It is difficult to point out one of the best home safes in particular because each category of home safe has its own best performer. By categories I mean small safes, gun safes, fireproof safes, waterproof safes, etc.
I have a friend that lives in a family orientated affluent area in one of the warmer states of the US. She has been living there for nearly ten years and has raised all three of her children there.
In those ten years there has never once been a burglary on any of the houses on her street. In fact, the whole neighborhood has been crime free for as long as she can remember.
Then, suddenly things started to change. One by one, and in no particular order, houses were being broken into. All along her street week after week one or two houses would be victims of these burglaries. The police believe the neighborhood has been targeted by small gangs of youths who burglarize homes while the owners are out or at work.
Do you think any of these people could have benefited from owning one or even two of the best home safes available? Of course they would. In one community meeting all the victims came together and presented lists of all the positions they had lost in this recent wave of theft. Of all the possessions lost there wasn’t anything stolen that was any bigger than a laptop. There was one car that was stolen but this would not have happened if the owner had been more careful. The car was parked outside but its keys were left out in the open in the house and obviously just grabbed in an instant.
Some owners had their important documents stolen. Nine times out of ten these documents would be kept in folders and then put away in a drawer somewhere. Unprotected and vulnerable to theft and fire. Other victims also had things stolen that could easily have been put away somewhere more secure. Some of the items included jewelry, cameras, laptops, loose cash, iPhones and other small items.
One of the victims even had his handguns stolen. The surprising thing about this is that he didn’t have a gun safe to store them in. These guns were just sitting in a drawer of a bedside table. What would happen if the burglars had found the guns while the owner was still in his home?
Stories like these are becoming more and more common in all states of the US. It doesn’t matter if you live in a quiet affluent area; your neighborhood can still be targeted by thieves.
Fireproofing and Waterproofing
So the question still remains, in cases like this what would be the best home safes? This all depends on what your needs are. These days many people just opt for the bigger high-end fireproof safes because these tend to have quite a few special features.
Home safes such as the highly rated First Alert 2096DF, First Alert 2092DF and First Alert 2087DF are considered to be three of the best models available for securing valuables in the home. They are fireproof, waterproof, have some very useful features and come in three different sizes.
Important Paper Documents
For those people who have a lot of important paperwork lying around the home then the best thing they can do is invest in a small safe that specializes in protecting very delicate items such as files and folders.
In this case the SentrySafe H3300, SentrySafe H2300 and First Alert 2037F could be considered the best home safes. All three are fireproofed and are the perfect size and shape for storing hanging files, folders and all manner of paper documents.
Gun Storage
Lastly, there are the gun owners. Typical owners may have their guns for collecting, target practice, hunting or self defense. In the case above, the victim would have saved himself a lot of bother if he had invested in a small gun safe for his defense needs. There are many of these on the market but for something under $300 you could have yourself a secure place to store your handgun.
Examples of the most popular and high rated gun safes in that price range would be the Barska Biometric Safe, Gunvault GVB1000 and LockSAF PBS-001. These are just three of the tough gun safes available that are built for fast access to your gun. This means they are some of the best home safes for those looking for a self defense gun safe.
For those of you who are gun collectors or who fit the category of hunting then chances are you will probably have quite a few long guns that need storing away. You can go for the cheaper gun cabinets but they are not the toughest of builds. In this case your best bet would be to purchase a proper long gun safe. They are tougher, heavier, have more interior spacing and tend to also be fireproofed although that does depend on the price. Examples of popular long gun safes would be the SentrySafe G1459E, Homak HS30003630, Stack-On GS-8.
Regardless of how many security cameras or alarms you have connected to your home the truth is that burglaries still go on regardless. If a thief wants to get into your home then chances are that they will find a way. So we need to be more careful with our valuables within our home.
Trying to deter burglars from getting into your home is not good enough anymore. Make a list of your small and valuable possessions. What needs to be secured from fire and theft? Once you have your list you should now be able to roughly determine, out of all the various types of safes available, what would be the best home safe for you.
