One of the electronic locks failed on my safe. The locksmith that I finally got to drive the 100 miles here says he sees it all the time and the safes are usually around 15-20 years old. Mine made it 24 years before it failed. The electronic solenoids inside failed. He said there are usually 3 different things that fail on them but mine was especially stubborn to open and took him 2.5 hours after he got it drilled. S&G (the company that makes the locks for most of the safe manufacturers) recommends replacing the complete keypad and solenoid every 10-15 years. I chose the keypads for ease of opening but when they fail it is no fun. Just something to think about if you have one of these.

I don’t think I’ll ever get comfortable with those keypad locks. I just can’t do it.

My safe has the S&G keypad. It's about 10 years old now, haven't had any issues with it. But now I'm a bit concerned.
Might be time to sell it and do an update/upgrade.

Mine are Brownings but almost all of them use S&G locks. They can convert them to a combination lock pretty easy. I hate combination locks but I hate not being able to get into the safe 3 weeks before a Western hunt even more. After this, I will NEVER have another electronic lock again.

Wouldnt own one.Mine are manual combo only.

Mine has a combo lock on it. But I can remove the center of the dial and use a regular key if needed.

I can't get over how complicated it is now to turn the TV on, go thru all the schematics to watch a game. Before modern technology we'd just "push that button right there l" and the TV was on. 5-6 channels and you could watch everything.

I believe they call that a "Day Lock".

Mine has a dial lock.

Not saying it can't fail but the odds are astronomical between it failing and an electronic one

I need to check into having a combination lock installed

Dang, I don't have a clue about how to turn the idiot box on.
If I didn't have a wife and kids, I wouldn't even have one in the house

Manual dials can migrate too and be off by a number making it troublesome to open til you figure it out.

sucks, I dont need one , all off mine are somewhere in the ocean, after the boating accident moving to Orcas Island.............

I have one and it failed, finally got it open.

I had to get mine open just so I could load them all into the boat.

Only dial locks here. You know, the whole EMP thing....

Only one of my safes is digital because I was worried about the circuit boards and components. Say reason I always recommend manual double throw switches on backup generators. If it’s electronic it will fail sooner or later. Thanks for the post. Sorry you had problems

Dial locks on all mine

My old safe was a Sentry. Half the key pad stopped working, and the key wouldn’t work. Their help line told me that sometimes they don’t work and to call a smith. The local lock smith spent 4 hours on it and said he’d have to destroy the safe to get in so I told him I can do it myself. Good part is he didn’t charge me anything, he said he couldn’t complete the job I asked him to do. So I drilled holes and saws all worked.
Unfortunately I replaced it with another key pad safe……fingers crossed!

dad has not been able to get into his for 3 years now.. called a locksmith that didn't dhow up. he decided its a cheaper safe. locksmith was going to be 1/3 or more of just buying a new one so said hes just going to take it outside and cut it open weld it back up use if for ammo and buy a new one.

I think I will make my next one. I don't like the layout or how much room typical safes require