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<p>[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 8395408, member: 116145"]I'd say that the vast majority of decent safes are relatively secure - there are two factors that I think are especially important - make it too heavy to carry away / bolt it down and have a lock that can't be defeated with a hammer or pry bar in a matter of minutes. Personally, I bought a large and very heavy fire proof filing cabinet - the type I have sells for about $1800 new but I got it used on Craigslist locally for $150. Unfortunately I overestimated what me and my son could move on our own, and I wound up paying a local moving company another $150 to put the dang thing where I wanted it in the house. I put an additional locking bar set on it because the lock didn't impress me and have it tucked away in a place where crooks wouldn't be likely to look at it, in any case, with some old office furniture. The bottom line is that if a thief who is targeting your collection and knows how to crack a digital safe or has whatever it takes to get in, it's not worth worrying about. That's why insurance is a good idea. Also, I don't really talk about my coin collection locally. There is safety in silence. (I also have a dog and a video doorbell). I joined the ANA (free) just so I could get insurance through Hugh Wood - if you don't already have insurance, they have a good reputation and are the cheapest I found, but you can shop around. Bottom line, I think your safe is probably fine. This article actually says that digital safes are harder to crack than combination safes, but be sure you don't have a digital reset button (apparently cheaper ones might have this weakness) - <a href="https://www.covesmart.com/blog/how-to-break-into-a-safe/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.covesmart.com/blog/how-to-break-into-a-safe/" rel="nofollow">https://www.covesmart.com/blog/how-to-break-into-a-safe/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 8395408, member: 116145"]I'd say that the vast majority of decent safes are relatively secure - there are two factors that I think are especially important - make it too heavy to carry away / bolt it down and have a lock that can't be defeated with a hammer or pry bar in a matter of minutes. Personally, I bought a large and very heavy fire proof filing cabinet - the type I have sells for about $1800 new but I got it used on Craigslist locally for $150. Unfortunately I overestimated what me and my son could move on our own, and I wound up paying a local moving company another $150 to put the dang thing where I wanted it in the house. I put an additional locking bar set on it because the lock didn't impress me and have it tucked away in a place where crooks wouldn't be likely to look at it, in any case, with some old office furniture. The bottom line is that if a thief who is targeting your collection and knows how to crack a digital safe or has whatever it takes to get in, it's not worth worrying about. That's why insurance is a good idea. Also, I don't really talk about my coin collection locally. There is safety in silence. (I also have a dog and a video doorbell). I joined the ANA (free) just so I could get insurance through Hugh Wood - if you don't already have insurance, they have a good reputation and are the cheapest I found, but you can shop around. Bottom line, I think your safe is probably fine. This article actually says that digital safes are harder to crack than combination safes, but be sure you don't have a digital reset button (apparently cheaper ones might have this weakness) - [URL]https://www.covesmart.com/blog/how-to-break-into-a-safe/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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