Best Buys on Home Security Safes

How secure is your home? Thieves will break in to any house if they think it is an easy target. If the house next door has an intruder alarm and you home does not have a burglar alarm - which one will the thieves target? Burglars prefer to choose the easy target, so you want to do everything possible to make your house look really secure.

Home Security Checklist:

Make sure all your exterior doors have good quality cylinder locks plus deadbolts with 3 inch screws.

Make sure windows are secure with good inside hinges.

Cut trees and shrubs that block visibility from the street or neighbors. Burglars don't want to be noticed when breaking into a home, so they are more likely to target an over-grown property.

Outdoor sensor lighting is a great deterrent to burglars. Again, the object is to eliminate hiding places for burglars.

Lock garden sheds and remove ladders that could be used to gain access to a second floor.

Make sure your home has a good intruder alarm. Burglars hate homes that are alarmed. Install a home security wall safe to protect valuables rather than have cash, jewelry and confidential documents in full view of anyone looking through a window.

Install a wall safe as an added home security measure. Putting valuables in a hidden wall safe is an effective way of slowing a burglar down, or deterring a burglar all together.

Home security safes are made of solid steel construction for the secure storage of cash and valuables in the event of a fire, flood, or burglary. A home security safe is a good way to protect jewelry, cash, precious metals, antiques, computer disks, important documents, antiques, or anything else too valuable to lose.

There are several different types of home safes for different purposes and different types of protection. Each safe, regardless of type, will come with a rating. Your insurance company will probably want to know what type of safe you have in your home.

Burglar resistant safes will have a cash rating for different levels of protection. A high cash rating safe provides more protection.

Fire resistant safes are usually rated in terms of hours. A higher rating in hours indicates the longer the safe can withstand heat from a fire.

Depending on your needs, you might purchase an under-floor safe, an in wall safe, a free standing safe, or even a gun safe. The locking systems vary with a choice of: key locks, combination locks, key & combination locks, and electronic locks.

Before buying a home security safe consider: the strength of the walls and doors, the location and method of installation, the strength and complexity of the locking mechanism, the cash rating or fire rating, and the resistance to being removed.

Major brands of home security safes include: FireKing, American Lock, Honeywell, Fire Fyter, Cannon Safes, MasterLock, Gardall Safes, Gun Vault, Schwab, and Sentry Safes.