Product Description

Surface Mount Push Button Lock Box - White Surface Mount Push Button Lock Box Same features as Portable Push Button Lock Box, but mounts directly to your home! Change the combination as often as you wish. Screws and complete instructions included. You’ll never have a need to make a spare key again! Just a few fascinating ways to use a store a key.... Uncle Dan is visiting, and he’s arriving on the red eye. Dan can let himself in and you can see him in the morning! Your keys fell out of your daypack, 4 miles up the trail. That’s 8 miles round trip! Your brother needs to borrow your car, and you don’t want to leave the keys in an obvious place, like under the seat! You simply don’t like to carry keys. Stop the key bulk and key rattling noise once and for all! Your elderly mother can’t get to the door, open up the Store A Key, and you’re there to help. Available Colors

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4983 in Home Improvement
• Color: white
• Brand: General Electric
• Model: 1413
• Released on: 1996-01-01
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 2.00" w x 4.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• Combination key case for permanent wall-mount storage of up to 2 keys
• Great for after-school access for kids who sometimes lose keys, adults also
• Easy-to-use pushbutton combination with over 1,000 personalized combos to chose from
• Includes mounting hardware for easy setup
• Solid, weather-resistant metal for rust-free performance

Amazon.com Product Description
Never get locked out again. Mount this locking key case to any wall or flat surface for easy, secure access to up to two keys. The Slimline KeySafe securely stores up to two keys for both house entries, offering easy access for kids, key losers, service workers, renters and more. The included mounting hardware means quick and easy setup. An easy-to-use pushbutton combination lock can be changed at anytime for added security. There are over 1,000 different combinations available. The box design has a solid track record for unmatched quality and security. Great for after-school access for kids, the unit features weather-resistant metal construction for years of reliable, rust-free use. --Brian D. Olson

What's in the Box
Case, mounting hardware

Customer Reviews

Very strong and lots of room in it
Keep this out of sight, as it tells everyone "hey, there's house keys in here."

Pro:
-Beefy... very heavy duty
-Easy to install in a few minutes
-Quick and easy to set the code (quick and easy to change too)
-Code can be more (or less) than 4 digits. I think that you can choose any combination of 1-10 digits in your code. Also, while you can technically reuse numbers, they're meaningless. That is, 7787 would open with just 87 or 78 (order is not important).
-White is a nice color
-Holds our Mul-T-Lock key which is larger than most, with room for more
-Keys can be attached to the unit face (which removes when unlocked) so if you drop the key it is less likely to get lost
-We think that this is the same item sometimes featured on the "It Takes a Thief" TV show

Con:
-No other colors (would have loved tan or black)
-I needed additional hardware (anchors) for my install
-Sequence is not important to the code... that is 1234 opens code 2314. This effectively reduces the number of codes available to thieves.
-Also using any number in your code more than once is meaningless. For example if you like the code 224424, 24 would open your lock (also 42 or any combination of 2 and 4 would as sequence is unimportant).
-Code can be a little hard to see when setting... be sure to have good light and your glasses

Bottom Line: Recommended. Use with other home security items (key cabinet, charlie bar, alarm system, etc.).

Solid and easy to use
I just bought my second of these after a little problem with my first one: I forgot the combination! I spent about two hours trying various combinations and failing to remember what I used. So I took a hacksaw, chisel and hammer to it, just to see how tough it is.

I started by trying to cut it open with the saw while it was on the house, but it was hard to use the saw that close to the house and switched to the chisel after cutting part-way through the face of the KeySafe. I then took the chisel and hammer to the cut I had started. A few minutes of pounding allowed me to get it off of the house, but it was still closed. I tried a few more minutes on my workbench, using just the hammer and chisel, and couldn't get it open.

This thing is not going to be opened by a casual effort. It would be easier (by far) to break a window and enter that way. Some of the comments have complained that the order of the buttons doesn't matter. That's true, but irrelevant. There are 1024 possible combinations on this. It would take hours to try guessing them all. Don't forget your combination.

Aside from its security, I like the small size of this KeySafe. I put mine on the door jamb between the storm door and the main door. I also like how easy this is to use. The push buttons are easy to use, even in low light or adverse weather.

Fantastic way to avoid being locked out!
This keysafe is actually much slimmer (widthwise) than it looks. I fit it between the frame of my door and screen door, up high where nobody will see it. This little investment has saved my bacon on numerous occasions. It is a great way to avoid being locked out of your house, especially if you forget your keys in the mad rush to work or school. The frustration of that happening even once would cost you far more than you will pay for this. I kept seeing the slimline unit on Discovery's "It Takes a Thief," but I am just as happy with this one. So, save your money; it is exactly the same unit with a different aesthetic design (same mechanism).

As other reviewers have said, there is no set order to the numbers in your combination. I do not find this to be a huge drawback, however, because what others have not noted is that your combo can be ANY number of total digits, from 1 to 10. This could make code-cracking more frustrating than, say, a 4-digit system with a fixed entry order (which would have 5,040 possible combinations without repeated digits). Here, a potential attacker would have to guess the numbers you selected AND the length of your code. Now, I am not a statistician, but my calculations indicate that this gives 1,023 possible combinations. This is not quite as good as the former, but it is better than what you think... and perhaps more complex to think about for your average attacker. The code inside is set by rotating a "screw" for each number 90 degrees in either direction to either enable or disable that number. The backplate to the mechanism doubles as a handy code-setting screwdriver.

I only have two complaints: first, the space inside the box is small. Even though the box is over 2 inches deep, most of this is taken up by the mechanism. You can't fit anything inside besides a couple house keys and maybe a credit card. Even a standard car key (1/4" thick head) is too big; you can absolutely forget about the keyless remote. Second, when you open the box, the whole front mechanism comes off with the keys attached. After you use the key, you must enter the code a second time in order to reattach the front and close the box. This is a minor inconvenience, but worth noting.