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Posted: 5/16/2009 6:06:59 PM EDT
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I saw a nice Safe at Home Depot for $350.
It is a 14 gun safe but it has a dial combination. Is that OK or do I want to go with a digital or keypad?? Natron |
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What are you using it for? Just to slow someone down, for fire protection, to keep kids out?
If it's the latter, then it might be okay. If it's either of the former.....you're going to have to spend over $2K to get something that can't be busted into with a fire axe and that will protect your stuff from an intense fire. If you're looking for just fire protection and decent security (1 hour fire rating at around 1880º), you can spend in the $1K range and end up with a decent safe but if you want a 4-7 gauge body that can't be hacked into with a fire axe (or similar) you're going to spend more. Obviously, bolting it down is an absolute necessity. Another thing is to make sure you understand that even the best safe can be cracked. A good safe is buying you time. You should have layered security if you want to stop someone from getting what's in the safe.....that usually means an alarm system. Good luck, Sean |
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thanks for the reply.
I do have an alarm system on the house, so that is one layer. The safe would be mainly for safe keeping from the kids, you know they get curious as they get older. It had a decent fire rating but like stated that is not my concern. I thought about putting a keypad deadbolt on my closet for the timebeing, but that is $100 So for a few hundred more, I can get a safe. I will continue to look around. Natron |
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thanks for the reply. I do have an alarm system on the house, so that is one layer. The safe would be mainly for safe keeping from the kids, you know they get curious as they get older. It had a decent fire rating but like stated that is not my concern. I thought about putting a keypad deadbolt on my closet for the timebeing, but that is $100 So for a few hundred more, I can get a safe. I will continue to look around. Natron For your uses then, it sounds like a good deal. I just wanted to make sure you understood that for theft prevention, that safe is relatively easy to break into and that fire ratings vary, so research accordingly. Good luck with it.... Oh, and if you decide you want to get a higher end safe, I (along with a lot of other folks here) can steer you towards some good deals with decent security or some really high end safes that are about as good as it gets (depending on your budget). Just ask. Take care, Sean |
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I saw a nice Safe at Home Depot for $350. It is a 14 gun safe but it has a dial combination. Is that OK or do I want to go with a digital or keypad?? Natron If it is the sentry one, I have that safe and it is very nice IMO for the money. Much much better than the stupid metal cabinets and after you upgrade some day you can always resell it without a problem. |
| Sentry is better than just a metal cabinet, if you need some fire protection. If you want security your going to need something greater than 10 gauge steel, and a Sergeant and Greenleaf lock. You also want to look for a relocker to defeat drill attacks. Digital locks are better than mechanical locks since they can defeat brute force attacks by locking out the keypad for a set amount of time. There's also more options that you can do with electronic locks, since you can give multiple unique access codes to others, and you can even set the time they can use them. Sergeant and Greenleaf even has lock models out there that can be tied to your home or business security system. Of course if you want to get in fast Sergeant and Greenleaf makes a model with a biometric lock that you can use in tandem or as an override to the keypad. |
| hello, ive done a ton of research on gun safes. make sure its UL tested and trust me get the push keypad its fast entry and well worth the extra money. buy larger than you need and even if money is an issue save up and buy a good safe cheap safes are nothing but a cheap safe |
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