What safes have batteries you can change from the outside?

Seeking Advice
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I’ve noticed most safes on places like Amazon have the battery compartment on the inside. I’m looking for one where I can replace the batteries from the outside. I don’t want to rely on a key unless it’s a real emergency. Any suggestions? Strength isn’t a big deal to me since most burglars could crack or take a home safe anyway. This is mostly to keep my stuff safe from a maid or someone like that.

Let me know if you have any recommendations under $200. Thanks in advance!

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I’ve got a basic fire safe for documents, and its batteries are replaceable from the outside. It’s an older one I got from Costco, probably 30 years ago. I’ve long since lost the key, but I thought most safes had outside battery compartments.

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@Sean
Maybe that’s true now, but it wasn’t the case a few years ago. I had one of those AmazonBasics safes, and it was awful. The battery compartment was inside, so when I lost the key and the keypad died, I had to break into it. It was shockingly easy, and I have zero skills in that area.

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@Cedric
Wow, that’s frustrating.

I’ve seen safes that have metal contacts under the keypad for a 9V battery in case the internal ones die. Maybe that’s worth looking into?

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You could drill a hole at the bottom of the safe and extend wires from the battery compartment.

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Edmund said:
You could drill a hole at the bottom of the safe and extend wires from the battery compartment.

But where would the wires go? The safes I’ve had used 2 AA batteries. How would you extend something like that?

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@Cedric
You could run the wires out to an external AA battery holder. It’s pretty cheap and would only take about 15 minutes to set up.

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I’ve got this safe. It has an external battery box you can plug into the keypad if the internal batteries die. It’s a decent option.

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@Melvin
That looks a bit more high-end than what I need, but I appreciate the suggestion!