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Safe Overview: Protex HD-34
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 ha...
Portable Safes for Frequent Travelers
With a rapidly globalizing world and fewer borders than ever, many people may find themselves frequently traveling for both business and pleasure. An altogether too common complaint and a frequent downer for travelers is theft of personal belongings. Whether for business or pleasure and depending on where you’re traveling you may exude an attractive level of wealth that might make you a target to potential thieves. At times it can be quite difficult to keep your valuables safe in another coun...
How do Cash Counters Work?
Cash counters are a cornerstone of any high cash flow business. They have the ability to reduce man hours spent counting, reduce human error, and even detect counterfeit bills. These are truly unique machines. Have you ever wondered how it is a cash counting machine can tell the difference between a $10 and $20 dollar bill? Also, just how accurate are these machines? Here we’ll look into some of the basic functions and abilities of cash counting machines.
Tips for Storing Electronic Equipment
Modern electronics are quickly becoming smaller, more efficient, and more expensive. There may come a time soon when pound for pound your gadgets out value your gold and jewelry. While already a commonplace item for home and commercial safes, electronic equipment and gadgets require a few special considerations when being stored for extended periods of time. Here we’ll look at some of the basic techniques that you can use to make sure that your electronic equipment survives storage and retain...
How Are Safes Fireproofed?
Fireproof safes are quickly becoming the industry standard and can offer a great amount of utility in the preservation of documents and other potentially flammable materials. However, have you ever wondered exactly how these safes are fireproofed? It’s not quite as simple as it may seem and there are a lot of different methods as well as regular innovations to the fireproofing methods.
Benefits of a Floor Safe
We’ve already looked a myriad of different kinds of safes but one option that we haven’t touched on yet that remains a practical solution is the floor safe. In theory it’s quite similar to the wall safe but has some additional perks that may make it even more lucrative. The basic idea is to install a safe in your floor where it can be hidden from view but also easily accessible. Unlike the wall safe, however, there are a lot more options for a floor safe and additional perks that you may not ...
Custom Safes
Buying a custom safe can be an easy way to ensure that you get exactly what you want from your home safe. You don’t need to be constricted by the available models and you can help design something yourself that perfectly suits your needs. There are a lot of options and different criteria when it comes to customizing a home safe that you should bear in mind when thinking about ordering a custom safe. Here are some of your options for customizing your very own home safe.
Bank Deposit Boxes
Bank deposit boxes have been used for centuries as a method for keeping personal valuables safe. It makes perfect sense because banks offer incredible security that is hard to match at home; but, there are some downsides to deposit boxes and there are many items that are better kept in a home safe.
Installing a Home Wall Safe
Installing a home safe into your wall can be a fun home project that is manageable with a little bit of research and some do-it-yourself knowhow. Everyone secretly wants to have a sleek wall safe hidden behind a knock-off Van Gogh in their lounge or den and with this simple guide you can be on your way to a cool new approach to holding your valuables.
How to Store Digital Media
Most of us use a locked filing cabinet, a safety deposit box, or a safe to store our physical belongings but what do we do when we want to keep track of our digital belongings? More and more of what we produce, care about, and value is kept in digital form.
Building a Vault in your Home or Office
For those of you who have unusually large firearm collections, or have home businesses that require large amounts of documents or other important storage features, a built in vault may be the best option.
What is the difference between a safe and a vault?
You’ve probably noticed that our website and our company is called Safe and Vault Store, right? Well, we’ve been getting a few questions lately about what exactly the difference between a safe and a vault is. Most of us use these words interchangeably but there are some key differences to be aware of when using these terms.
What is the UL? Why is it important
Whenever we talk about safe rankings and ratings here at Safe and Vault Store, we inevitably talk about the UL or the Underwriters Laboratories. But, what exactly is the UL and how does it come up with ratings for safes and vaults?
Fire-Ratings Rundown
Since we did a run-down on burglar safe ratings, I thought it might be a good idea to do a rundown on fire-safe ratings. As with burglar ratings, the UL is THE authority for trustworthy ratings, although there are several other authorities that also provide ratings to a range of safes. Because of its prevalence and industry standard, we’re only going to look at UL ratings.
Gun Safety and the Aurora Shooting
Our hearts go out to the victims and families of the victims in the Aurora, Colorado shooting. Around here, we’re not quite sure what to make of such a senseless tragedy, the loss of life, and the heartbreak that affects not only a community but an entire country. As so much of the media has been talking about over the last week since the shooting, we’re also considering the need for better gun safety and gun control legislation. In an effort to do our (very, very) small part, we thought this...
A Water-Safe Safe?
If you are in the market for a new safe, making sure that your choice is water-safe is one of the most important bits of research you can do. Did you know that water-related damage is one of the leading causes of damage in offices in the United States. Take a look at this video to get a look at what you’re in the market for if you decide to purchase a SentrySafe fire and water-safe filing cabinet. They’re the best in the biz!
Cash Handling Questionnaire
Do you own or work in a high cash business like a restaurant? Gas station? Retail shop? These sort of businesses involve several safety risks as employees are asked to handle large amounts of cash on a daily basis.
A Burglar isn't your friend - don't be his friend
It continually amazes me that after over 20 years in the security business, people visit our store and tell us that they have been burglarized for the third time. Call it bad luck but it keeps us in business. Seth Godin recently wrote an article about "Helping Your Customers Avoid Taking Responsibility." Within the article Seth writes about how society would rather blame someone or something for their bad luck. It seems logical to me that we'd rather push the responsibility elsewhere instead ...
Ready for a burglary? Why not just leave your door open?
While we cannot totally prevent someone from breaking into a home or business, there are some precautions that can be taken to better protect oneself against a loss. Many will say that insurance companies will pay to cover these losses and that it isn't something to worry about.
Wall safes provide inconspicuous protection for valuables
Hidden Wall Safes provide hidden protection while giving you easy access to your money, jewelry, and other valuables. This type of safe frees up floor space while the safe itself is concealed from view, giving you more piece of mind knowing that your safe is hidden from plain sight.
Who Would Steal from a Church?
Who would steal from a Church? According to dozens of reports, several people have and believe it or not it is usually an inside job. Watch this video on a Priest accused of stealing money from his parish.
Home Security for Grandma
The older we get, the more items we acquire such as important documents, valuables, and family heirlooms. Many times, these items are just put under a bed, in a closet, or on a shelf somewhere. A fire can be a real threat to these items if they are not protected. Just recently my grandmother had a fire-safe installed in her home. Most of the very important documents that she was going to store in the safe were being stored in a cardboard box!
Laptop Safes and Car Safes
Laptop safes and car safes are fast becoming a necessity in the fight to protect against identity theft. Recent studies show that even though consumers are becoming more aware of how to protect themselves from online identity theft and fraud, offline theft is still the biggest source of data and personal information loss in America.
Employee Theft and Depository Safes
A news article from the University of Florida shows that employee theft tops the list of what businesses call "inventory shrinkage." Employee theft beat out shoplifting as the primary reason for business inventory losses. It goes on to state that businesses lose nearly $26 billion each year due to inventory shrinkage.
Most Valuable Substances on Earth
When it comes to valuable substances you might be surprised to know that there’s a long list above gold and even a few materials valued over diamonds in terms of its value to weight ratio. Though many of the world’s most valuable substances are gems and precious metals there are also a few unique substances in the higher echelons with medical or scientific applications or even foods. Here we’ll look at some of the world’s most valuable substances and you might even find yourself reconsidering...
Modern Safe Cracking Tools
While safes have come a long way since their inception so too have the tools that are used to break and pry them open. While once upon a time a crowbar may have been enough to crack any fancy safe in the land this isn't the case anymore.
01 - Demystifying Safe & Security Ratings - SafeandVaultStore Podcast
SafeandVaultStore is hard at work giving you the best information possible when it comes to safes and the safe industry. Dye Hawley, “Dye The Safe Guy” sat down with me to discuss the many possibilities of Safe & Security Ratings. He is an expert in his field with over 20 years of safe information experience. Take a listen and find out all the information you will need on the various rating factors of safes. This is our very first Podcast, and we welcome you. Stay tuned in the future f...