What is More Secure, a Digital Safe or a Key Operated One?

The digital safe is a revolutionary safe that is forever being upgraded making it more difficult everyday for hackers to gain entry. There are many pros to having a digital safe in your home or office.

• It is a simple task to change the unlocking/locking code on a digital safe. (This makes it a great choice if you have to change the code every time the employees change.)
• Faster to unlock than a traditional dial.
• Simple to use.
• Some versions of the digital safe have the ability to lock down if someone enters an incorrect code too many times.
• Digital safes are newer to the market and always improving making it harder for the common criminal to keep up with ways to access the safe without the code.

So, the digital safe has many fine points making them appear the perfect option for securing your valuables. However, it does have some drawbacks.

• Digital safes cost more than traditional ones.
• A digital safe requires regular maintenance.
• The battery needs changing on a regular basis.
• A hacker may be able to access your safe with the right equipment.
• If you forget the code getting into your safe will be difficult, even for a locksmith. Drilling it can result in expensive repairs or you needing to purchase another safe completely.

Traditional safes come with keys, wheels you can turn for a code, or both. The first traditional safe in use that we know of dates back to the 13^th Century and the time of the Pharaohs. Which brings us to our first Pro point.

• The traditional key safe is so secure and reliable they have been in use for generations.
• They can go a long time without needing maintenance with adequate care.
• A traditional safe is cheaper, providing you with a lower cost means of protecting anything valuable.
• A lock on a traditional safe is often easy for a locksmith to upgrade.

On the other hand, there are some drastic downsides to having the more traditional safe.

• Losing the key can result in someone else finding them and gaining access to your safe.
• Because traditional safes have been around for so long, people have had generations to learn and understand the most efficient ways to pick them and break through their defences.
• A traditional lock is not as convenient to unlock as a digital.
• If you lose the keys to a traditional lock, it will take time for an experienced locksmith to regain access to your safe.