Opinions Needed on a Safe I found

[Mordwyn]

I found this safe on the Costco Web page: 30 CuFt Executive Fire & Burglary Vault by Cannon Safe and I'm looking for some opinions on it from owners before I shell out 1K + shipping

TIA

 

[Cacique500]

Looks pretty good - you may want to look at one of the other safe manufacturers like Liberty www.libertysafe.com and compare the specs. I've got one of the Lincoln 35 models and love it...and remember to buy the absolute biggest safe you can afford as it WILL fill up quickly!!

 

[saddenedcitizen]

Saw a similar one

at Academy Sports (30" wide insted of 36"- same height and depth)
for about $700 so ........................
You may want to look around a bit.
Merely a suggestion, based on my experience with 'electronics',
Get a combination lock insted of the electronic keypad.
Sorry, I understand mechanics and don't trust electronics !!

 

[TheOtherOne]

at Academy Sports (30" wide insted of 36"- same height and depth)
for about $700 so ........................
You may want to look around a bit.

That sounds like the Winchester Safe I bought at Sam's Club(http://www.winchestersafes.com). I'm not sure who actually makes it, but I've seen similar ones just marketed with different stickers all over the place. I've been told it's not an actual safe but to me it seems built tough enough to more than deter your average criminal.

Merely a suggestion, based on my experience with 'electronics',
Get a combination lock insted of the electronic keypad.
Sorry, I understand mechanics and don't trust electronics !!

I can't stand the dial. Pass the first number 4 times, pass the second number 3 times, etc.... sometimes I start the wrong direction and then have to do it all over again. On a bad day, it seems like it takes me twenty minutes to get the thing open.

 

[saddenedcitizen]

TheOtherOne

You could be right - could easily be the same model with a
different name.
Interesting fact learned several years ago -
only 4 companies have ever built VCR's !!! and
one of them (Sony) only built betamax machines !!!
As for dial vs keypad - to each his own - had
dial combo's in school and on a floor safe - maybe
I'm just used to 'em.
Also, someone (perhaps on this board) has stated,
correctly I believe, that these things are not safes
per se but are sold as 'household security containers'
or some such name.
In any case, I trust them a lot more than a hollow-core
closet door !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

I'm the guilty party. Not household, but Residential Security Container's, or RSC's for short. Tin cans. Believe it or not, the average criminal is getting, if not smarter, at least more experienced. It must pay pretty well, so many are into the business. So, they've learned how to peel a tin can in pretty short order.

You want 'feel good' protection, by all means buy it. But, know what you are buying. Or, suck it up & purchase a real safe. However, you'll pay for it.

Liberty, a triumph of marketing over security. Obtain a copy of their current brochure & then PM me. I use their brochure to sell safes. This, just for starters, in the current Liberty line there is no plate steel in the door. It's a sheet metal wrap on a gypsum board core. A crack-addled ignoramus should be able to peel a Liberty door in under 1/2 an hour. A sober & determined thief can get it done in considerably less time IMHO.

What do I think of Cannon, Liberty, Heritage, Winchester, et al? Not much.

900F

 

[Sunray]

There's a warning posting on http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/ about Costco safes. I didn't read it so I don't know what it says, but come on by and read it yourself. You're more than welcome.

 

[motoman]

So what is a good "safe"

I mean a real anti-burglar type, large gun safe? Who makes it and what does it cost?