
Trezor Safe 5 Wallet

Trezor Safe 5 Wallet Review
With 7.5/10 Trezor Safe 5 sits below the Safe 7 (7.8) and, in our current scoring, level with the Safe 3 — a tie the Donjon finding actually calls into question, because the Safe 5's newer STM32U5 microcontroller resists the voltage-glitch attack the Safe 3 is exposed to. On the security pillar the Safe 5 is the better protected of the two, and that gap is under review for the final score. Its touchscreen is a genuine usability gain, set against a real price premium. The Safe 5 earns the "recommendable" band cleanly. Non-custodial done properly, a modern recovery stack, honest partial-open-source status, and a maker with a clean custody record are all in the plus column. The old reservation — that it inherited the Safe 3's glitchable chip — turns out not to apply: Trezor's newer microcontroller resists that attack. Signing still runs outside the secure element, so a passphrase remains the right habit for any hardware wallet, but the Safe 5 is a safer vault than an earlier read of this device suggested.
- ✓Newer STM32U5 chip resists the Safe 3 attack
- ✓1.54-inch color touchscreen with haptic feedback
- ✓EAL6+ secure element guards PIN and secrets
- ✓20-word SLIP-39 default plus Shamir multi-share
- ✓Open, auditable firmware and Suite software
- ✗$129, a step up in price from the $59 Safe 3
- ✗Signing runs on the MCU, not the secure element
- ✗No Bluetooth, battery, or QR air-gap option
- ✗iOS app is view-only, no transaction signing
- ✗HBAR, SUI, and some chains need other wallets

