Quick Review of Homak Gun Safes
A while back, I wrote an article on Homak products, mainly addressing their line of security cabinets and pistol boxes. In this post, I ...
Read MoreBest Gun Safe Superlatives Part 2: Capacity and Coolness
I'm nothing but a broke gun nut with a blog, so I don't exactly have safe manufacturers banging down my door, begging me to test their products. I'm forced to get my information the old fashioned way...reading a crap ton of message board threads to find out what other safe owners think. There are a lot of proud folks out there, both praising their safes and the guns inside them, but the sad song I continue to hear no matter where I go is, "I should have bought a bigger gun safe".
Read MoreList of UL RSC Rated Gun Safes
The majority of gun safes that you see in sporting goods stores, online shops, even on this site, aren't really 'safes' in the truest sense - at least not in the eyes of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the world's foremost testing agency in security products. They technically classify gun safes like Liberty's Presidential, Browning's Platinum Plus, and Fort Knox's Legend as RSC's (Residential Security Container).
Read MoreBest Gun Safe Superlatives Part 1: Size, Price, and Locks
You’re right if you said it’s a lockable security container where you keep your guns. However, you’re also right if you said that it’s the product of masterfulil steel craftsmanship, coupled with painstakingly detailed engineering designed to protect not only your firearms, but your jewelry, family heirlooms, and precious photo albums from nature’s elemental terrors, professional riffraff, and curious kids. Then again, I suppose the second answer isn’t universally accurate.
Read MoreThe Honeywell Safe Executive Digital Model
Honeywell is a monstrous, century old company, touting their presence in every industry from humidifiers to personal generators to commercial shredders. And while I'm happy for them and their $35 billion annual international revenue, I'm a bit more concerned with their security products. The majority of their business in the security sector deals primarily in smaller-sized, personal fire safes, intended mainly for storing valuables like documents and photos. Go in any office supply store, and you're likely to find Honeywell and Sentry dominating the safe aisles. Honeywell, however, also produces a decent little gun safe, including their Executive line
Read MoreIs it a Gun Cabinet or a Safe?
Remember in my post on gun cabinets when I said that I hated thieves because they force me to shove my guns into steel boxes instead of...
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