What Type of Safe Should You Buy

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

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