Most individuals purchase a safe for the peace of mind that accompanies a high security storage container. With advances in technology, companies have engineered safes to function for an assortment of purposes.
From jewellery safes to laptop and fireproof cabinets, there’s one out there to fit nearly every need and budget.
Keep Family Heirlooms Safe with a Jewellery Safe
There’s no better place to keep family heirlooms and valuable jewellery than in a specially designed jewellery safe. Safe Options provides a complete range of industrial, commercial and domestic protection tools, including home jewellery safes that run anywhere from £55.00 to £199.00. The
Sentry X055 Electronic Security Safe, for example, is perfect for jewellery, passports, and smaller electronics because of its compact size and digital electronic lock. Its insurer’s rating is up to £1,000 cash and £10,000 for valuables. If you don’t think this first tier Bronze rated safe will suffice, you may want to explore the safes on the higher end of the price spectrum.
Secure Information Stored on a Laptop
Laptop safes are wider than average home and office safes in order to fit most laptop computers. Sentry makes a few electronic safes which are portable, but typically base fixed (or rear fixed) are more secure. Hotels and lodging suppliers will usually purchase these types of safes because of their programmable user codes, solid bitted key lock for emergency opening, and extra wide capacity. Medical laboratories may also have a far reaching need for laptop safes since much of their data is stored electronically or on other digital media devices.
Fire Resistance is Worth the Investment
If your business is stationed at home or you’re like many individuals and want to safeguard your important and legal documents (passport, marriage certificate, bank statements) seriously consider getting a safe equipped to protect paper documents from fire and flooding. Based on laboratory testing and expert certifications, the
Phoenix Citadel SS1191K Security Safe Key lock, distributed by Safe Options, will protect paper documents for 30 minutes. In addition to that it is AIS approved, and prestigiously European EN 14450 S2 rated. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s already prepared for fixing to wood, concrete or asphalt floors. Be aware that on average, fire resistant safes are not designed to store data and media contents (CDs, DVDs, cassettes, hard drives, USB drives, etc.) due to their lower heat tolerance compared to paper documents. At 350 degrees, most paper documents will begin to burn in a fire resistant safe, so as an additional warning double check that the safe has been tested to this temperature.
Concealed for Maximum Security
Underfloor safes are quite popular for their unnoticeable and discreet disguise. Concreted underground or tucked between floorboards, these underground safes are suitable for jewellery and small amounts of cash. The
Burton Watchman 9 Underfloor Safe has an insurance cash rating up to £6000 and £60,000 in valuables. Keep in mind, however, that with underfloor safes the concrete must be reinforced using weld-mesh or a pre-made reinforcement kit.
The biggest lesson to take away from this is that all safes are not created equal. Just as prices fluctuate, so do levels of protection and security. When it comes to important documents and valuables, it’s not worth it to jeopardise their safety. The foremost way to determine which safe is adequate for your needs is to evaluate the certification, Robert’s Ratings, as well as level of fire or water resistance.
