Why a battery powered code lock?
There are many advantages with electronic code locks. To give some examples, you don't need to carry any keys around, there is no risk of loosing keys, and you never get tempted to hide keys, which comes with great risk.
Besides the aforementioned obvious advantage of code locks, code locks are particularly useful when many are supposed to have access to the safe. Lastly code locks are just a more modern system which by the way also increase the second hand value of your cabinet should you consider selling it in the far future.
Code lock function
SPARTANVP can be set with 2 optional codes. One master code and one user code. The master code can be used to overrun the user code should it e.g. be forgotten.
Security advantages with code lock
There are multiple security advantages with a code lock compared to keys. Firstly, since high security keys are often long and bulgy (sometimes with double axes) they are quite uncomfortable to carry around. This issue often results in ill-fated hiding of keys somewhere in the vicinity of the cabinet. Many burglars are unfortunately well aware of this practice, which of course means that there is a very high risk they will find your "hidden" key.
Lastly, if you lose a key, there is always a risk of it ending up in the wrong hands, which subsequently of course allow for silent and easy access to the content until it is noted that the key is missing.
Economical perks of choosing a code lock
Keys to security rated cabinets, e.g. SSF3492 rated models are copy protected, for obvious reasons.
Therefore if you, for some reason, need more keys (e.g. if you want to grant more people access to the safe, or a key gets lost), you will have to both either change the entire key lock, or readjust it with help of a readjustment kit, plus buy a whole set of new keys. This can be quite costly!
With a code lock on the other hand you can just tell more people about the code or change the code/codes if a code ends up with the wrong people. Very easy and completely free of cost!
Avoid economical damage due to searches for "hidden" keys!
If a thief sees a safe with key lock, there is a great risk that they will suspect that the keys are hidden somewhere in the vicinity of the safe. This will, in light of their scarce time, likely often result in an aggressive and careless search for the keys, which subsequently will result in chaos and damage to your property (even if there are no hidden keys to be found). The cost of such damage can quickly surpass the additional cost of choosing code lock instead of key lock.
For those who can read some Swedish
Here is a thread where some hunters have a say about the benefits of electronic code locks:
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