Yet Another Reason to Buy a Safe

[John Heiter]

I have and use some of these. I knew they wouldn't stop a determined person, but I wasn't thinking they would be quite this easy to bypass.

http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/vid...lock%20security

[lynn jones]

and this sux too:

http://www.kgbsecurity.com.au/safe_bounce.html

[splashdown]

Thanks for that Lynn. A friend of mine just bought a "cheap" safe from one of those big box stores. I think he paid $200 and it's probably about a 2 ft cube. His safe probably has similar internals to the one on the link you posted. It sucks to the the bearer of bad news, but I think I'll show him the link so he can decide for himself whether he's comfortable keeping his valuables and pistol inside. I tried talking him into a better safe, but he didn't want to spend the money.

[standles]

Just go over and do a demo for him. Of course when it opens just pocket the contents and head for the door.

[taxlawmax]

Wow. Thanks for the link to the KGB site, Lynn.

I'm moving down to Miami, and I know a jeweler friend there who promised to school me on safes when I get down there. He says you can save a ton of money by getting the used one. The only problem is that you end up spending a ton of money getting the thing to your house if it's far away!

[toowide]

We had one of those safes and the solenoid went out. Cost us $184 to have it drilled. Now it is a 150 pound paper weight. This info is good to know.