Viking Security Safe Openbox Vs-52blx Biometric Fingerprint Hidden Wall

Excellent. The safe was easy to install. Fit right in the stud space. I know there are better ones out there but for the money, it’s great.The finger print scanner doesn’t work all the time but it’s probably my fingers being worn down from working. Great for small things and it’s easy to hide. Over all, I would buy it again.

Great unit but the shelves are crap and the locking system takes up a lot of the space inside

FRAUD! DO NOT BUY! The product description states that it is "seamlessly welded", but in fact it is poorly spot welded compromising and drastically decreasing the security and integrity of the safe. See attached photos.

I did a lot of research to settle on this safe and was very disappointed to receive a completely defective unit. The safe I received opens fine with key, but will not open with PIN code or fingerprints. It accepts programming fine, and recognizes my fingerprints or PIN when I input them, but the locking mechanism just does not react to open the safe.It shows a real lack of quality control to ship out a completely defective unit with the primary function not working, it implies that no testing whatsoever takes place at the factory. I’m just glad I tested it myself before cutting a huge hole in my wall and installing.To make matters worse, it’s been full radio silence from the manufacturer when I’ve tried reaching out for support. Their website includes an email only, no phone number, and my emails have gone unanswered in the 5 days since I received the unit.It’s a hassle to box this heavy thing back up, but I’m giving up and doing just that. Sending it back to Amazon for a refund while I still can.

First thing's first: I'm really happy with this safe. It is a lot more heavy duty than the Cannons I used at my old house. It is shipped in a thick cardboard box, with a little bit of styrofoam, wood, and thick cardboard guards for insulation. It's not the greatest, but not the worst. When I opened it up to test it I saw that the shelves were loose inside the safe with nothing more than a few foam pieces which were about as protective as duck and cover in a nuclear attack. My shelves weren't bent or anything but I saw that some other reviewers did have bent tabs on their shelves and this may be why (the shelves are metal, but the tabs to secure them are small, thin, and easily bendable).Installation is simple. You can install this whether your studs are 16" apart or 24" apart. If it's 24" you will need to do some rigging. There are plenty of ideas available online that are easy to do. If your studs are 16" apart, it's much quicker and easier, this is going to fit right between them (the 16" is from the centers of the studs, so there's actually more like 14 1/2" between them). Make sure you use stud finders that also detect metal, pipes, and live wires. Best thing is to put this in a wall that has no outlets or anything on either side. If you have an older house (like an old Victorian or Colonial in the Northeast), you may have a little project on your hands as they didn't use studs the way we do now.There are three ways into this safe. The first way is via key, which is how you have to get in initially to install the batteries. Like other safes, just unscrew the logo and the keyhole is underneath (it comes with the right size hex wrench). For me, the key fit right in and this was simple. The safe uses six batteries: 4 for the control panel, 2 for the LED panel. The control panel is easy, pop off the lid, put the batteries in, put the lid back on. The LED panel requires you to use a screwdriver to remove it. It was a little bit of a pain to get the box open but I got it. As a note, there are 6 AA batteries included with the safe, but like so many other things, the batteries included with mine were cheap and also almost dead. I expected this and was prepared for it with my own. Save yourself some trouble and use fresh batteries.Programming your new code (don't leave the default code, it's the first thing a thief will try) is simple. Scanning new fingerprints is even easier. Unlike GunVault, there are no "admin" fingerprints. Just push the red button on the inside of the safe door and you can program it. I scanned all of my fingers from 3 different angles to make sure. It's favorite scan is of my middle fingers (go figure). Most fingerprint scanners don't like my thumb prints, this one is no exception. The nice thing about this safe is that you also have the code. Since age or certain activities can render your fingerprints unreadable, the safe isn't useless because you can always punch your code combination in. To use the fingerprint, hit # and the red LED goes on indicating it's time to put a finger on the scanner. Use * to punch in a code (after you're done with the code, use * again to open). Regardless of which method you use, after you close it, remember to push # to relock it (if you forget, it will beep incessantly after a few minutes which is the warning that it's still open).As far as space inside, I know that some reviewers complained about the space behind the locking mechanism. I put a Sig Sauer P229 handgun behind it and was able to close it fine without any interference from the handgun (you won't be able to put a gun that size behind the locking mechanism while in a holster). So there is actually a decent amount of space. There are also tabs at the top to hang keyrings from so you can keep important keys in here (like keys to other safes, do NOT keep the key to this safe inside of it).As far as security goes, this thing is heavy duty. It would take some work to pry open or cut. Actually, I'd say compared to other safes of this class, it's a bit more secure. Like any wall mounted safe, a persistent thief can just cut it out of the wall with a saw and be done with it. But again, a smash and grab thief who does not have a lot of time or cart around power tools. If you are concerned, other security measures (alarms, motion sensors, cameras, etc) should be employed.For what this is, I think it's worth the money and it deserves the five stars I have given it.