Stack on Safes
There are many types of stack on safes to choose from and one can almost always find the best gun safe to provide protection for your valuables and guns. Are stack on safe products really safe and will they offer the security you need?
Before you go out and buy any old safe, it’s important that you first consider the reasons and the purpose for the safe. It’s also important that you visit the professionals and talk directly with specialists gun safe producers on the topic.
Security is of utmost importance. Investment in a good safe might be as important as the investment in your own home.
You see, gun safes are not all designed for 100 percent protection from theft, fire or water damage. Just because a safe is for sale, doesn’t mean that it will provide the necessary functions for keeping your valuables protected.
Here’s why.
If you need a stack on gun cabinet that is small, and can fit under a bed or in a cupboard, then it’s most likely that you need that safe to keep your kids away from the guns more than you do need to keep a thief out of there. Small stack on safes are ideal for this reason. They are not made of very strong material and a well prepared thief will be able to force it open in under 30 seconds. But your kids won’t!
With that being said, if you bolt the safe to the wall or the floor with a few washers and screws then a thief in a hurry will not be able to access whatever is inside there. Basically it will be more of a deterrent than an actual means to keep anything and everyone out.
Only one hand gun and maybe some ammunition would be able to fit in these smaller sized strong box safes.
If you are concerned about fire damage then take a look at the stack on elite fire resistant gun safe. Stack-on Company maintains that the safe will be able to withstand heat up to 1400 degree F on the outside and up to 350 degrees F on the inside for up to 30 minutes. Usually these types of safes do not have any sort of flammable internal padding.
Good safes are really expensive and the higher price range go for more than $1000 dollars. You will get what you pay for and your firearms will be very secure in this type of safe that is built with solid steel and has drill resistant hardened steel plate positioned behind the lock for even greater security.
If you do not need a fireproof safe but still need a rock solid gun safe then take a look at the Gun Safes Range made by Stack-on Company. These safes can easily be bolted to a wall or floor or both and have great fully carpeted interiors and foam padded carpet bottom to keep your firearms from being scratched. They are known to provide top class security, but are not fire or water resistant.
Now, about the lock mechanism.
Stack on safes come with one of three locking options. They are
1. The lock and key lock
2. The Combination lock
3. The Electric lock
Ratings and reviews vary with each of these types of locks and it seems to boil down to the fact of what type of locking system will work best for you.
If you are the type of person who is responsible enough to hide keys in a place that no one will find, but that you can easily access then a lock and key is a great option. However, if you need to get into the safe quickly, the lock and key mechanism is somewhat limiting since you have to first find the keys and then unlock it.
This is what makes a combination or electric lock that much quicker. With the combination you just have to be able to remember your combination otherwise you could get locked out of your own safe.
Electric locks are usually combination style locks and they are great for quick and easy access. For someone who wants to keep a pistol in their night stand for easy access, at the same time as keeping the kids out of there, it’s a really great option. All you have to do is to make sure the batteries are regularly changed. Some people find that the batteries die far too quickly and don’t like the hassle of having to constantly change them.
Most of the electric locking safes come with a safety key which overrides the electric lock. This is great for when your batteries do fail or when you are tired of using the electric lock!
There are also many functions that different models have and what you choose all depends on your needs. Stack on even produces safes for laptops stored in the trunk of your car.
The best way to really keep a thief out of your safe, guns and valuables is to hide your gun cabinet, big or small, in a place that no one would ever think of.
The next best recommendation is to properly secure the safe onto the floor or wall so that moving it just won’t be an option.
Don’t be in a rush to buy any old safe that is just cheap because you might regret the results of theft or curious hands getting in there later down the line. Better safe than sorry – even if it costs that little bit extra.
Below is a video about the difference between cheap gun safes and the more expensive and quality safes. A great education… and really shocking too.