Safe Weight Based on Burglary Rating

When it comes to safeguarding your collection or valuables, a safe is an essential investment. Safes come in various sizes and types, each designed to protect specific levels of assets from theft, fire, or both. One factor that often goes overlooked is the weight of the safe.

The weight of a safe is not just about its physical bulk; it also signifies the quality of the safe. More weight

What Type of Safe Should You Buy

What You're Putting in Your Safe Determines Which Safe You Should Purchase

Get the Best Safe for Jewelry At Any Budget

As with any fine object of art, jewelry should have a place which it can call 'home.' A jewelry safe should be:

• Easy to find,
• Easy to access,
• Easy to keep organized,

Get the Best Fireproof Home Safe

The Carr fire in Redding, CA destroyed many homes. It also destroyed many so called "fire safes."

But why? The safe shown in the picture was a fire safe that claimed

How Much Fire Rating is Needed in a Gun Safe or Document Safe?

As with any security product, the amount of fire rating you need in a safe depends on your specific needs and circumstances. Your needs are based on what you are putting into the fire safe. Your circumstances are things like how long will it take for the fire department to get to you.

Overview:

Safe Fire Ratings Explained

UL? KIS? JIS? 30 minute? 1hr? 2hr? Class A? Class B? Class C? Drop test?

What do all of these safe fire rating classes mean?

A safe's fire rating indicates how long the internal temperature of the safe will remain below the specified temperature. Factors affecting fire ratings include the certifying agency, external test temperature, duration below the specified internal temperature, and

What Are Safe Burglary Ratings?

Purchasing a safe can be a big investment, but how do you know you're getting the right safe for your needs? Safe burglary ratings can be very confusing.

Safe burglary ratings range from: none, B-rated, C-rated, E-rated, RSC I, RSC II, TL-15, and TL-30, with TLX6 being the highest commonly available rating. Only RSC I and above ratings are independently tested and verified by a third-party

Is a Gun Safe Waterproof?

For general information on waterproof safes, and what it means for a safe to have a waterproof rating, see our article, “Are Safes Waterproof.”

Gun safes are not waterproof due to their construction:

1. Bolt-down

Are Safes Waterproof? 

There are a number of reasons why you might be looking for a water-proof safe. Maybe you live in an area prone to occasional flooding. Or perhaps, in the event of a fire, you’re worried about when the firefighters try to put it out.  There are available solutions, but:

Safes are not waterproof. Safes can be ETL verified as 'water resistant' at a specified depth, for a specified period

How Fire Safes Work

I’ve written articles about fire-rated safes before, What do Fire Safe Ratings Mean and How