# Trezor Safe 5

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Trezor Safe 5 and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Trezor for keeping crypto keys on the device and for its open source firmware. Critics question its supply chain and security processes.

## Why people recommend it

- Keys stay on the device (2 comments): "If you use a trezor hardware wallet you can deterministically regenerate -sk keys." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177064)) "There is a web plugin but the keys never leave the hardware wallet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46427249))

## What people warn about

- Supply chain tampering concerns (2 comments): "turns out it initializes with a copy of the legitimate firmware then saboteurs simply overwrite the random seed generator" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50090219)) "Trezor is just selling off-the-shelf QFP chips and holding their customers accountable for their own supply chain?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081732))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cake Wallet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cake-wallet.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Trezor+Safe+5+hardware+wallet&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://trezor.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Trezor Safe 5", https://hackerapproved.com/p/trezor-hardware-wallet/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).