Password Safe

I have been using the Password Safe for over 10 years. It is fantastic.ProsAs there is no connectivity to this device, there is no easy way to hack into it.This is little risk of losing data due to power failure as the device has two-battery system using 3 AAA batteries and a replaceable Lithium battery.It is durable as my original for personal passwords has been working for over 10 years.ConsSearching for records is very case sensitive.Because it has no ports, you cannot back the data up to another system. My solution was to buy another Password Safe so I had a backup of my passwords.I recently purchased a new Password Safe as a gift to my niece as she mentioned her password were compromised when her online password app was hacked.If you want peace of mind on your security, I would recommend you get the Password Safe.

Easy to use and very useful, especially for those passwords that are not used often. I wish there was a way to backup to a thumb drive and transfer to a now unit. Broke my old one and had to retype all that info into the new one. This is NOT A TOY.

Product is difficult to enter data on such a small unit. I will work with it since the navigation will be much easier after all the initial data is loaded into the device.

Despite some of the negative feedback, I decided to order this, as it received the highest ratings of all of these types of devices. I just started entering the passwords today and found it straightforward and relatively easy, even without looking to see if there were any instructions (I still don't know as I haven't looked to see if any are provided). I made a couple of quickly corrected errors, realizing that the shift key only works on the keys with with secondary icons that are in red. To change between upper and lower case letters, you have to hit the caps lock button, once to change from upper to lower case and again to change back. That's basically it. Just remember to press the key firmly, to make sure it is entered. The setup is easy and the unit walks you through it, the first time that you use it. You start by entering a 4-16 DIGIT, not LETTER, password for the unit, itself and you're good to go. There are four toggle keys at the top right around an OK button, that you use to jog around the unit, forward, back, up & down. There's a light key for seeing the screen in low light and a red on/off key, the Caps Lock, & Shift keys and a second OK key. There's a recessed reset button and a recessed erase button ( I'm assuming to erase an entry, without resetting the whole unit, but I haven't checked that out). That's pretty much the whole working of the unit.

Bought Password Safe 090419, delivered 090719. It measures 4-7/8" (12cm) by 3-1/2" (9 cm) wide & about 1" thick (it tapers to 3/8").Cons: no comma, semi-colon, lower case x looks like H, & I couldn't get the - to work.Pros: Easy to handle & make entries, backlight really helps in a darkened room.Eval: I entered 5 URLs with passwords (recorded elsewhere) and edited each in turn. After entering a new password I turned the device off, then on again. None of the other URLs or passwords were erased or altered in any way (previous complaint). You can enter passwords of 20 to 22 characters (it varies), depending on which characters are used. Since my passwords are longer I often wrote "see below" in the password area and entered the password in the Notes area. I also made comments like "entry #3 is a small X, not an H", or "character = is a dash -" , or " : is a comma"., etc. Screen entries are much easier to read than entries made on the Royal Password Vault, which I evaluate elsewhere. I would have evaluated other competitors, but no one sent me one.Summary: This is a useful, easy to use device for recording spur-of-the-moment passwords. It may also keep you from logging in to untrustworthy networks while traveling. Stars were reduced because the comma, semi-colonand dash were omitted.Worth having, worth the money, glad I bought it. 4.8 Stars. CDW

Hard to program.

I love this thing. It really helps when you have 500 different passwords to remember and you can't. It also really helps when you have to clear your cache and you end up losing all your passwords and IDs and you end up spending up all day re entering them and having to get those annoying confirmation codes to make sure that it is really you that is signing on. To me that is a PITA to do that and very time consuming. The only bad experience that I had was the carrier. They told me it was coming one day and then they kept stretching it out until I was finally convinced that they lost it. I called the customer support people and they were very very nice, and very easy to deal with. So I would recommend these guys for the great customer service and they stand behind their product, but I would try and convince them not to send it by the mail carrier that they have used in the past. It took like 3 1/2 weeks after they said that I would get it before it showed up. So very happy with the company, not so much with the mail carrier.