Expert Advice on Safes and Vault Doors

Fire is not the only threat to your valuables. Floods, burst pipes, and fire sprinklers can wipe out documents just as fast. Here's how SentrySafes' closed-cell foam and ETL-verified submersion testing protect against water damage.

Two Hollon home safes with a 2-hour fire rating at 1,850°F. Side-by-side comparison of the HS-310 and HS-500, electronic vs dial and key.

Bank vaults are less untouchable than they seem. Here's the case for keeping your valuables at home, and three safes that fit the job.

There is no doubt that everyone has something of value. What those things are is completely dependent upon the person’s values. Some things like cash and jewels have an obvious universal value but how important those are to the person, depends on many variables such as what other assets they own. 

Setting up a home office space is one thing; making it safe and secure to work from on a daily basis is another.  Here are a few tips to get you started. 

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.  

The risk of a house fire may be the last thing on your mind while you get ready to celebrate the holidays with your friends and family. But the truth is that house fires during the holiday season are not only more frequent but also more deadly than house fires at any other time of the year.

The Protex HD-34 is a nice middle of the road burglar fire safe with a myriad of different potential purposes. It has a perfect balance of price, security, fire resistance, and size that makes it a nice catch-all for someone seeking a basic but reliable safe. This safe could be used effectively for either home or the workplace and though it’s not ‘top of the line’ safe it is still formidable and nothing to be trifled with. Here we’ll look at some of the specifics and what exactly this safe has to offer. 

Safes aren’t just for burglaries anymore. In fact, their biggest utility may lie in protecting against Mother Nature herself. Fireproof and waterproof safes and chests can safeguard your most valuable items when everything else goes up in flames. In this article, we’ll share some details about how fireproof safes and waterproof chests operate.

Here we’ll look at how to shop for a used safe and what you need to be looking for to make sure that you can get the most out of your deal and have a high quality safe at a discount price.