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 often means a better level

What Type of Safe Should You Buy

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

The worth of the safe's content is the main consideration when buying a safe. Safes are like parachutes, when you need one you don't want it to be made cheap. When protecting your money, do not go cheap. Here are our recommendations based on what you are putting into your safe.

Prefer Video?

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, and
• Secure

That last point being of particular interest. For some jewelry, insurance companies will require that it be stored in a burglary-rated safe in order to be insured. 

Jewelry safes are the solution.

To get the best jewelry safe for

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 to have a 2-horu fire rating, yet it was completely destroyed.

But then...further down the road was an AMSEC 2 hour fire rated safe. Still standing. Charred and barely recognizable from the outside, but standing.

What would the locksmith find when he opened

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:

A 30-minute fire-rated safe is sufficient to protect documents in homes under 1500 sf located

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 the safe's ability to survive a

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 testing facility.

What do

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 holes allow water to enter from the bottom
2. A seam at the bottom of the door allows water to enter
3. The safe's fireproofing material releases steam during a fire, potentially causing moisture damage

Bolt Down Holes

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 of time. Past that specified time, they

How Fire Safes Work

I’ve written articles about fire-rated safes before, What do Fire Safe Ratings Mean and How Much Fire Rating Do You Need in a Safe, to assist you in determining your needs when it comes to protecting your documents in a fire.

But HOW do fire rated safes work?

• How do they achieve these ratings?
• What keeps the interior getting hot for so long during a fire?
• What material is used to make fireproof safes?
• How does that material work?