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<p>[QUOTE="gboulton, post: 1039415, member: 27043"]I recently made a significant investment in a new safe, and learned something fairly valuable, to me at least.</p><p><br /></p><p>A VERY large majority of safes are NOT secure by any stretch of the imagination. Oddly, YouTube proved to be one of the best resources for researching safes. Just search "breaking into ________ safe" or "cracking _____ safe" for whatever brand/model number you're considering, and prepare to be frightened.</p><p><br /></p><p>You'll find numerous supposedly "high security" safes being busted open in less time than it would take YOU with the combination at hand. Indeed, some of the "lower end" models can be opened with a POTATO. (No, I'm not making that up). Even some of the better performers survived less than a minute under a direct assault.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn't meant to "scare you away" from safes by any means...just a suggestion that you do very thorough research. You have a significant investment in your coins, one that is almost certainly NOT covered by homeowner's or renter's insurance. As such, it is only sensible to make a significant, and wise, investment in protecting them.</p><p><br /></p><p>YMMV, of course <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gboulton, post: 1039415, member: 27043"]I recently made a significant investment in a new safe, and learned something fairly valuable, to me at least. A VERY large majority of safes are NOT secure by any stretch of the imagination. Oddly, YouTube proved to be one of the best resources for researching safes. Just search "breaking into ________ safe" or "cracking _____ safe" for whatever brand/model number you're considering, and prepare to be frightened. You'll find numerous supposedly "high security" safes being busted open in less time than it would take YOU with the combination at hand. Indeed, some of the "lower end" models can be opened with a POTATO. (No, I'm not making that up). Even some of the better performers survived less than a minute under a direct assault. This isn't meant to "scare you away" from safes by any means...just a suggestion that you do very thorough research. You have a significant investment in your coins, one that is almost certainly NOT covered by homeowner's or renter's insurance. As such, it is only sensible to make a significant, and wise, investment in protecting them. YMMV, of course :)[/QUOTE]
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