I already have a Barbara safe in the cabinet above the refrigerator. I was looking for a better option to secure my firearm in our night stand. I have been using a safe that sat on top of the nightstand for a couple years. I wanted to do away with this safe and find something with quicker access if the worse case scenario would occur since fumbling with a keypad in the dark would waste valuable time.

I chose this safe since it would fit in the top drawer.

I knew going into the project that I would not be able to access the safe in the drawer since it doesn't extend out far enough to allow the door to open completely. Instead I modified the nightstand so that the top would flip up to give access to the safe in the top drawer. I also installed a motion led light to illuminate the safe when the door is opened.

The safe is big enough to store gun, ammunition, important documents, etc.
The programming is not too difficult, but you have to listen to the beeps carefully. The instructions say the fingerprint is registered correctly after hearing 3 consecutive beeps. Well I heard those beeps, but they were the wrong ones. The beeps I heard at first were short and fast. When I tested it, it would still open with any fingerprint. That means the registration didn't go through. You have to listen for the longer beeps. The green light will also light up to confirm the proper registration. Once I figured this out, I was able to program a few fingers multiple times each.
The fingerprint reader is pretty horrible. It can store 30 prints. I programmed one finger 4 times, hoping to capture different angles so it would open easier. It still takes 3 or four tries to open it. That's not very useful in an emergency. In fact, it's very frustrating. For the money, I spent it should work much better.
My suggestion to people looking for a biometric gun safe is too find one with a keypad as well. This way you can still quickly access the contents of the safe if the biometrics don't work. This safe does have a key but you have to use the allen wrench to move the name plate to access the keyhole.

My wife purchased this from Amazon for me as a gift for Christmas in 2015. Initially I loved it. The fingerprint feature seemed really cool. Plus, it's large enough to hold 2 of my handguns and a couple of spare mags each. Not bad at all and I just sit it on the floor next to my bed's night stand. Unfortunately, over time as I have frequently tried to get into it to get a gun for concealed carry, to take to the range, or for whatever reason I have found that sometimes it takes 10 - 15 tries (or more) to get the finger print reader to read my finger prints. It doesn't seem to matter how my fingers are positioned. Sometimes if figures it out and sometimes it doesn't.
One night a couple of months ago we heard glass break downstairs. I jumped up and tried to open the safe. 3 minutes later I was still trying to open the safe. The darn finger print reader just couldn't figure it out. By the time I finally got a gun out my wife had already taken 2 tours around the house and discovered the cat had knocked over a big jar. Fortunately, no intruders. If there had been an intruder they would likely have had their way with my wife by the time I would have gotten a gun out of the darn safe.
The worst part is the only alternate way to open the darn safe is through a vending machine style key that is hidden under the name plate, which is secured with 2 alen wrench screws. Now I actually leave the alen wrench and the key in my night stand drawer as a backup just in case I can't get my gun out of the safe in the event of an emergency.
Very disappointed.
In summary - perhaps great for long-term storage or if you tend to lose keys a lot. EXTREMELY BAD IDEA for emergency weapon access.

Good product! I have this box sitting on my night stand next to my bed. I keep my loaded pistols in it. I use this product almost daily as one of the pistols is my regular concealed carry. I have a 4 year old child at home and feel safe using this device to keep prying eyes and little fingers away. There are two things to consider when buying this product:

1. Does it keep your gun safe from children? Yes, absolutely. I see no way a toddler is going to fake an adults finger print. The box even has safeguards such as an alarm that sounds if you accidentally leave it open. It is also long lasting on battery life.

2. Does this lock box provide you with reliable quick access to your firearm should you need it immediately? My answer to this is a 97% yes. The only time I have had this box fail to open on the first pass is when the finger print reader or my finger was dirty. Some people want 100% on this such as a 4 tumbler combination lock. I am willing to trade my almost perfect open rate for the peace of mind that my kid isn't going to be able to guess my combination. I can also use this by touch in the dark without issues, something I doubt I could do as well with a combination. I also believe that in self defense your adrenaline is going to steal most people's fine motor skills. Working a combination lock will be more difficult under these circumstances. With this product you just push the activation button and hold your finger down. You can load many views of your finger tips into this device. That way you don't have to worry about exact finger placement as it will know your finger by its side or crooked angle. It doesn't care if you are nervous or pressing too hard. It's too simple to mess up.

My wife and I are both dialed into the finger print reader on multiple fingers. Eventually, I will own more handguns and have more than one of these in a different part of the house. I stand by this product to keep my family safe. I have owned this product for over a year now. It is holding up just fine and my results are consistently the same.

The safe appears to be 'secure' safe; however, the biometric reader is terrible. I successfully registered four fingerprints after multiple attempts. I could never get it to register my wife's fingerprints.

Once the registration was complete, I tested the safe over several days using different fingers to obtain access. Unfortunately, the success rate of positive identification is well below 20%. I can't trust the safe to open in an emergency situation. That was the whole point of avoiding the use of keys (where are the keys) and combinations (I forget). The biometric should allow instance access to the safe in an emergency. If the rate of failure to recognize my prints is less than 20%, I can't imagine the failure rate when I'm stressed, sweaty, and anxious!

Update: I read a lot of on-line reviews of other users and products and it seems the trick to getting ANY of these devices to work reliably is to record MANY instances of a given finger. For example, I registered my right index finger about a dozen times and my left index finger about a dozen times. Now the safe will open nearly 95% of the time on the first scan. Still not 100%, but certainly viable. The problem is the safe can only store 30 prints. I will use the entire print storage for two fingers!!! There are other safes that store 100's of prints. Seems this is the only viable path if you want two or more people to have access. Each person will need to record each finger about 15 times. So this safe can store TWO fingers (15 prints for each finger). Other safes that store 120 prints might work for 8 unique fingers. I decided to keep this safe for me and get a different one for my wife.