I’ve had the safe for quite a few years but just got it set up to close and lock it. Hard to find the preset code. But very hard to physically close the safe for a senior citizen.

This safe is a great value from Sam's. It was very convenient to have it shipped to my home rather than to buy it in the store and deliver it by myself.

So far great. Very happy with purchase. The smell mentioned in other reviews is Disappointing. Have treated it with everything I can think of, still there.

nice sized for the limited amount of stuff in the house that must be protected from fire or theft. Important papers and jewelry with plenty of room for other things.

I recommend reading the manual provided with the Sentry Executive Fire and Water safe before purchasing. First thing it tells you is: "Warning Do not store delicate items directly in your safe. SentrySafe products which offer fire protection have a proprietary insulation that has a high moisture content. In addition, the SentrySafe advanced safes close airtight to offer water resistance, which may cause moisture to accumulate inside your safe." It goes on to recommend to place jewelry with working parts, watches, stamps, or photos in an airtight container inside the safe. Another warning advises "this safe is not intended to protect computer floppy or diskettes, cartridges and tapes, audio or video cassettes or photo negatives." This information should have been readily available on the box or online, before I wrestled it home. If you want a decoy safe to maybe confuse the burglars, then this safe might be for you. Don't miss the irony of having a water tight safe where the only possibility of water damage comes from inside the safe. Obviously, I'm returning this safe.

Ordered this office safe online for free pickup at my local Sams Club. Order was ready for pickup the next morning. Speedy checkout on their self-checkout lane. Took two of us to lift it into my truck. Well-packaged with reinforced bands; no damage to the safe when unpacked. The only caution I can give is be EXTREMELY careful when you grab the two shelves -- the felt covering DOES NOT wrap under the sheet metal shelf! Very sharp and you can slice your fingers!! The felt cover wraps under the front of the shelf cuz of the front facing, but not the back. Be very careful when you handle them. Quick fix-- I used duct tape the entire length of the back and front to cover the sharp edges; plus it adds extra taping to prevent the felt from ungluing in the future. Easy to enter your own combo code and easy to open with "church key" if batteries die on you. Plenty of space for jewelry & documents. Comes with hardware to bolt to concrete or wood. Excellent buy!

The unit has plenty of room and meets all my expectations. One minor issue, if you leave the door open for several days the gaskets expand requiring a lot of pressure on the door to close. If could be difficult for the wife to apply enough pressure to engage the lock completely. Solution is to always close and lock the door.

For the money, I think this is a great deal. The safe is plenty big to hold a bunch of stuff. I put some ammo, some family documents, and some jewelry inside. I like that it's an electronic combo, that I can choose the code, and that it has a key to bypass the combo if I ever forget the code. Two things I do not like, so I deducted a star from my rating. The first is that even though it is fairly heavy, it slides around very easily on carpet. I believe it actually wouldn't be too hard to steal it if I choose not to anchor it to the ground. My whole home is carpeted so I wasn't planning on anchoring to the ground, but I may end up doing it just to keep someone from gliding away with it. You can only anchor the bottom of the safe, being able to anchor the side to a wall would be a much nicer feature in my opinion. The second thing I dislike is that it is very hard to close and have the lock engage. I read on their web site that this is due to the thick waterproofing that the door may be hard to close and once closed hard to open. I'm a strong guy, and I feel that I'm having to apply way too much torque on the handle to get it to lock and unlock. Other than that, seems like a good buy. I really bought it more for the fire protection, so for that purpose I hope I never have to test the safe out.

We bought many of these for many locations, all have broken within a few months at some point. Usually the digital pad that gets messed up or the handle breaks. Called so many times for each, kept getting told that the problem has never been heard of. I am done with them. I don't recommend to anyone.

I bought this safe with the electronic keypad online and saved a bundle, although I went to the nearest Sams to see it in person first. The safe arrived within the shipping guidelines - about 6 days - not bad for holiday period. The delivery guy wheeled it right into the permanent location which was helpful. Hubby tested it a few times and then when he got the hang of it , he prepared to bolt it down to the concrete sub-floor with the bolts that came with it. They are a little tricky to get in because they are long and there was not much room to work in but once they were in, the bolts are not visible at all and it isn't going to be easy if anyone tried to yank it out! The safe opens quite easily, once you learn which way to turn the handle, and is quite spacious for the price. We chose to remove one of the shelves because we wanted to put some files in there in addition to the few trinkets we own. Great value!!