Best fire safe for around $500?

BBN

what is everyone's opinion as far as the best fire safe I could get in that price range?

123cents

You can buy a Honeywell 2.1 cu ft. safe for $499.99.

dlairson

I don't know if you want to use the firesafe for coins, or for other stuff but... I have a thing against keeping coins in fire safes. They line the safes with a material that is moist, for a lack of a better term, which creates high humidity, plus god know what else inside the safe (chemicals I'm sure) What I did was contact a local locksmith and asked if he had any used safes. For $300 I was able to get a safe that is at least 3 times the size of a fire safe I could by new at the same price. It's something to think about.

Cheers,
David

ricko

It is not recommended to store coins in a fireproof safe, as mentioned above. The material that makes it 'fireproof' will affect your coins and you will have AT coins I do store my coins in a regular safe (well, regular means no fireproofing)... 750 pounds empty. I keep many things in there... and a generous store of silica to keep it dry. NO toning, NO milkspots... after 25 years..... Cheers, RickO

perfectstrike

Call around to the safe dealers. They may have some superb used safes for dirt cheap prices. I sold mine when I moved and couldn't get $350 for it. Most modern safes are minimally rated for fire safety, just storage space and cost. Look for a minimum 2hr, 350 class rated safe. That's whats needed to get through the hot spot and time duration of a typical house fire.

David

BBN

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I guess a fire safe sounds like it may not be a good move. I don't want the coins looking like garbage over the years. I'd love to find something at least 70-100 pounds or more with ample space. Nice and heavy and space. What about a gun safe?

notwilight

Fire is a real danger and while safe deposit boxes are the best protection and Glock, Sig Sauer and Beretta all provide a line of security enhancement devices, it is probably a good idea to keep what coins you do have in the house protected from fire as well as theft. Not to mention important papers.

Can someone please post a fire safe toned coin? I checked snopes and didn't find anything but I'm of the opinion that the fire safe being bad for coins is an urban legend.

--Jerry

notwilight

<< <i>You can buy a Honeywell 2.1 cu ft. safe for $499.99. >>



Looks like steel and concrete. Probably a good choice.

itsnotjustme

70 - 100 pounds empty is not much. I watched a mover take a 375 pound empty safe out of a house single handed.

techeff

Yeah, make sure you can bolt it to the floor. A neighbor recently had their safe stolen, w/ coins inside...

BBN

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<a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-2-1-Cubic-Foot-Two-Hour-Fire-2190/dp/B000JCT9NI" target=blank>Looks like steel and concrete. Probably a good choice.</A> >>



Nice. Bookmarked that page.

I agree that 70-100 isn't much. That Honeywell safe looks like it could be bulkier and I'd like to bolt it into concrete too since my home is on a slab foundation.