| Gunvault is one of the few top, reputable | | | | and enter your access code. An access code is a |
| manufacturers of biometric gun safes on the market | | | | series of entries on the keypad made by your |
| today and have been in the gun safe business now | | | | fingers. An "entry" is a single press of one or more |
| for 20 years. | | | | buttons at the same time. You can use as few as |
| Gunvault sells five types of gun safes and have | | | | three, or at most six entries. In an overly simple |
| variations in each of these models. They refer to | | | | explanation, you place your hand on the keypad and |
| these models as nano, micro, mini, multi and full size | | | | wiggle (actually press) your fingertips in the sequence |
| safes. As you might expect, these names refer to | | | | of your code. (An example might be first and fifth |
| size. For instance, the nano gun safe is small enough | | | | finger, pressing their buttons simultaneously, fourth |
| to carry in a bag or briefcase, and as you progress | | | | finger presses its button, followed by fingers 2 |
| upward, the safe size becomes big enough to hold a | | | | through five each pressing their buttons.) |
| few handguns plus a few other valuables. Their top | | | | The Gunvault biometric lock operates by placing your |
| of the line gun safes are large enough to storm rifles | | | | whole hand on the silhouette but it has a biometric |
| or shotguns and much more. | | | | keypad which reads your pointer finger. If it matches |
| We could bore you with all the details of the safes | | | | one of the 30 fingerprints stored in its memory, you |
| like 16 gauge steel, foam on inside to protect | | | | will gain access. What is unique about this biometric |
| valuables, high strength locks and so on, but if they | | | | technology is its self learning algorithm. Every time |
| have been making safes for 20 years, the design | | | | you place your finger on the pad it reads it and |
| should be quite adequate. | | | | accounts for small differences from the last time. It |
| What is more useful to know, are the options you | | | | then updates the details of what is stored, making |
| have in the gun safes and the biometrics involved - if | | | | the recognition slightly better and reducing the |
| any. | | | | chances of a wrong reading. |
| First, about the locks. A few of the safes (mostly | | | | The other thing to know is that these safes come in |
| the nano model) open with a key or code. The other | | | | a standard model and deluxe. The deluxe model |
| safes open with a uniquely designed key entry pad | | | | comes with extra features like motion detector with |
| and newer models come with biometric locks. | | | | audio alarm to guard against tampering; low warning |
| A quick glance at the middle-of-the-line models and | | | | signals on battery life; and an interior courtesy light |
| you will see a "hand print" on the top of the safe. It | | | | that comes on for about five seconds. |
| makes you think that it reads the fingerprints of your | | | | That about summarizes the differences in these |
| whole hand. However it does not. In fact neither of | | | | normal and biometric gun safes made by Gunvault. By |
| the gun safe locks read all your fingerprints. | | | | understanding these few options and features you |
| On the non biometric gun safe locks, the hand | | | | will much more easily be able to navigate the |
| silhouette is actually a key pad with a button on each | | | | Gunvault site and select the gun safe that best fits |
| fingerprint. You simply place your hand on this keypad | | | | your need. |