Nightstand safe questions

[camel]

100% go with a Simplex style lock from V-Line, ShotLock, AMSEC or Ft Knox for all the aforementioned reasons.

Simplex locks will eventually go out of order just like a revolver goes out of time, but it's generally not something that happens spontaneously without warning. You'll feel the buttons start to stick and whatnot before it actually fails you, which is your warning to get it serviced. Electronics, on the other hand, are great until they're not, and fail without warning.

This. Absolutely.

[FAS1]

100% go with a Simplex style lock from V-Line, ShotLock, AMSEC or Ft Knox for all the aforementioned reasons.

I would agree with the Simplex lock for speed, reliability, and durability. I would just point out that Shotlock does not use a Simplex lock on their products today. When they first came out they did use the Illinois Lock version of Kaba's Simplex lock, but decided to make their own version of a mechanical pushbutton lock.