SPACE Competitor News - Recall from Sanctuary

Sanctuary and Sports Afield Biometric Firearm Safes

On June 6, 2024, Sanctuary recalled about 134,000 safes due to Serious Injury Hazard and Risk of Death.

Recall Details

Description:

This recall involves the Sanctuary Quick Access Biometric Home Safe and the Sports Afield Home Defense 4-Gun Biometric Safe. The black steel safes are used to store firearms and valuables. The Sanctuary Quick Access Biometric Home Safe measures 10 inches high by 14 inches wide by 10 inches deep, and the Sports Afield Home Defense 4-Gun Biometric Safe measures 55 inches high by 12 inches wide by 11 inches deep. The Sanctuary-branded safe has one shelf and can store approximately two firearms, while the Sports Afield-branded safe can store four firearms. The Sports Afield safe has the Sports Afield logo on the front of the safe.

Remedy:

Consumers should immediately stop using the biometric feature of the recalled safe, remove the batteries from the safe, and only use the key when storing firearms. Contact SA Consumer Products to receive a free repair kit.

Incidents/Injuries:

The firm is aware of 77 reports of the safe being opened by unauthorized users. No injuries have been reported.

Sold At:

The Sanctuary Quick Access Biometric Home Safes were sold at Costco and other stores nationwide, and online at Costco.com, for between $75 and $100. The Sports Afield Home Defense 4-Gun Biometric Safes were sold at firearm and sporting goods stores nationwide and online for between $500 and $600. The safes were sold from July 2020 through November 2023.

Importer(s):

SA Consumer Products Inc., of Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Manufactured In:

China

Recall number:

24-255

Models recalled:

Recalled Sanctuary Quick Access Biometric Home Safe
Recalled Sports Afield Home Defense 4-Gun Biometric Safe

How to avoid a recall:

This is why we recommend The Space Safe. If you owned a Space Safe, you would never encounter this type of issue. Thanks to software updates, if we ever did had an issue like this, we could just upload an update and resolve the issue. Imagine all of these poor customers who purchased one of our competitor's safes. Each of these 134,000 safes had an issue - would you really want to be among the customers stuck trying to carry and return a safe all the way back to the store? Don't settle for less than amazing - get a Space Safe today!