Safe Talk

Many safes today come with a standard Group II Dial Combination Lock.  Some of our customers choose to upgrade to the Group II Digital Electronic Lock for the safe they purchase.  There are many benefits to having one or the other and also some disadvantages.  Choosing which lock to put on your safe can be confusing if you don’t have much knowledge about locks. Here are some pros and cons to have a combination lock vs a digital electronic lock: (more…)

Many safe consumers assume that sensitive items such as hard drives, DVD’s or photographs can be stored in a standard fireproof safe and that these items will be protected. This is false and if those items were to be stored in such a safe, they would be damaged from a fire or some climatic change. The kind of safe that is specifically designed to hold these items and protect them is called a data/media safe or a data/media file cabinet. They can be purchased as a standalone safe or one to place inside of another safe for extra protection. There are several major differences between a standard fireproof safe and a data/media safe that are important to keep in mind if you have these type of items you are looking to keep protected. (more…)

A safe deposit box (sometimes incorrectly called a safety deposit box) is a type of safe usually located in groups inside a bank vault or in the back of a bank or post office. They are also used in hospitality applications such as hotels/motels and grocery stores. In the typical arrangement, a renter pays the bank a fee for the use of the box, which can be opened only with production of the assigned key, the bank’s guard key, the proper signature, or perhaps a code of some sort. Safe deposit boxes are made to be highly “resistant” to fire, flood, heat, earthquakes, hurricanes, explosions or other disastrous conditions provided they are in a bank vault. There is no 100% guarantee against damage however, and substantial losses can sometimes occur. (more…)

Deposit safes are an important tool in protecting your cash from thieves and even from employees thinking about stealing money from your company. It can be hard to decide which one is right for you because they come in different sizes, have different types of money drops, and have several lock options to choose from. Depository safes are used for “short term” storage of cash until a bank deposit can be made because these safes provide minimal burglary resistance. They have access portals (holes) in them to deposit money and other items of value. These holes represent a decrease in security over a conventional burglary resistant safe. They are used mostly by Restaurants, Bars, Taverns, Hotels, Motels and Retail Outlets. (more…)