Quicktec Gun Safe for 5-6 Rifles
Pros
- Much Better Keypad and Lock Mechanism than competitors
- Two Interior Shelves
- Carpeted Back and Bottom
- Good Packaging
Cons
- Tubular Key Override
- Accessible Reset Button
- Thin Steel Construction
- Internal Battery Compartment
“Mostly Ok, but a couple of points in the description are wrong.
As others have pointed out, this won’t keep a determined thief from getting your firearms. It’s made a sheet metal… However it is perfectly adequate for keeping my guns out of the hands of my kids, and that’s the main reason I bought it.
Cabinet (Won’t call it a safe) was delivered yesterday, and there was some relatively significant damage to the box, but it’s well packaged with dense foam on all 6 sides, and corner reinforcement on all 6 corners, and 12 edges so there was no damage to the contents.
Contrary to the product description “with Pistol Lockbox” there is no interior lock box, but I was unsurprised by that from looking at the product images. Also “Exterior Dimensions: 14”(W) x 13.8”(D) x 57”(H).” is incorrect. The cabinet is 14 inches wide, and 57 inches tall, but it’s only 12 inches deep (Exterior). This was a bigger deal, as I was looking for a cabinet with the advertised depth. This is the biggest downcheck for me.
Kenneth W. Scott from Amazon.com
While described as a rifle safe, this is definitely not. It is a gun cabinet with an electronic lock that is just slightly better than the rest of the junk on Amazon. Quicktec saw all of the complaints from the other cheap rifle cabinets and made a few improvements so while I still think it is not that great of a product, it is indeed better than it’s competitors in this low end rifle cabinet category. In this review, I will explain the good and the bad on the Quicktec Gun Safe for 5-6 Rifles.
First and always most important is the locking mechanism. While it’s still not a UL rated high security electronic lock, this lock is much better than both the cheap biometric scanners used by Barska and the poor quality electronic touch pads used by Steelwater and other low end cabinets. The buttons on this keypad are the push pad style and the lock is still a Solenoid with the batteries located on the inside. This requires you to need the key override in the event the batteries die before you can replace them. The reset button inside the safe is unprotected which means anyone can insert a coat hanger wire into a slot in the door, press the reset button and gain access to the Quicktec Gun Safe for 5-6 Rifles.
The key override used is the same as Barska as a tubular style key. There are dozens of Youtube videos showing how to open these tubular locks with a Bic pen or anything round you can insert into the hole. $65 lock picks are also available on Amazon to quickly pick these locks open if you don’t have a BIC pen laying around.
Quicktec claims this gun safe for 5-6 rifles is durable and built with high quality steel, protective edges, 5 steel deadbolts and built with a solid structure. This is very misleading as it only weighs 96 lbs making it at most 14 gauge steel. In all of the pictures, it only shows 4 locking bolts and they are not thick at all. There are no protective edges and all in all, this is a weak gun cabinet that can be opened with a screwdriver and a hammer. You might even be able to pry this open with your bare hands.
They do accurately list the Quicktec Gun Safe for 5-6 Rifles in terms of its gun capacity. I also like that it has two shelves, adequate depth for magazines and a carpeted back and bottom.
While I would still not recommend the Quicktec gun safe for 5-6 rifles, it is a better alternative to the competitors in its category. I would highly recommend looking into a CA DOJ approved gun safe with a UL Rated high security lock such as the Stealth EGS14, Liberty Centurion 12 or American Security TF5517.
