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I have a couple of these and use them when we travel to our daughters' houses as they have small children. Lock securly and have pry resistant doors. Walmart has them for $39 with free shipping available. I just bought a couple more to give to my sons-in-law.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/11071344?wmls ... 90&veh=sem
Yes the beep can be disabled. Also it uses a 3 or 4 digit combo plus * (asterisk) I use 3 numbers in a row for rapid opening. We also use them bedside when the grandchildren visit.TexasVet wrote:Can you disable the beeping ? I hate the beep, beep, beep, beep and BEEEP as you punch in your code and turn the lock on other stack ONs.
As long as you know what you are getting for $40 I don't see this as a problem. Just about any "safe" can be opened given the intruder has the time and determination.psijac wrote:[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=gxHi4yt_GOU[/youtube]
I have to agree it would hardly prevent a thief from stealing your pistol or valuables, especially since they could just take the whole box instead of chipping away and drilling into the plastic and searching with a probe to find the solenoid. (it beats the beige Sentry box safes which just need to be dropped on the corner to fly open) I don't have any expectations the Stackon would prevent a theft. I have real gun safes to protect my guns and valuables. I don't think Stackon even catalogs the PDS-500 as a gunsafe and I would bet that California requires some minimal certification in case someone should decide to use it for one. It serves the purpose of reasonably quick access from a secure box for me at a reasonable price while I have little ones around. For the times the kids aren't around a thief only have to take my weapon off my nightstand. Hopefully I would be awakened by 4 barking dogs before that could happenmewalke wrote:
As long as you know what you are getting for $40 I don't see this as a problem. Just about any "safe" can be opened given the intruder has the time and determination.
As a device to keep little hands aware from a gun while you sleep - I think its a reasonable device. If you expect it to prevent a thief from stealing your gun or valuables, it is not a good solution.
And I appreciate it! My comment was a response to the video psijac posted and not to your posting it. Thanks for posting a good deal!puma guy wrote: I have to agree it would hardly prevent a thief from stealing your pistol or valuables, especially since they could just take the whole box instead of chipping away and drilling into the plastic and searching with a probe to find the solenoid. (it beats the beige Sentry box safes which just need to be dropped on the corner to fly open) I don't have any expectations the Stackon would prevent a theft. I have real gun safes to protect my guns and valuables. I don't think Stackon even catalogs the PDS-500 as a gunsafe and I would bet that California requires some minimal certification in case someone should decide to use it for one. It serves the purpose of reasonably quick access from a secure box for me at a reasonable price while I have little ones around. For the times the kids aren't around a thief only have to take my weapon off my nightstand. Hopefully I would be awakened by 4 barking dogs before that could happen
I posted it because $39 is a substantial discount especially with free shipping.
Amazon and Wally World must be competing!cb1000rider wrote:Thanks for the post. I've been looking for a easy-access handgun safe.
Note, it's $39 at Amazon too.. With Prime, it ships for free, which saves me the trip to wally-world.
Probably buy 2, one for the car.
WalMart had a free shipping to home option so I got mine shipped to the house.There is another method to open this without any tools at all and it takes seconds. I don't think I would use it and definitely do not recommend it. I do not sale safes, only open and repair them for a living. My opinion is they should not be allowed to be called safes. Instead, they should be called a locking cabinet.psijac wrote:[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=gxHi4yt_GOU[/youtube]