Modern Safe Innovations

Buying a safe is not the simple matter it may seem at first. Most people want high security safes, whether their concerns are with foiling burglars or protecting valuables from fire or water. Safes today afford many options not previously available. The safe you buy now may no longer rely on a lock and key or a combination involving turning a dial, although many people still feel that these are the most reliable and best methods of access. With the more modern digital electronic keypad you need never remember a combination. You can have easy access to your valuables and it is a simple matter to change the combination if you think it has been compromised. Perhaps the newest innovation is the biometric fingerprint reader. This locking system requires no combination...

Differences Between a Burglary and Fire Safe

In general, there are two categories of safes: fire and burglary. Obviously, each serves a specific purpose, protection against either theft or fire. Some may provide a degree of protection in both categories. If you are going to purchase a safe, consider what you need it for and which best suits your purposes. Burglary Safes Criminals will use a variety of methods to break into safes. A burglary safe is designed to be impervious to the most common, including hand and power tools, cutting torches, chemicals and explosives. While no safe is completely burglar proof, they are engineered to deter theft, prevent burglaries by the untrained and to ultimately delay a skilled burglar’s intent. If you include intrusion alarm systems, something like a TRTL30x6 safe...

Can a Burglary Safe Save Money on Your Home Insurance?

According to some estimates, three to four homes in the country are broken into and burgled each minute of every single day. While you may not think it could ever happen to you, the insurance company knows that it’s actually a very real possibility. That’s why many providers of homeowners insurance offer discounts on monthly payments if you’ve taken steps to increase the security of your home. Depending on your provider, installing an advanced intrusion detection system, strong locks and high security safes can lower premiums by as much as 20 percent. Keeping precious mementos and valuables in a jewelry safe was once common practice, but many people in modern homes simply rely on their walls and doors to keep thieves out. Unfortunately, even...