Expert Advice on Safes and Vault Doors

The $1,200 to $2,000 range is the sweet spot for a residential gun safe. Spend much less and you're usually buying a lightweight cabinet that keeps kids and honest people out but won't slow down a determined burglar. The catch is that price alone won't tell you which safe in this band is worth the money. Two safes can both sit at $1,700 and be built to completely different standards. In this range, only about one in five actually carries a genuine UL Residential Security Container rating. The rest run the gamut, from well-made safes that never went through UL testing to cabinets that borrow the look of security without much behind them. Knowing which is which is the whole point of this guide.

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