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If you’re unsure what type of safe would best suit your needs, the following guide will give you a brief outline of the options. For more detailed guidance, chat to your local safe supplier and installer:

Deposit safes, or drop safes

A popular type of safe for retail companies and restaurants, employees are able to deposit cash or documents using a hopper-like door at the top of the safe, without having access to the main compartment. There is of course, a regular door on the front of the safe with a lock. 

High security safes

These safes offer the highest level of protection for commercial enterprises, and are extremely robust and secure. Including the TL and TR categories of safe, they are usually designed and constructed with a variety of barriers to prevent anyone from drilling into them, and they also have additional locking mechanisms that deploy when they detect a forced entry. 

Fire-Rated Safes

These are freestanding safes with the ability to keep their contents protected from heat and flames in the event of a fire at home or at work. Having a fire-rated safe gives you the reassurance that your precious and valuable items will be safe while you concentrate on getting family members or employees safely out of the building. Rated for a specific period of time which is tested and determined by UL (a global safety certification company), while no safe is ever entirely fire proof, you can still keep your valuables protected for longer with a fire rated safe.

Office/commercial Safes

Commonly used in the retail and restaurant sector, too, commercial safes can be either bolted securely to the floor, or left freestanding. Typically fire resistant with very high fire ratings, they are also tested by dropping them to make sure that should a burglar be able to lift it and drop it, the contents of the safe would remain secure. However, these safes are extremely heavy and difficult to lift, so the chances of this happening are slim to none.

Similar in both their design and structure to home safes, commercial safes come with electronic locks and higher security ratings than the average home safe.

Data or Media Safes

Data safes are designed and constructed to protect valuable, sensitive and important information stored on electronic devices, from high temperatures and smoke damage in the event of a fire. Digital media is only able to withstand temperatures less than 125 degrees Fahrenheit, so it’s important to take steps to protect it in such a way.

Below are some of the types of items typically stored in data safes:

• USB/Flash drives
• Hard drives
• DVDs
• CDs

In Floor Safes

Designed to be kept concealed in concrete on the ground, these safes are the ultimate in commercial protection and many businesses have them to store high value items in. The average homeowner, however, wouldn’t likely invest in one because there would be no need.

Safes are the only way to ensure that your precious and valuable items are kept truly protected from harm or theft, and are a worthwhile investment for anyone with anything worth protecting.