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Burglar Rating Overview
When it comes to home and commercial safes there are a lot of different classifications and security ratings to help give you a better idea of exactly what you’re getting. However, sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming trying to understand all of the different acronyms and abbreviations. Here we’ll take a look at some of the most common security ratings and exactly what they mean.
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...
Jewelry Maintenance
Jewelry is an ever popular candidate for secure storage but too often is left forgotten without proper maintenance. While the bulk of its value will be maintained over time there are a few important facets worth noting that can help keep your jewelry in its optimal condition.
Safe Overview: Sun Welding H48 Home Gun Safe
The Sun Welding H48 Home Gun Safe is a uniquely inexpensive full-size fire-rated rifle safe. Despite its low price at a bit over $900, this safe makes no concessions to build quality or materials and even comes with a full lifetime warranty.
Proper Storage Techniques for Firearms
Storing your firearms in a safe is both a matter of safety as well as security so it is important to stay on point, be informed, and adhere to the proper guidelines.
Additional Security for Combination Locks
Combination locks are about as old as safes themselves and have been a staple of security for centuries. The first known combination lock was found in a Roman tomb though more reliable historical examples are attributed to a manual published by Muslim engineer Al-Jazari in 1206.
Fire Classification and Safe Security
Here we’ll look at some of the basic characteristics for different fire classifications and how it may impact your choice of fire resistant safe.
Home Safe Cash Ratings
One often overlooked bonus of owning a home safe is the insurance perks that can come with it. It’s common for many home insurance policies to cover small amounts of cash stashed at home but this number increases greatly when you keep your assets in an insured safe.
Vault Doors
Let’s be honest here. Everybody wants a vault. Owning a custom home vault is the dream of pretty much everybody interested in home security and safes and for good reason. When it comes to space and security there’s nothing that can beat a well-built vault.
What Makes a Good Padlock?
Owning a decent padlock might just be one of the best investments you make. There’s a ton of great applications for a good padlock and if you shop smartly you can cut out some of the inherent weaknesses found in cheaper models. There’s even times when you’ll find yourself having to secure thousands of dollars of good behind a padlock (i.e. storage containers or a nice bicycle) so it might just be a good idea to do some research and get the most out of your money. So, here we’ll look at just w...
Home Security: Wired vs. Wireless
While the general assumption these days is that wires are messy and complicated relics of a bygone era there may still be some perks for wired systems when it comes to home security. There is a bit of a divide in the home security sector as to which is better: wired or wireless?
Locking Mailboxes
Stealing mail is quickly becoming a popular past time for thieves everywhere. It’s a relatively risk free way for them to get access to your personal information that could potentially lead to identity theft. Fortunately locking mailboxes are a widely available and very effective method for combating mail theft. Here we’ll look at some of the basic regulations for locking mailboxes to make sure you won’t be making life more difficult for your mailman.
Polyethylene Floor Safes
Recent developments by Hayman Safes have put an interesting polyethylene (plastic) floor safe on the market that seems to be shaking up the status quo. The big question is: how secure are these safes?
Used Safe Buying Guide
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.
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.
Home Invasions - What To Do
Roughly 20% of American households suffer a home property crime each year. Unfortunately for the unlucky few, some of these home invasions occur while the home is occupied. If this happened to you would you know what to do? Are you prepared to defend your home and family if someone discovers you are home and becomes violent? Don’t live your life in panic, and if guns aren’t your thing there are several options available to you.
Budget Safes
While there’s a lot of clamor around the top of the line cutting edge safes the truth is that these are not for everybody. Most of the time even a low level of resistance is enough to deter all but the professional criminals. For most people, a budget safe will offer enough security without having to break the bank just to store some basic valuables.
Combating Humidity
No matter where you live there’s bound to be some humidity inside your safe that has the potential to ruin your valuables if left unchecked.
Safe Camouflage Ideas
While, of course, owning a safe will innately protect your valuables; a lot of people often forget that the best defense is usually a multi-tiered security plan. One way to protect your things is to hide them.
Shipping & Receiving A SafeSafeandVaultStore Podcast- 02
Join Dominic Schwebs with SafeandVaultStore.com and guest Erik Weispfenning with TLM/Bedrock Logistics as we talk about how to handle all types of shipping & receiving issues.
The Mystery Behind Safe Cracking
If you have ever come across a safe or vault and wondered what’s inside then you are like many others in being intrigued by the mystery behind cracking safes. Coming across an antique safe and cracking it to find “buried treasure” so to speak has spawned a niche within an industry, safe cracking. Ask any safecracker and they will tell you it is an art form and they live for the sound of the “clink” of a successfully cracked safe.
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...
Top 14 Most Secure Storage Vaults In The World
Governments and private companies go to great lengths to safeguard their assets and treasures. People have a great fascination with impenetrable places that hold the mystery of what is stored and how secure they are.
Why a fireproof safe is a good idea
Most people assume that in order for their valuables to be safe they must be kept in a bank safety deposit box. After all banks go to great measures to keep all the burglars out, right? They have secure concrete bunkers they transform into vaults with tightly controlled access and vault doors that no one in the world would ever dream of breaking into. Plus they have very tightly controlled security alarms that will have the authorities there in minutes. All of this sounds like pretty convinci...