[I agree and also about waking up with your kid standing at your bed. Another benefit of the mechanical lock is that you can have your combination and pre-punch all or part of it when going to sleep. This would allow you to have a very simple partial code to punch (maybe the last 1 or 2 buttons) or simply just turn the knob to access your gun. In the morning just turn the knob 1/4 turn counterclockwise to reset it.]
That is kinda what I've decided, FAS1. Easy fix without ever removing gun but still immediate access from lifting lid. Really the best all-around option.
Oddly enough, I'm really not worried about my kids by bedside. I'm actually worried about the other direction. My kids come into room probably 3 times/week , during night, for bad dream or can't sleep or something random then I tuck em back in and done. With that said, I kinda suffer from "alert fatigue", meaning that I naturally assume that it's a child and would be so surprised if an intruder. That's why I feel the simplest of combo's would be hard to remember at that exact moment.
I had to "lock and load" one time 10 yrs ago while two guys tried to get into lower level door, during neighbor's build, and I remember the amount of adrenalin pumping through me as I lied prone waiting for them to come up my stairs...In a combat zone, expectations are different, but in your home, it's a very unnatural thing when it happens.
@RX-My combo is actually like a three button combo since I keep it scrambled. It has to be unscrambled by turning knob, first, in correct direction, exact button pushed, then knob turned correct direction. If those exact three things don't happen exactly in a row, it remains scrambled. So, not just like pushing one button and in but I definitely understand your concern. The Titan gun vault is a lot more intricate than the digital ones in processing sequence actions for access.