Safes: The Secret To Protecting Your Small Valuables
Thomas Moody
A home security safe can be a great addition to your home security. Most times we have several small items that will easily and conveniently fit into a safe.
Though it's less common to store documents there, now that computers have taken over the job, you may have a hand-signed will or old family photos you want to protect. If you have antique or rare stamps, manuscripts, baseball cards and other collectibles these are other items for which the inside of a safe is the safest place.
Safes come in a range of sizes to suit any need and just about any budget.
Small wall safes not only look cool, since they evoke caper movies, but they provide an extra level of security. They can be masked behind paintings, tucked in a stairwell or hidden in other unlikely but easily accessible locations. Some are designed to be installed in the floor rather than the wall, simply by flipping the safe 90 degrees.
Home security safes range from smaller portable models to ones that are the size of a room. Not only banks use the larger models. They can also be used as a panic room in your house, which is a place for you and your family to gather in an emergency. Some medium sized safes can be used for storing firearms like rifles and shotguns.
Safes are made up of a variety of different materials ranging from a hard plastic to titanium alloy. The safes also come with a variety of locks from key entry to a keypad entry or a combination lock. When a safe is manufactured to certain specifications they may even be bullet proof and fire proof. When you are shopping for a safe, make sure to read all the information provided. Don't assume it is fire proof or anything else just by the way it looks.
Several styles depend as much on stealth and disguise as they do on strength. So-called 'can safes' look like ordinary household products, such as deodorant cans or coffee pots. They could be easily broken, but because they look just like household items no one would think to look inside. For those on a tight budget these are often no more than a few dollars. But don't be tempted to brag too widely about your clever 'safe'. Word can get around.
Electronic or computer-integrated models are all the rage now, since they can be programmed. Just as banks do, you can program them to only allow access at certain times of the day. That's handy if you have curious kids who might easily discover the combination.
Electronic models have other forms of protection, too. They can be equipped with fingerprint sensors so they can only be opened by authorized persons. That's also handy because it eliminates the need to remember a combination or password.
You may need only a small plastic bin with a simple key lock. Or you may need the full protection of a full-sized, fire-safe floor model. But whatever your security needs, there's a safe that's right for you.
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