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Know When Selecting A Home Safe
Safes come in
all different shapes and sizes and with a
host of different security features.
Depending on where you want your safe for
will influence what type of safe you will
require. For the home you will probably be
looking for a small scale security safe. The
safes can be split into two categories;
these are burglary resistant and fire
resistant.
Focusing on the burglary resistant safes
first these will normally include security
and key cabinets. The security safes have
different ratings depending on the capacity,
the low end range from around 2000 dollars
through to 75000 dollars in insurance
ratings. This is worked on the capacity of
cash and valuables, so for example a low end
2000 dollar insurance rated safe will be
insured for the value of 2000 dollars in
cash or 40000 in valuables, this will vary
depending on the type you choose. The safes
will usually be fitted with either a key or
electronic combination and the fixing would
be to the wall or the floor. Within this
range there are many options to satisfy your
needs, these will range from laptop security
safes to under floor safes.
A very common form of burglary is for the
intruder to enter the premises or the house
and steal car keys; usually the theft of the
vehicle is to order. Many people make this
easy for the intruder by having their keys
near to the door. It is possible today to
buy a key safe or cabinet that can hold your
keys in a secure unit that will make the
theft of your car keys harder for any
intruder. It is also possible to keep your
keys inside your security safe to provide
additional security. Often the security
safes are not fireproof and would not be
suitable for storage of important paper
documentation. There are many fireproof
safes now on the market which are suitable
not only for documents but also for data
storage.
Data storage safes are common place in
business where many organizations need to
keep important files secure. Fireproof safes
offer a range of protection from 1 hour to 2
hours fire resistance. The safes can protect
important data items such as cds, dvds, dat
tapes and optical disks. The other fireproof
safes are for document storage again
depending on the type that you buy the
resistance can range anywhere from thirty
minutes up to four hours. The smaller models
are suitable for home use and start in price
at around 75 dollars, making this a very
cost effective solution to protect your
valuable documents.
When choosing your safe you can have
different styles of lock, these include key,
electronic and combination locks. On the
lower end safes you will most likely have
either a key or electronic lock, if you have
difficulty in remembering number sequences
then it would be advised to choose the key
lock over the electronic. Some of the high
end safes will have a combination lock that
will be set to turns and numbers; these are
not normally found on the lower end safes
made for the home environment.
by Steve Strong
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