This video shows two testers setting up a Vaultek ViSN smart safe with Wi-Fi, pulling it off a mock car seat by hand, and checking what fits inside.
Batteries were not in the box, and the five-minute setup cutoff passed with no new code set. The film says the instructions pointed to the app or an online route for setup, so there was no combination test. In the pull test the safe came free by hand at the start of the round, at the tip of its tether. The film calls it a nice safe, just not for maybe putting in a car.
For fit, a P365 went in easily, a Maxim 9 barely fit, and a phone fit. A laptop did not. Firearms are stored unloaded.
The written account is in our Vaultek ViSN car safe test article, and the whole comparison is on the pull test page.
Transcript
0:00 Up next we've got the Vaultek ViSN. This is like Wi-Fi enabled. You can, if they're attached to your Wi-Fi at your house, you can see if anybody's dicking around with it or whatever they're doing. One thing that we just noticed is they do not include batteries. This is a [...] safe, does not include batteries. So luckily Lance had some batteries. We're going to get these guys open. Once they get in deep enough, I'll hand them some batteries. You guys ready? Remember the rules? You got to set it up with at least one new code and have it attached to something. And we are ready in five, four, three, two, one. Let's go.
0:44 The competition's mostly just pride, whoever can do it fastest. It's like, oh, I'm smarter than you, or I'm stronger than you. But, you know, there will be prizes, up to dollars, at the end. Up to dollars. Oh, that's nice. That actually does look nice. That is a nice touch. I'm going to see what's inside. Excuse me. Oh, no, I can't. That feels like it's important. I do like that touch. Nice touch, Vaultek. [inaudible]
1:32 So it looks like it's got a nice powder coating on it. They do have a disc detainer lock. That is a plus. That's the first lock that we've seen with the disc detainer lock, which is kind of the gold standard right now of portable locks. They take a very specialized way of cutting and getting in. It's a nice, very nice system.
2:03 All sorts of trinkets and gadgets popping out of here. Oh, it's got a charger. Oh, I wonder, I mean, I don't know. I guess we'll find out. It looks like it's got some heavy-duty mounting screws. So if you wanted to mount it to a wall or mount it to some sort of other surface, you could do that. If you need batteries, we got our extra batteries. There is some sort of charging cord that's coming with it, with the USB-C. So I don't know if there's also like a different type of backup.
2:45 Oh, okay. So you can, so you can. Oh, that's interesting. So this is more set up to be like a desk safe or something. It wants to be plugged in. The batteries are just backup. So in my interpretation of this, that means the Wi-Fi is very battery hungry. And so your AAA batteries are kind of just a fail safe. But in reality, you're supposed to have it plugged in, and it wants to be plugged in all the time. That's how I understand what's going on here. So downside of a safe like this, with the Wi-Fi and all the other trinkets and gadgets, is it's very power hungry. I will say that these cables look like they're substantial. So that's a good thing. Do you need batteries? There you go.
3:41 We are currently three minutes in. This one, I guess, it feels like the longest learning curve so far, based on where we're at. But, you know, for a [...] safe, I think it looks pretty sick. It looks awesome. I like the way it looks. Whoever designed your look, good job. I like that. Good work. I like the feel of it, like the texture of it. It's nice. We'll see how it holds up. So far, downside is that you don't include the batteries. I would say that's a very easy thing to do. Just include some batteries. The user experience is so much better. I didn't even think that you might not have batteries. That's kind of crazy. 75 cents. 75 cents to make your user experience twice as good. You don't want somebody returning the safe because it didn't have batteries.
4:39 We got some sort of light blinking inside right now. It looks like a little countdown timer or maybe a program. Just kind of let you know that it's active.
4:51 Sincerely, the goal here is just to find out what the best safe is. Like, obviously, I'm biased because I think that I have the best safes, but maybe not. Maybe one of these safes fits a better use case for you. That's more important. The most important thing is that you find the best thing that works for you. I think that my safe works the best for me, and that's totally fine. But if one of these fits your use case better, buy it, use it. Be protected. Stay safe. I don't care. Just do what's best for you. If the [...] one fits your needs, great. If this [...] one fits your needs, great. If mine fits your needs, great. But be safe.
5:40 So, officially we did hit our five-minute cutoff. So far, all the other safes have been set up in less than five minutes. So, this one has taken the longest so far just to get a single code put in, for what that's worth. To use the app to set it up, well, we're not going to do that. We're just going to go with the key then. All right. So, we just learned that you cannot set up the safe unless you use their app, or you can go online to figure out how to set it up without using their app. But it doesn't tell you how to do that in the instructions, apparently. Is that right, Austin? That's what I'm gathering. Yeah.
6:28 You kind of have this full range, from like the StopBox and the Amazon Basics ones, which are just no electronics, nothing at all, both fairly weak on that side. This one's the most complex, most integrated, most smart, but perhaps to a detriment, because it's difficult to set up. We can't really do a combination test because we can't even set it up. So, we are going to do our pull test and see where we end up from there.
6:54 We've got the Vaultek. It feels like the strongest build so far. Cable seems sturdy. The goal is who can get it off first with the least amount of tools. You got to try for at least 30 seconds using only your manpower, and then you can choose the tool that you want to go to next. All right. On your mark, get set, go. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
7:21 It's starting to get hot out here. First test. This is our P365 SIG, and fits easily. You could probably fit two in there, I would imagine. This is your SilencerCo Maxim 9. It also, it's a barely fit type of situation. All right. So, no bueno on the Tippmann. It does fit a phone. A nice fit there. Can you fit a laptop? You cannot fit a laptop. You fit a DeWalt battery, not closed. Basically, a full-size handgun is about the maximum you're going to get there. But, nice size safe. Probably a good size safe for most handguns.
8:11 That was surprising, honestly. It felt hefty. It felt like it was going to be strong, and I think the inertia from the weight of it just ripped it right off. The failure point of all these has been that tip. They got to figure out a different way for cable ties. Like, this is me giving advice to my competition, but I think if you had something like this, literally I'm just giving my competition the secret sauce. But if you got something like this inside here. They did come with some bolts that you can bolt this through. So, for a safe that's like on your nightstand or on your desk [...], I think that is probably what they're going for anyway, because it has to be plugged in and it has to do all these things. So, for those reasons, I think that Vaultek probably has a good product for a [...] safe. But, for the tether, again, the tether is the weak point.
9:10 It's a good shape. It looks like it's quality made, but it's too high-tech for me. Sure. Honestly, I think it looks like a nice safe. I like the finish on it. Seems like a nice safe, just not for maybe putting it in a car.
The safes that replace a cable
- Boosted Safe Elite: 16-gauge steel. Opens with fingerprint, keypad or key.
- Boosted Safe Basic: 16-gauge steel. Code and key, no batteries.
- Shop car safes: All six safes in one place.
- Will it fit my car: US passenger vehicles from model year 2003 have the anchors. Check yours.
- Compare the models: Every model side by side.
- Car safe rip-out test video: Seven safes, one mock seat, the full film.
- Billconch test video: The longer cut of the Billconch round.
- StopBox test video: Setup, combination guessing and the pull.
