Reviews & Ratings for Barska Large Biometric Rifle Safe — 7 reviews — Page 1

I should start out by saying that this safe IS the solution I was looking for. It fits well in my closet. It stores the guns that I have. And the fingerprint reader provides easy and relatively fast access.

It is NOT the solution that they advertise.
- The door won't close with a full size pistol in the pistol rack.
- There is no way you could fit 12 rifles in the slots provided (unless they were all skinny .22s).
- The slots are at the wrong height for anything.
- A rifle with a scope is the equivalent of 3 Barska rifles.
- The shelves are too shallow for pistol shelf hangers (not that Barska promotes this option).

But all that said, I made it work.
- First thing I did was to remove those useless barrel slots. The slots are 21.25" from the bottom shelf. And the next shelf is 27.25" from the bottom shelf. If your rifle isn't between 21.5"-27", that's a FAIL. If you take out the bottom shelf and put your rifle on the floor, the slots are 33.125" from the floor and it's 39.125" to the next shelf. If your rifle isn't between 33.5-39", that's a FAIL.
- Next thing was to remove the pistol rack on the door. The rack will not accept my XD9 with mounted light, and even without the light I couldn't close the door if the XD was in the right side of the rack. FAIL.
- I drilled and screwed a pistol magnet into the door, being careful not to interfere with the electronics or moving parts. My XD mounts firmly on the magnet.
- I placed a motion activated, battery powered light in...
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Was very impressed with the amount room and ease of setup and operation...I was able to store my ammo and six firearms with ease...Biometric finger scan a big plus especially when you have kids in the house..will definitely recommend to a friend.

If this product was made in America, then I understand why the Chinese are beating us. I bought two of these safes after reading positive reviews. Both arrived defective. The solenoid that opens the lock did not work on either one. A call to Barska led to an admission that they have had trouble with many of these. So why were they shipped if many were known to be defective?? I had the option to return it or replace the solenoid myself. Since the safes were unboxed in order to discover they were defective trying to re-box them and send both back was a terrible option. I chose to replace the solenoids myself since it only involved a few screws and four bolts. How hard could that be? Famous last words.

The four screws that held each solenoid were in so tight that removing them resulted in several being stripped. I had to use pliers to grip the screws on several just to get them to turn enough in order to use a screwdriver. One of the solenoid's wiring had been "split" so that a spring was installed between the wires meaning I had to either disassemble more of the interior or cut the wire. I cut the wire. In that same safe one of the shelf's was hanging loose on one side. It appeared a spot weld did not hold, so it was attached only on one side.

Once the solenoids were replaced I programmed two of my fingerprints on each safe. While one safe seems to work well, the other repeatedly rejects my fingerprint. Repeated attempts eventually lead to results, but relying on biometrics o...
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Overall very good safe. Positives are that it comes preassembled with shelf and fingerprint scanner work really well. Only negative I have is the handgun holsters on the door will catch when closing unless you angle them just right.

Safe bottom isn't properly shaped, it doesn't stand still if not bolted.
Safe interiors are crappy thin adhesives, not everywhere placed correctly (in some places they don't even stick to the metal and you can see bumps)
Once unpacked it was missing pieces(nut) and one shelf isn't fixed from one side (bolt was there)
Steel is very thin.
Door closes badly because one of the locking bolt doesn't retract properly.
Bad design: if you put a gun in the gun holder on the door the door doesn't close unless it's a subcompact gun. A PX4, for example, doesn't let the door close.
Fingerprint recognition forks one time out of three usually.

Cheap china made, china quality safe.
not worth the money at all.
Pros: Can't find a pro. I wish I could return it but I already paid customs taxes on it and returning is more expensive than buying a new one.
Cons: Cheaply built, badly designed, poor quality materials.