I have a fortress safe I bought over 20 years ago (sometime in the late 90's). It has a dial lock. While I have never had any issues with it, it is very slow to open.
Around 2016 I bought a new larger safe from a local sporting goods store. It is a champion medalist. It came with a S&G e-lock. The safe company had a extended lifetime warranty you could buy that would cover the lock and safe. If the lock ever failed, you can contact them and they would come out, and open the safe and repair the safe and lock. So that gives me a piece of mind.
It is so much easier and quicker to open. I keep my most commonly used guns in it, and the older smaller safe with the dial lock, I keep my guns that I do not shoot as often.
I say if you get a e-lock, make sure the company (both the lock and safe) are reputable and have good warranties. See if they offer one like I mentioned above that will cover opening and repairing the safe if it does fail. I think I paid something like $100 for the extended warranty.
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