By entering the firearm market, Wyze is supporting gun ownership, no matter what stance they may want to project otherwise. They now want more people to own guns because that increases the potential market to sell this product. There is no way for them around that now that they’ve decided to enter this market. The better coarse would have been for them to just not touch this one with a 10-foot pole, but they went forward with it anyway.
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“ Given that fact, it stands to reason that ALL people on every side want and should want for those things to be kept SAFELY. ”____ then should they mind to just change the name to “Wyze Safe”…? It makes a lot of difference…!
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But but but… They also list pronouns and sold masks. Can’t some companies have it both ways? [Mod Edit]
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Literally the first thing I thought when I saw this is how long will it last with LPL. I would want his opinion on it before purchasing, and if Wyze was wise, they would get him to test prototypes for weaknesses before the development process was complete. Would be great marketing also! I also agree with the sentiment that it should just be “Wyze Safe” instead of “Wyze Gun Safe”. Obviously it can be used for things besides guns so why market it that way? While I’m not pro-gun, I am pro keeping existing guest secured, so I don’t have a problem with that the product can/will be used for securing guns, just that gun is in its name when it’s clearly useful for other things. Also, if firearms are to be secured in it, even more reason to have LockPickingLawyer test it!
If you base your lock/safe purchases on what LPL can’t open, you’ll be left with no security at all! That guys is great.
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Not so much testing for what he can/can’t open, but testing for design flaws and it taking him longer to open.
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I completely agree. If they have them, I would rather have them secured in some way than a child getting ahold of one. Too many stories on the news.
The potential flaws I could see with the safe would be the key (I’m sure LPL could pick it) and possibly getting something between the door and prying the door open.
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I would LOVE to see one that also had a carrying handle or ‘bar’ as well for a way to transport your gun easier when heading to the range.
I am purchasing this one, but I would buy another as well if it had that!
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Keep in mind that this is not a portable safe. It’s large and weighs almost 13 pounds empty.
I don’t see an ‘easy’ way that a ‘child’ could gain entry unless they have the key OR know the passcode and if they do, then the owner of the GUN probably shouldn’t have one. There would be NO reason to tell your child anything about the keys, how to use them (the lock is hidden), where they are located, etc… Same goes for the ‘codes’ - they should be in your head, not written down and not something your child (or anyone else) can easily figure out…
Lastly, if you have a gun and a child, then you need to make sure that child knows gun safety as soon as possible. They need to know it’s not like cartoons and that ONLY MOM/DAD are allowed to TOUCH/HOLD/USE the gun - period!!
When they get old enough, teach them how to shoot, but keep it locked up the same way as before.
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That’s fine by me that it weighs that much! I can lift that one handed.
Throw it in a range bag. 
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I don’t have a lockable (CA approved) ‘range bag’… And they are getting tougher and tougher on gun laws here in California… Gotta keep guns and ammo in separate parts of your car, and gun has to have a ‘lock’ (even in trunk) etc… already… This would just be more convenient to ‘grab and go’ with gun in one ‘box’ and ammo in my bag…
Just a preference… YOU don’t have to use a handle if you don’t want to…
I have a handle and a steel tether… on my portable gun safe.
It’s too late to request physical changes to this product. You can submit a Wishlist request for a new portable safe or a Gun Safe v2.
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If you don’t want one don’t buy one.
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Just because I don’t want one, doesn’t mean I can’t come here to voice my opinion on the product as well. It’s one of the main reasons Wyze setup these forums in the first place.
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Friendly reminder…
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Thanks… I will do just that…
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Wow and to think many of us didn’t trust them with the idea of a space heater and laughed it off the forum…
First couple of thread titles I was sure this was a joke.
The Heater question was raised in July 2020. This was right after Wyze added the band and scale. There were few other products besides cameras and sensors at the time.
Wyze didn’t even have a thermostat back then (it was announced in October). If nobody had ever mentioned a heater 2 years ago and Wyze brought it up now after adding several dozen other products including the thermostat, I don’t think there would be as much opposition as there was back then…especially if/when these guys are finally available to go with it:
The timing was really bad back then, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a heater come up again in the future sometime, especially if it can work well with the thermostat and has enough surge protection included.
I think the biggest opposition to the heater post was less about trusting firmware (though there were some who expressed that) than about asking for more effort to be put into current products with more features and resolving bugs (at that time I recall my V1 sensors driving me crazy, requiring reboots all the time, etc…we wanted those fixed to be more consistent or new sensors and Wyze has since done both…).
To be fair, they have addressed some of the items on your highly rated list with >=47 votes from that thread including:
- Deliver a doorbell.
- Wired outdoor camera with better waterproofing.
- Support 5 Ghz band (I run my VDBPro on this…maybe more is to come)
- Browser viewer (in testing)
- Wired UL listed smart electric wallplate dimmer switches.
- (some improved Alexa integration, They fixed Google to use WebRTC, but no change on Apple or Home assistant yet)
- Temperature and humidity and water sensors.
- Smart watches.
- (did a survey about looking into Dash cams finally)
- Formal home security systems with professional monitoring
- Solar power options. (for WCO only right now, but it’s a great step)
- (they’re always working on firmware, app(s), and cloud services…and while there’s a lot that could be listed in the last 2 years, I think a lot more could be done still)
- Improved/better contact/motion sensors (the V2’s have even been offered without the HMS recently, but even the V1’s by themselves have been insanely more stable than they were in 2019 and early 2020) --recent V2/hub firmware issues not withstanding
And many other things not on that list, but you have to admit they’ve been cranking through getting to a lot of those items since then. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a heater pop back up in the future, and it would be much more relevant now that they have a thermostat system.
I think it was mostly bad timing and not high demand more than it was a trust thing for MOST people.
Besides, for this safe, you always have the purely mechanical option of using the key like a non-smart safe if that is what is prefered.
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