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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 7945259, member: 103207&quot;]The most important thing to remember when buying a safe is how much it weighs.&nbsp; If one person can pick it up and walk away with it don&#039;t buy it.&nbsp; What you want is a safe that would require a few people to move it.&nbsp; ideally, any safe under 300 lbs can easily be stolen.&nbsp; Don&#039;t waste your money on a cheap light weigh safe.&nbsp;&nbsp; All it requires is a hand truck and two guys and it&#039;s gone.&nbsp; Many of the better safes come with a way to bolt it to the floor.&nbsp; If your safe can be bolted to the floor do it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Second thing to look at is the fire rating.&nbsp; Fire rating is important because of what you have in the safe.&nbsp; As for a fire rating you need to consider where you plan on putting the safe.&nbsp; If you live in a ranch style home the chance of your safe being exposed to an intense fire for a long period of time isn&#039;t very high.&nbsp; If your house burns down your safe should end up in your basement and the contents should be ok.&nbsp; If you live on the 4th floor in an apartment building and the building burns down your safe could be exposed to high heat for a long time which means the temperature inside the safe could get very high.&nbsp; If your coins are in slabs the slabs can melt.&nbsp; Personally, if you live in a apartment building get a safe deposit box and put your valuable coins in it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to remember is most people that break into a home are looking for drug money.&nbsp; They won&#039;t stay in your house any longer than they have too.&nbsp; Generally, less than 30 minutes.&nbsp; Also what they want is either money they can use to buy drugs or items they can easily sell and get money.&nbsp; Generally, they have no idea what your coins are worth all they know is they can get money for them or just spend them.&nbsp; They will take anything they can quickly sell.&nbsp; If your safe is to heavy to take they won&#039;t bother.&nbsp; Remember if they can&#039;t pick it up and run with it they won&#039;t touch it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard stories where a safe was stolen only to find it not far from a house because it was to heavy to steal.&nbsp; A safe with a weight over over 300 lbs won&#039;t get taken by your average thief.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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