was thinking about getting one for my valuables.... dry crop, cash, documents etc.
anyone here got a safe that bolts down?
anyone here got a safe that bolts down?
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SO WHO HERE HAS A SAFE THAT BOLTS FROM THE INSIDE TO THE GROUND...
- Thread starter DIGITALHIPPY
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unless it weights upwards of 300 or 400+ lbs its possible to take.. and then so if they have time and a dolly...
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...=2&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1
this is the type i was looking at...
tad expensive but ive been broken into before it worth it...
im thinking the back of the closet would be a good spot.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...=2&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1
this is the type i was looking at...
tad expensive but ive been broken into before it worth it...
im thinking the back of the closet would be a good spot.
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This is what i've had for about five years it's a Sentry...i love it...i don't think they make this model any more but i just looked and the new model looks great.....i never bolted to the floor but it's heavy as shit
All safes work good for rookie thieves but if somebody really wants your stuff they are going to get it.......my buddy had a 700lb safe (he paid like $4000 for)...thing had manual combo, key pad and a key.....somebody broke into his house while he was at work and took it.....dude called the cops and reported it stolen and they found it on the street in the city a few weeks later...empty
But hell mine makes me feel better that all my stuff will be there when i get home.....good investment overall i'd say
new model-- http://www.sentrysafe.com/products/productDetail.aspx?s=231
edit...sorry that's the same one your looking at... i'd get it...definitely makes it harder for somebody to gank your shit
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ThirdEye said:
This is what i've had for about five years it's a Sentry...i love it...i don't think they make this model any more but i just looked and the new model looks great.....i never bolted to the floor but it's heavy as shit
All safes work good for rookie thieves but if somebody really wants your stuff they are going to get it.......my buddy had a 700lb safe (he paid like $4000 for)...thing had manual combo, key pad and a key.....somebody broke into his house while he was at work and took it.....dude called the cops and reported it stolen and they found it on the street in the city a few weeks later...empty
But hell mine makes me feel better that all my stuff will be there when i get home.....good investment overall i'd say
new model-- http://www.sentrysafe.com/products/productDetail.aspx?s=231
edit...sorry that's the same one your looking at... i'd get it...definitely makes it harder for somebody to gank your shit
im freakin happy to see someone with the same thing!!
i never thought about it too much as a kid working fastfood with the safe bolted down... i guess i dont have to but, why go 99% of the way and flake out on the last 2 inches... i always go overboard though. security should be just as over-the-top.
i think your buddy would have been ok if he had thrown 4 6-8 inch lag bolts into 2 of the studs under the floor. theyd have to rip the safe out of the house essentialy. it WOULD be there when he came back.
thats a terrible story though...
either way it makes u sleep safer.
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Guest
I have a gun safe and it's bolted to the concrete floor in my garage.
I couldn't even imagine living without it. I have kids and I wouldn't want them to be able to find my guns or my stash.
My safe weighs 350 lbs. and I move it by myself, so I would never think of not bolting it to the floor.
Nice thread
GCG
I couldn't even imagine living without it. I have kids and I wouldn't want them to be able to find my guns or my stash.
My safe weighs 350 lbs. and I move it by myself, so I would never think of not bolting it to the floor.
Nice thread
GCG
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Habibi
i can tell you guys this straight up sentry safes are garbage
it took me and a friend less then 2 hours to open up an old sentry safe of mine with a screwdriver and a hammer.
if your in the market for a safe look for a safe thats 2 hour fire rated and burglar proof
it took me and a friend less then 2 hours to open up an old sentry safe of mine with a screwdriver and a hammer.
if your in the market for a safe look for a safe thats 2 hour fire rated and burglar proof
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Habibi said:
If somebody has the time and the muscle they are going to get in what ever safe you have.....the whole point is they are going to either have to spend 2 or more hrs in my house trying to break into it or look really weird when my neighbors see them struggling out of my house carrying a 200+lb safe.....bottom line it makes it more difficult for a thief to get my cash and stash, if they really want it they are going to take it no matter what make and model safe you have
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TheGoodStuff
Member
I voted yes even though I don't have it anymore.
When I was younger the house we lived in came with a crazy underground safe about 2 or 3 feet in each direction (down across across).
You'd have to jackhammer it out.
Oh, and it was underneath a spare fridge.
When I was younger the house we lived in came with a crazy underground safe about 2 or 3 feet in each direction (down across across).
You'd have to jackhammer it out.
Oh, and it was underneath a spare fridge.
what do you think of it?Dr. G said:
was thinking about one like this for my data...
http://www.sentrysafe.com/products/productDetail.aspx?s=278
I used to work in the security industry and I can tell you a sentry safe is little more than a box with a lock on it. The only good thing about sentry is the fact that it is fire rated and cheap.
Fire rated only means the internal temps will stay under the charring temps of ~250-300 degrees during a fire. It will still wipe out anything valuable inside that is temp sensitive.
If you want a good safe, not too expensive but still worth a shit because its made well check out the BF series Gardall safes. If anyone ever attempts to break in the safe, or its damaged in a fire, they repair or replace it free for as long as you own the safe. Worth every penny.
ALWAYS BOLT YOUR SAFE TO THE FLOOR. 2 people can move a 1000 lbs safe pretty easily if they know how, without any special tools. It's not secure unless its bolted down.
Fire rated only means the internal temps will stay under the charring temps of ~250-300 degrees during a fire. It will still wipe out anything valuable inside that is temp sensitive.
If you want a good safe, not too expensive but still worth a shit because its made well check out the BF series Gardall safes. If anyone ever attempts to break in the safe, or its damaged in a fire, they repair or replace it free for as long as you own the safe. Worth every penny.
ALWAYS BOLT YOUR SAFE TO THE FLOOR. 2 people can move a 1000 lbs safe pretty easily if they know how, without any special tools. It's not secure unless its bolted down.
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Habibi
ill second that gardall is the way to go i couldnt think of the brand name of the safe but gardall was suggested to me by a family member who builds panic rooms so they gotta be good
Amber Trich
Active member
I've heard that cops cannot look in your safe without a seperate warrant.
Any truth to this?
Any truth to this?
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yamaha_1fan
What are you keeping in the safe?
To me safe says "hey look, I got something valuable"
I was thinking of good hiding spots for money. I have seen some slick stuff watching Sopranos and The Unit
To me safe says "hey look, I got something valuable"
I was thinking of good hiding spots for money. I have seen some slick stuff watching Sopranos and The Unit
OldMan&theWeed
Member
We don’t own a safe, because we’re not worried about theft. We own nothing of great value or firearms that would justify a safe. What we were concerned with was our kids discovering our stash of weed, pipes, and pornos.
For us the simple answer was a two drawer locking filing cabinet that serves as a nightstand. We considered buying a safe, but decided that it would be overkill to do so. Besides, nothing invites curiosity like a big safe with a combination lock. If I were a kid, it would make me want to play “Bank Robber” for sure. A filing cabinet just looks boring.
For us the simple answer was a two drawer locking filing cabinet that serves as a nightstand. We considered buying a safe, but decided that it would be overkill to do so. Besides, nothing invites curiosity like a big safe with a combination lock. If I were a kid, it would make me want to play “Bank Robber” for sure. A filing cabinet just looks boring.
I worked for the biggest locksmith in my town a few years ago and we did all the work for the police departments around us. Any time they had a bust they brought the safe into us, we put tamper proof tape across the door, and we'd call them when we had it open. Once we opened a safe full of stacks of cash and a bag full of 1g bags of what looked to be coccaine or heroin. We called the cops, told them it was open, and they came and got it. Needless to say the "tamper proof tape" wasn't really tamper proof.....
While I worked there I showed all the guys at work what my safe looked like so if for some reason the cops ever brought it in they'd know to empty out any contraband before calling the cops back over.
You'd be amazed at what locksmiths get to see...... I had to install a deadbolt on a house where a triple homicide had occured just a couple hours before. Nasty shit..... Blood everywhere.
While I worked there I showed all the guys at work what my safe looked like so if for some reason the cops ever brought it in they'd know to empty out any contraband before calling the cops back over.
You'd be amazed at what locksmiths get to see...... I had to install a deadbolt on a house where a triple homicide had occured just a couple hours before. Nasty shit..... Blood everywhere.
