I would think power consumption would come into play, considering the safe is most likely not constantly connected to power. BLE is an order of magnitude more

I would think power consumption would come into play, considering the safe is most likely not constantly connected to power. BLE is an order of magnitude more efficient with power than Wifi is: https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2011/aug/comparing-low-power-wireless-technologies https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2011/aug/compar...