Lockly’s biometric safe is far from large, but there’s a lot to appreciate in this tiny powerhouse.
Lockly Smart Safe Pros
Great biometric access options
Strong defense against forced access
Mounting kit included
Straightforward app
Fireproof inlay
Internal lining and LED light
Cons
Too small for some home uses
Fire protection could be better
Side covers are more vulnerable than the rest of the safe
Overall score: 8.2/10
Performance: 9
Usability: 9
Features: 9
Design: 7
Value: 7
Home safes come in all shapes and sizes, but Lockly’s model finds a narrow niche for small, smart safes that work very hard not to compromise on protection. The result is a small but powerful safe, large enough to keep vital documents, cards, jewelry, gifts (or guns) inside, but small enough to easily fit on a shelf or in a drawer.
I gave Lockly’s safe a complete workout, including multiple attempts to break inside. Far from flimsy, it’s a highly secure, robust home safe package — as long as you don’t need lots of room. Perfect for an office, apartment, small bedroom or garage, Lockly’s safe delivers, as long as you’re willing to pay over $300 for a safe this size. Let’s dive into the details. Lockly Smart Safe: Design and Size
Lockly’s smart features run on four AA batteries.
Lockly’s letterbox-like safe is one of the smallest we’ve tested, well under 1 cubic foot. While there is plenty of room for small valuables like passports, cards, jewelry, anything you can fit in an envelope and even a handgun or two, you won’t be fitting much else inside. That’s an immediate limiting factor, but if you can get over the capacity Lockly’s design is deeply impressive.
The alloy steel construction with a pneumatic-powered lid is sturdy, weighty and well-made. I’ll get into more specifics below when I talk about durability, but this safe is built to withstand almost anything. “Almost” includes fire protection: It doesn’t have technical fireproofing, which is a pity, but it does have fireproof inlays to help reduce the impact of a house fire and hopefully keep items inside from burning.
The interior includes an LED light for illumination, a soft pad so delicates can resist scratches, and multiple pockets of different sizes. It also houses the battery pack, which requires four AA batteries to operate but hides well when completed. Those batteries should last about a year or two, depending on how the safe gets used. Now let’s look at what they power.
Lockly’s safe interior includes padding, an LED and fireproof inlays.Lockly Smart Safe: Access Control
On the front of Lockly’s safe is a touch panel including a fingerprint sensor and below it a single physical lock.
