Buying a safe for the rural area
Safeguard Safes has been in the Safe industry supplying safes and safe related services all over Australia, including some rural areas. Indeed, when it comes to the safeguarding of your valuables, cash and other possessions against theft, burglary and fire for both home and business, a good quality safe is your best option wherever you are located.
A lot of customers tend to focus on the pricing of the safe, getting the cheapest one they can find, or the one with a massive discount. However, based on my experience, it is best to purchase the right safe suitable for your needs rather than choosing one that is on sale without considering what level and type of protection is being offered. In some cases you may even find your ideal safe at a price very close to the sales price you had your eye on.
The first thing you should consider when selecting the perfect safe for you is what you’re planning to guard within the safe. This would give you an idea of who your safe will be up against, and hence determine the level of protection required. For example, if you have some legal documents and around $10,000 worth of cash and jewellery, then a home safe such as the Guardian Security home safe GDS1K would be the best option for you. This modern looking home safe has a cash rating of $10,000 and weight of 30kg. Being quite compact in size, it can be fitted nicely in any part of your home. On the other hand, if you have $120,000 worth of gold bullion and jewellery to protect, then it would be best for you to go with a high security cash safe such as the Falcon Treasury TS2. This formidable safe has a cash rating of approximately $150,000 and a fire resistance of 60 minutes.
This brings us to the next crucial aspect to consider. If you’re living in the rural area in Australia, a big risk factor you face is fire hazard. Therefore it is very important for your safe to have a resistance to fire if you have flammable possessions that need to be stored in the safe, such as cash, legal documents, deeds, just to name a few. Fire resistant safes are sometimes referred to as ‘fireproof’ safes. I must reiterate that the term ‘fireproof’ is incorrect. No safes on the market are considered to be totally fireproof, instead they have a fire rating indicating a set hour of fire resistance, which measures the duration of protection the safe offers to its contents at a certain temperature.
A high quality fire resistant safe will have a certification plate affixed to the inside of the door that guarantees the product has been tested to comply with the latest standards. In order to find out which fire resistant safe is right for you, you need to first determine what items you are planning to protect from the threat of fire, is it documents, data media, or any other highly sensitive and valuable items? Safes designed to protect items such as computer discs are most likely good enough to protect paper, however a fire resistant safe designed to protect only paper documents may not be good enough to protect your computer discs. Secondly, you need to know what time period of fire resistance protection you need. The most common time periods used are 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes and 120 minutes.
After you find your ideal safe for the rural area, you need to make sure you make the purchase from an accredited and licensed Supplier. If you are purchasing from an online supplier, t is critical that you know how long this Supplier has been trading in the security safes industry, and their after sale policy for safes that doesn’t arrive on time or arrive as described. Safeguard Safes has been in the security safe industry for over 35 years, supplying high quality products and 5-star services to all States in Australia, in both metropolitan and rural areas. We are always here to answer your safe related questions. Just give us a call on 1300 764 971.We also provide installation, relocation and removal services.