Reach 2S

I had purchased the older model Reach 2 a couple years back and was very happy with it. One day, it the fingerprint reader stopped reading and the unit locked up. The backup key released my firearm and Vara honored the warranty with a small processing fee. I expected them to fix my old model, but they completely replaced it with the new Reach 2S. This is a company that stands by its product. I highly recommend anyone to buy one.

I would love this mount. It would be awesome to have that quick access using the proprietary biometrics. However, it’s not sure practical for home defense if I can’t put a light on it (for use at night). It is also not compatible with some popular CCWs such as the Sig P365 Macro, Glock 43X MOS, etc. I would love to get it, but just can’t until these compatibility issues are resolved.

Worth the money. Secure, quick release with hand on pistol ready to go. Only concern is that it takes several rounds of programming, unlocking, and reprogramming to get it to release consistently on the first go. First try took me 2 straight minutes of moving my thumb around the pad to get it to release. I'd recommend a software update that took more than just 3 reads to program the fingerprint.

I had to wait quite awhile for the Walther holster inserts to be in stock but customer service was responsive and accurate on when they’d have them available again.

Quick delivery and easy, straight forward installation and programming. Out of box and mounted in less than 10 minutes. Finger print reading has been flawless and as quick as advertised so far.

Design is sleek and the safe is well engineered and manufactured but an important design improvement should be made. While the security/mounting bracket is of a solid metal design and undoubtedly secured to whatever surface you mount it, the model specific holster insert is made of plastic and there is a lot of play/movement of the weapon when locked in the safe. Again, I do not doubt that the security mount is brute force-proof, but if it wasn’t for the potential of cosmetically damaging my safe and gun, I do like my odds at freeing a still functional weapon from the safe given this design shortcoming. While I’m sure there are a myriad of business factors preventing such exacting and customized inserts for every gun on the market, at this point in the product development process, I think the design team should prioritize improving fitment and material of the holster insert to provide the user with an increase sense of securement of the weapon.

Finally, I’m gonna be bummed when I see the newest iteration coming out allowing for weapons mounted lights in short order to me finally getting this version. I hope the design teams fix doesn’t require buying the a new base unit and maybe just a holster insert with the aforementioned improvements that still works with the Reach 2!

Overall, a solid purchase and recommended.

Good initiative, bad judgment. Most people that EDC have a light, red dot, suppressor height sights etc.. Other options to accommodate these features would be most ideal and unfortunately will be passing on these products.