Do you repeatedly find yourself worrying about whether your safe is locked? Do you have trouble in setting the combination of your combination safe lock? Did you pay a locksmith a load of money to change the combination of your safe lock? In come digital safe locks. These locks have a keypad and users can enter a pin code at the keypad to unlock the safe. The more advanced digital safe locks keep an audit trail of lock/unlock events, can be scheduled to automatically lock/unlock at specific times and can be wirelessly managed.
Even though both mechanical combination lock and digital safe lock have their own advantages and disadvantages, we are seeing a higher trend in consumers shifting to electronic safe locks. Here are some reasons why:
Arguments against digital safe lock
The ProLogic L66 Plus allows a 100 different user codes (1 super, 1 manager and 98 other users), 500 events audit trail that can be wirelessly downloaded and comes with time lock and holiday scheduling. Other functionality includes – dual user mode, time delay and the ability to control multiple locks.
The wireless functionality can be used to change user codes by sending programming instructions wirelessly which can then be recieved at the lock by entering manager code. The wireless functionality can also be used to download audit trail onto your PC/laptop. The PC/laptop has to be within 30 feet of your lock.