my brand new safe to ensure it works. It is like they didn't even read the complaint, that tells them it is 2 months old, NOTHING is dirty, and that I tried 3 sets of new batteries. Duracell, Energizer, and then Energizer Lithium. Energizer Lithium is what I put in there to begin with, thinking you know they would last a long time, and I would not have an issue like this due to a dead battery.I called their number. It gives 3 options: Press 1 for a new key or combination, Press 2 if you are a vendor or distributor, Press 3 for technical support.I would press 3 and it would just repeat the options. I kept pressing 3 to no avail. I pressed 1 and the same thing happened. I kept calling during business hours and that is what kept happening. I told my wife, "Watch this, I bet if I press 2, and they think I am someone wanting to sell their product they will pick up."FIRST RING! I kid you not. I tell the guy, my issues, he tells me Tech support has a 4 minute wait and he will connect me. He connects me and the computer tells me 9 minutes. I wait, no answer, I opt to have my place save and them call me back. Days later, still no call. I buying one more batch of brand new Duracells to try this out. It is too late for a refund or I would get one. Would I recommend this safe? NO! Not if you want a functional keypad and lock. It is a decent safe. It will deter anyone who isn't determined to get into it. They can pick it up and take it with them , if you do not bolt it down like I did. So, they will have to spend a little time working on it. So it is an okay safe if you want a key only safe. Bu then if that is what you want you can get better and cheaper.The key pad and battery compartment are the cheapest of cheap plastics. I mean, the stuff that the remote controls for those $5 remote controls cars that are made in China that pop up in Dollar Stores and in the hallways of malls during Christmas, cheap. So that is another thing.And obviously, if you need batteries that were made fresh every month to power the thing(if this even works), then obviously, it wasn't very well thought out or very well made.You absolutely can not use rechargeable batteries. Those generally only yield 1.2 volts instead of 1.5 and this thing does need the full voltage, regardless. So, that is also another blemish. Not a huge deal. But again, design flaw, imo.If it works, then it is okay, within the parameters of what I mentioned. If it works, I think most will like it and not mind buying name brand batteries for it. Just be ready for the fickleness of it and then the lacking customer support.*update2/28/2025Got yet another set of brand new Duracell batteries and used them and clean the safe with a qtip like they asked me to. None of that worked. I wrote and told them that. I that this was the 5th set of brand new batteries I have tried and am not buying any more batteries. They sent me a reply saying it looks like the electronic part has failed and I must use the key from now on.If you want a keypad combination safe then SKIP THIS SAFE, SKIP THIS BRAND, ALTOGETHER!Absolute trash!update: 03/13/25So, after I got a little snarky with my reply. It made the agent aware they made a mistake. They sent me a replacement which took about a week or so. They tell you 6-10 days. I got a brand new safe. But the one they sent me was the wrong dimensions. I ordered the 075 which is a flatter, longer, wider safe rather than square. They sent me a somewhat smaller and square one, which can not fit into the area I have very well and does not suit my needs. I contacted them about this.03/19/25They had em send in pics and serial number of the safe they sent me. They acknowledged the issue. They are out of the one I had ordered and will be until , at least June, so they offered me a x105, which is nearly the same safe but 1.8 inches taller, everything is the same. I am able to work with this.So, I trashed them to begin with. Just seems to be a mix up in the beginning. All good, we all make mistakes. God knows, I have made probably way more than my share of them. So, it does seem customer service may not be the absolute fastest, but they do seem to be standing behind their product and making it right. So, I look forward to my new safe replacement and hopefully, it will last a while and I can keep this up at a 4 star.

This safe arrived today. Well packaged an no issues with dents or dings. I have other Sentry Safes and like the others my new code was easy to set up on the first try. And the key works as well. Well built for what you pay for them.