Reach 2

Use and installation is pretty clear - just follow the instructions. It works great for my medium to large hands. It releases very fast on the thumbprint and it reads prints very well. When our finger/thumb is properly placed on the reader, we have not had a rejection. No set up issues. We have a 5 year old granddaughter and this will prevent her from curious play but we will be teaching her gun safety soon. Someone can steal the gun if they steal my table - otherwise it mounts securely and would be tough to get the gun out of the holster to use. This one is in my den and mounted out of sight, but I probably won't leave the loaded gun in it when we are not at home or don't need it. Right now we have a laser bullet in it for draw practice. However, for my wife, the holster (S&W EZ9) is a bit snug and her thumb is a bit short to get it out of the holster easily. She has to pull hard enough that the table moves. We have adapted with a two hand draw for her - left on the table and right on the gun. I was expecting the gun to be ejected into her hand a little easier. if I just place my thumb on the reader, it does not push the gun upwards - you have to pull. I wish it had a stronger eject spring and a holster tension set screw, especially since she has arthritis in her thumbs. Maybe it will loosen up with time. So for her, it's probably 3 stars - but she likes it way better than any thumbprint or combination safe that we have tried. So if your old like me, you'll understand when I say Vara Safety gets 1000 Drew Carey points for the Reach 2. I'll probably buy one or 2 more in the near future for my bedroom and car. I highly recommend the Reach 2.

Excellent product easy to setup wish there were more inserts

Love it!

Set up directions were not clear and when attempted to set up the device would not go back together appropriately. $275 later it is sitting in the box and a different more intuitive product has been ordered.