Smith & Wesson Home Defense Kit

I ran across this in my NRA magazine.  It wasn’t really an ad, but this product by Smith & Wesson was featured in the “Notable New Products” section.  I suspect this is code speak for “if you pay us, we will feature your product in our magazine”.  Any how, I thought this was an interesting combination that I had not seen before.

Smith & Wesson is packaging either a S&W SD9 (9mm) or a S&W SD40 (.40 S&W) with a NanoVault 200 and a compact pistol light.  They have taken their standard pistol and added their own Micro90 pistol light from the factory.  This flashlight produces 90 lumens and has a run-time of up to 2 ours on a Lithium battery (which can be expensive).  They then are combining that with the GunVault Nano200 to sell as a type of kit.

While I know that the Gunvault pistol vault is not their, it still makes for a great story.  I know that so often, I will buy the “kit” that is offered by a company to make life easier than assembling the pieces yourself.  There is almost an implied synergy when the manufacturer has decided that this is the part that should go with their product.

Additionally, I like that a new gun owner can get a great gun and have a place to secure it immediately, instead of having to figure that out.   Looking around the internet, it looks like this package is going to retail for about $479.