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Hidden in plain view - hide your items where they can be seen

Thursday, 27 August 2009

There are many different types of security safes available to ensure your valuables are protected and stored out of sight. But another solution is a diversion safe. This type of safe is disguised as an everyday object, such as a wall socket, paint can, soup can, cleaning fluid bottle or other. As you can imagine, these safes are a variety of different sizes to authentic next to the genuine objects that they imitate. Also, many types are weighted correctly.
 

Diversion Safes are a ingenious portable safe solution. They are not needed to be maintained, are inexpensive and there is no fitting or upheaval finding a place for them. The majority of Diversion Safes are sealed with a screw base as the main security feature is the fact they are hidden and not suspected as anything valuable.

 
Diversion safes can be a great solution for very small high value items such as jewelery or papers. For a simple, security solution they are well worth a look.
 
The downside with diversion safes is if they are found. Once they are discovered they are simply screw top devices and your valuables are accessed within seconds.
 
There are more comprehensive solutions when you get to a more conventional type of safe. The security is based upon locking mechanisms, there are hand, biometric, key code and key locking mechanisms available and these vary in security levels and price.

In addition to this, items stored in conventional or diversion safes are still susceptible to fire with these units so do consider, and be aware of this before purchase. If you feel that a higher level of security or security with added fire protection is needed you will have to look at a more substantial safe solution. Fire Safes will achieve this but will need professional fitting.

A wall safe might be a better bet if you're short on space

Monday, 24 August 2009

When people think of deposit safes in the home or workplace they very often immediately bring to mind the idea of a huge steel box sitting in the corner of a room with a dial that only a talented detective with a stethoscope could possibly break in to.
 
They're usually brown in colour and pretty unattractive so hiding one next to the television is generally a no-no. It's pretty unlikely you'd be able to get one to fit in with the decor either, so taking along a piece of carpet or curtain to your local safe shop is unlikely to do you any good.
 
Luckily, there's another option and it can actually mean you have a more secure option. It's the wall-safe and although they require a little work, they can offer an extremely useful place to store your valuables.
 
A wall safe, as if you didn't already realise, is essentially a safe that is inserted into a wall. It obviously needs to be installed professionally to ensure it's secure and can't simply be ripped out the wall, but if done properly you have not only an extremely secure place to put things, it's also hidden.
 

Although safes are by their very nature, safe, why not take away any temptation the thief may have by simply hiding the safe itself. If the thief has got enough time, they may be tempted to try to break in or force a safe door. If they can't even find it then they will never even attempt it.

 
Obviously there are some downfalls to this approach as wall safes do have limitations. For example, they are very often much smaller than normal safes, walls just aren't as big as they used to be, but if you're just storing jewelery or money, this shouldn't be a problem.

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