Safe – A Quick Guide to Home Security Safes

The most common use for a safe is to protect valuable items from damage or loss. Therefore, a safe can be defined as a secure, lockable container. Good security safes are usually made of a highly resistant material like steel and are most often shaped like a hollow cube. However, safes can vary in size from small devices concealed in a “book” or behind a special wall panel, to vaults large enough to walk into. Anyone who wishes to purchase a safe for use in his home will have many options to choose from. To make an informed decision, a buyer must decide which type of safe will fit his needs best.

The first consideration of a potential safe owner should concern the type of objects he needs to protect. Most fireproof safes are constructed with a particular purpose in mind, for example, storing money, jewelry, family heirlooms, firearms or documents. Obviously, the quality of the safe should bear some relationship to the value of the items being stored in it. It does not make economic sense to select a cheaper, more vulnerable safe to store priceless antique jewelry, or to use a high-priced model to house things less valuable than the safe itself.