multiple small safes vs. one big one
So... It is time that I buy a safe. Space and placing may be an issue, and a few of the things I plan on locking up I don't need quick/ready access to. Should I go for multiple small safes, in different locations, or make a spot for one big one?
At the moment, I have 7 long guns and a couple of handguns, but I'm planning on buying at least 3 more long guns and 2 more pistols in the next year or two.
Wife wants the safe behind the door to our walk in closet in our bedroom - long space, but not wide. Don't think I can put one 14 gun safe there, since it would be wider and stick out into the closet space and keep the door from opening completely. However, a 5 gun safe would fit nicely, as would a few of them next to each other, or in different parts of the house (I could fit a 5 gun one in the closet the water heater is in easily, etc). Also going to be getting a small bedside pistol safe to anchor down for a quick access gun.
Thoughts?
At the moment, I have 7 long guns and a couple of handguns, but I'm planning on buying at least 3 more long guns and 2 more pistols in the next year or two.
Wife wants the safe behind the door to our walk in closet in our bedroom - long space, but not wide. Don't think I can put one 14 gun safe there, since it would be wider and stick out into the closet space and keep the door from opening completely. However, a 5 gun safe would fit nicely, as would a few of them next to each other, or in different parts of the house (I could fit a 5 gun one in the closet the water heater is in easily, etc). Also going to be getting a small bedside pistol safe to anchor down for a quick access gun.
Thoughts?
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I like/have a single big one in the most remote part of the house (farthest from an entry), and a portable one (DAC Sportsafe) that goes with me, mounts on permanent mountplates in all my cars, one in the bedroom, one near the kitchen (for the wife when I am gone), and so on.
Small safes are easy to free up, and to work on at leisure. Big ones are hard to move when loaded up, and especially when bolted to the foundation and/or the concrete floor, and when wired for heat and alarm, as is mine. I also have a game-cam that views the safe from a nearly indetectable position.0 -
They both have their advantages and disadvantages. If you are lacking space you may need to go with small safes, but you can still buy good ones. They will be easier for you to instal by yourself and move if you do. Large safes can be more secure since they are bigger and heavier. Being bigger and heavier means that you will have a harder time installing it and may not be able to put it where you want it.
What ever you do buy one twice the size you think you will need. I use to have 3 medium sized safes. I now have a 15' x13' room that this spring seemed huge, but I am out of room. Do you think I may have a problem.................[:D]0 -
Thanks for the replies... and no, I think a full 12x13 room is good... However, you are probably loosing some storage space some how, maybe a good rearranging could get ya a few more in there...
Would another option be to convert a hallway linen closet? IIRC I've seen garage door type doors made of metal that go into tracks to convert a walk in closet...
My go-to is to wait a few more months until I enclose a back porch into an office for me, then I would be able to plan the safe into the room (with the large fishtank as well) and go with a larger one...0 -
Economy dictates a large safe.
The small ones are $350-$600 each, and adding a medium-sized rifle safe at anywhere from $800-2,000 will be more than a single large, heavy, secure box.
I'm curious as to how secure a box that can be moved about like a CB radio can be; seems only a screwdriver would get someone a new gun.
And a used box.0 -
I prefer very large and very heavy bolted into the concrete floor, and bolted into steel plates embedded into the wall.
One that would just take way to long to deal with, make way to much noise and be very complicated to get loose, and take way to many people to pack off with in a short or long period of time without someone else like a neighbor noticing.
How does a robber know that whats inside would even be worth the risk of messing with it.
Ive heard storys of people spending lots of money to have big old safes opened, only to find them empty.0
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