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Originally Posted by Daedalus
I find myself in the market for a safe. Not a room size mega, end of the world gunsafe nor a stick it in your pocket biometric handgun safe. Somewhere in between. Actually, I think what I need is what the marketeers call a personal or executive safe. The search has gone on via the Intranet for a week or so and my eyes are getting bloodshot. I have almost clicked the 'buy' button several times thinking my decision was made. There is always 'just one more' to consider that pops up on the screen.
This will be a handgun only safe with some jewelry and papers thrown in, but not the priority. A 24" height would be ideal as it would slip under the corner return (if that's what it's called) of my desk. Keeping small fingers off of my guns is the primary objective.
You will see by the title of this post I am not looking at high end safes. I'd like to keep the cost around $500 or less so my choices become more limited.
I had almost decided on the Mesa MBF2020 with combination lock. Issues here - they are not available until the end of March apparently because of a 'model year' change. The 2012 model will allegedly be Hammertone Gray. Sounds ugly, but not a show stopper. I then ran across a single review that said Mesa is a POS. Poor quality and finish. Too bad if true. The best price I can find is $519 from Surefire Gun Safes. Has anyone here actually owned or checked one out?
Putting that on the back shelf I then continued the search and the next finalist was the Sentry D880. It's $551 including tax and delivery from Lowe's. I'm comfortable dealing with Lowe's and am confident there would be no problem with returning it if any issues. It also has a combination lock which I prefer to electronic. This is a security safe, not a fire safe, but I'm OK with that. Do you have one or strongly considered this box?
Just this morning the Internet put three new candidates on my list. I don’t know how I missed them before, but I did. The following three appear to be out of the same factory, no doubt Chinesium, and do not appear on the manufacturer’s websites. Strange. They are the Cannon H4, Liberty LH08 and maybe the Cannon EV8. The H4 is $540 at Sam’s Club, the LH08 is $427 at Lowe’s and the EV8 taller and $679 at Costco. What do you know about these alternatives?
Sorry for the long post but my head is swimming. Inputs are very much welcomed!
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Well I have more than one safe. All fort knox
24x24x60, 26x240x70 times 2.
What you are looking at is a Chinese made safe, at best final assembly in the us. Quality will not be the best. All that being said. safes are nothing but time wasters for crooks. Any crook can get into any safe given enough time. Often the more you spend the more time you get for the frustrating the crooks. Also fire rating should be top consideration.
So it is a given that at this price point it is a chinese safe. What to look for is the UL rating and the tests involved. If it matches UL fire rating it will likely be enough to keep crooks out. As you can see i have 1 dial and two electronic locks. I prefer the electronic.
If it was my choice at that price point i would probably go canon.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...talTop|Popular
costco will deliver it to your door. What can you expect at that price point. A safe that will stop most snatch and grab thieves and about 1200 degrees for an hour. Is that worth 5-600 bucks. If you don't have a safe, yes it is in my opinion. If you are looking for a second safe, well I would save up for a US made safe.
as for all the vids out there showing people breaking into them. well yeah, as i said all you really are buying is time. The key is to balance the time you can afford with the money you are willing to spend.