SentrySafe Fireproof and Waterproof Gray Steel Home Safe with Digital Keypad Lock, Floor Safe with Interior Lighting Secures Money, Documents, 2.05 Cubic Feet, SFW205GQC

I bought a couple safes on amazon and they all have failed badly. Way to complicated to put together. Wasting way to much time doing so. Really poor quality. Falling apart in just a week. Very thin walls and very bad advertising where they label it as a safe when its not. False advertising. Its not secure and to easy to break the safe. Sentry Safe stands out. The safe is ready out of the box. You dont waste time putting it together. You dont have to feel like you are a construction worker thats working on a complicated project. Its heavy and the walls are thick. You have the option to drill to the wall if you want too. Highly recommend checking them out. You seriously can't go cheap on a safe. Good for firearms ammo, and sensitive info. It has many good options for useage.

I’m very happy with my SentrySafe. It feels solid, well-built, and gives me peace of mind knowing my important documents and valuables are protected. The setup was simple, the lock works smoothly, and there’s plenty of room inside for passports, certificates, cash, and other essentials.

I’m very happy with this safe. There is a small tray and a larger one that fits letter sized hanging folders. With both trays in, there is a small space on the bottom of the safe to store flat items (I have a couple of coin folders in a storage bag). There are also two small plastic pockets on the door. I like that the light on the door illuminates what is inside of the safe and this light duration is programmable for up to 60 seconds. I did not bolt the safe as that compromises the water resistance but the safe is pretty heavy (more on this later). I did buy a dehumidifier for it as the manual suggested opening the safe once every two weeks to prevent moisture accumulation. I took advantage of Amazon’s service for delivering and unpacking. They unpacked it and placed it in the room that I wanted. This saved me the trouble of moving the safe and unboxing it as it is heavy. I was able to choose a 10 hour delivery window vs a 12 hour window. Note there wasn’t an option for a smaller window nor was I given a heads up for the delivery itself (e.g. a call right before the delivery). This wasn’t a problem for me but wanted to set expectations. I just tracked the progress through the Amazon app.

Very nice safe except it arrived with a dent/gap at the top, corner seam. I was traveling and missed the return window plus it’s too heavy to haul down stairs to return it. Not crazy about the plastic handle but works fine. FYI—says it’s mountable, but no pre-drilled holes and makes no sense to advertise it as such as holes/ drilling would invalidate the water intrusion feature/guarantee/warranty anyway.

****UPDATE***. ***UPDATE*** HERE IS WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR...ME TOO. Ok...today was the first day we could get into the home. WE FOUND THE SAFE. As you can see in the picture, the safe is completely burned on the outside. Then safe was also a little warped from the high temperature. Keep in mind that this safe has been sitting inside this house, under fire debris for over 2 months. We had to cut into the safe, as the front of the safe was completely melted. We opened up the safe and to our AMAZEMENT, all of the contents were not terribly damaged from the fire. This fire burned VERY HOT. I posted a picture of the fire-proof envelope we used to put a few hundred dollars into it and the money was still there!!! EVERYTHING DID NOT BURN. Now, there is one little issue...the safe took on water after the fire warped the box and water was able to get into the inside of the safe. It is ok...I WOULD BUY THIS SAFE AGAIN (when I can afford another one). People, do not hesitate in purchasing this safe, I am living proof that this safe can fall 15 feet and survive...can withstand a darn hot fire and survive...can somewhat withstand gallons and gallons of water and survive. BUY IT...I am your example. Rhonda. This review will be updated as soon as we can get into our home. I bought this safe a few years ago and really liked it. I had a little cash and used a fireproof envelope to protect the cash and then put it in the safe. The safe was easy to lock and unlock. Really, I would buy it again...but holding onto that thought until we can locate it. On June 13, 2023, our home burned and it is a total loss. The entire living area fell into the basement, so I am hoping the safe made it ok. I am not sure how hot the fire got, but it destroyed everything in its path. I did not see a review like this one, that's why I am writing this review...to let you know the unthinkable happened to me and I will let you know the outcome. I will update this review ASAP.

Growing up my dad had a Sentry safe. Now I understand why, this safe while it is a budget safe easily is worth the money. So first thing to address is the design. People have complained the handle feels cheap. That is only half of the story, it’s SUPPOSED TO BE!!! If you look at the photo I put the manual states this. Reason being if someone tries to force there way inside the safe will not allow it. This is exactly what you want in a deterrent! Anything to slow down a thief including the safe purposefully destroying itself. As long as you remain clam and patient the safe will open. You just have to remember that IF you man handle it, the safe WILL punish you. As it believes you’re a thief, I brought this for my Tiffany Jewelry and large sums of cash handling. And it is worth the investment I am actually glad people complained because $286 for the amount of features you get is a steal. The lock isn’t what you think! This safe is two factor authentication!! If I turn the lock to “locked” the safe WILL NOT OPEN even if you have the code. And if “unlocked” all you need is the code. The keys alone will not open it. This is exactly what you want in a safe. Now it’s unpickable and much harder to open. All that being said a safe is a safe it can be forced open. However with this particular model I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be the thief trying. Let me tel you this safe would suck to force open. With bolts are huge and the door is so thick I couldn’t imagine it taking anything less then 2-3 hours to force your way into. If your debating on buying think about it as one, an investment and two something built to last. The inside lock box is somewhat cheap however when it’s locked it will NOT come out of the safe. So I would have to use a hammer to beat it out after spending hours trying to force it open as a thief. 100% worth every penny I just can’t believe it was only the price it was. Feels illegal for the security that you get. If your safe arrives damaged just return and get a new one. Mine came in fine. One small dent but it’s where you would drill for mounting so it doesn’t bother me. The 90LBs too means it’s hard to rob I couldn’t see anyone picking it up and walking away quickly or easily. So with that here is my final piece of advice- remember to be patient and go slow the safe is designed to work against you if you panic and try to force your way in. If the handle doesnt turn be patient. DO NOT TRY TO FORCE IT. The safe will punish you my mechanically disengaging the handle you will hear a click and it will disengage the bolts. This is EXACTLY what it’s SUPPOSED to do. I almost did this to myself when the key wasn’t opening the safe because I failed to read the manual. Don’t let this happen to you. Be patient read the manual and use your factory code always. Never try to force this safe open it will lock you out indefinitely and force you to either wait or get a lock smith. This safe is designed to take a few minutes to open. This also massively increases security. It’s up to you and your needs when it comes to security. But I made the mistake of buying a Vevor safe that was about trash the door was crooked and the safe had rust and was easily lighter. While you can get larger cheap safes for the same if not less money. There is something to be said about quality and spending damn good money on security. I do not think Sentry is the end all be all. We’ve all seen those YouTube videos were a guy opens one up in 60 seconds when it’s a simple lock box. But with this model’s features I’d love to see someone try to open it without the code.

Do not recommend!!! I have owned this safe for a little over a year. From 3 months in it has been nothing but issues. First, you must put the code in very slowly for it to work, that's fine we learned that after a few tries. Then even when you put the code in and the light turns green the handle would still not open. Normally it takes approximately 5 tries to get the handle to work. Additionally, if you ever take the key out of the small storage box inside, the key does not fit back in no matter how you turn it. I'm glad I found that out before putting any important documents in and them being lost forever such as passports, birth certificates, etc. It has just gotten progressively worse and now we are afraid to use it as so many times it won't open. It has become just a very heavy paperweight. I would highly suggest not purchasing this product unless you don't really want to ever get to the items inside.

This is based on just initial impressions as we received this today. It's well built, despite the locking mechanism being plastic. It's heavy and you will need two people or an appliance truck to move it to the room you want to store it in. It slides easily on carpet, so if you plan to place it in a carpeted area, just be aware of that (either it needs to be concealed or bolted to the floor if you're willing to damage your carpet and okay with the risk of water intrusion). Ours arrived locked with the keys inside. The manual has the master code so just put batteries in the battery box and it will unlock. Note the key is NOT an override lock; it only locks the latch mechanism and prevents the keypad from working. You will need the master code and the key in the unlocked position to open the safe. The safe can store a primary user code and a secondary code (two in total). It has LED lights that can illuminate the interior of the safe and can be programmed to be on or off through the keypad. It comes with a drawer shelf that lifts from the top with a decent space to store stuff inside. You can buy an additional shelf on Amazon if you want it. It comes with a desiccant pack that you should NOT throw away unless you plan to use a larger one. I bought some reusable 100 gm packs on Amazon that are microwavable. Do not store stuff in this safe without desiccant to control the humidity or your stuff may get warped, damaged, or rust. Overall, a great little safe for the house but I suspect it won't be hard for a crook to pry open or slide it away if they have the time. We still plan to keep our very valuable stuff in the bank locker, but this is a nice add for a few things that we keep in the house. Know the limitations before you buy. If you need ultimate home security, then look for a solid steel safe that's >200lbs; but it'll cost you an arm and a leg! We are sticking with the bank.

Item took a month to arrive but I knew that when I ordered it. Item came well packaged and as a result i found no flaws or defects as some have reported. Safe ws easy to configure to configure to my own codes, ?This was a replacemnt to a smaller sentry safe. Very pleased with nthis purchase.

Product is good but received it very late

Esta excelente el producto

I’m simply in love with this item!!!

Have used this for best part of a year without fault. It did show up with some minor damage from shipping. Other than that. Recommend