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Safe Recommendations
- Thread starter VosFrost
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Really depends on the usage. If you're looking for a safe place for documents to protect them from fire, then yes, you'd want it to be fireproof which would also be waterproof. If you're looking for a quick access to have in the event of someone breaking in, maybe the biometric, but I don't know if they make those in fireproof versions or not. Probably do, but just cost more.
As for anchoring it down, I suppose it depends on what you have in there and if you have a way to anchor it to something secure. You going to drill it into your slab from the inside of the safe? If not, I'm not sure how well you could anchor it to something that couldn't be fairly easily detached by someone that really wanted to.
Definitely anchor it! Otherwise it can just be stolen & they can take their time opening it later. I have read good things about Liberty, but there are tons of good options & honestly I don't have first hand experience with anything that good. What's your budget?
This is a good video that gives alot of info on gun safes...what you need, and just as important, what you don't.
This is a good video that gives alot of info on gun safes...what you need, and just as important, what you don't.
Appreciate it. No budget.
If no budget, you can get a really good safe from Graffunder, AMSEC, or Brown Safe amongst others. Just from what I've read, these seem like good companies to look into. Get the thickest steel you can, and like I said secure it to the floor.
PleasureMoose
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funny you mentioned this my next home project is tearing out the door frame and shelving in my spare bedroom closet to install a safe and then case it back up.. I've been looking at the white Cabela's Signature its around $2800 which is pretty cheap
Or I'm thinking about ripping out the drywall inside the closet and lining it w 26 gauge sheet metal and buying a vault door
Or I'm thinking about ripping out the drywall inside the closet and lining it w 26 gauge sheet metal and buying a vault door
I like the vault idea, way cooler...but honestly, a safe in a closet is probably good enough, unless you need more space. One more layer thieves have to get through to get to your valuables. They'd have to get through a reinforced door or possibly walls before they'd even know there was a safe in there. If you have a decent alarm, good chance they won't have time for all that.
Fir proof and anchored is wise. When my place burned down I wish I had that
