When looking for a large safe, we provide pre-drilled holes for mounting or dedicated mounting hardware included in the purchase. We like to ascend to the floor because it’s generally more secure and ensures the safe’s center of balance remains natural. We prefer to mount our safes to the ground rather than the wall, but both work. Mounting hardware should come with most medium and large safes. Another anti-pry feature you can look out for is safe, where the gaps between the door and safe are minimal. (Unfortunately, this makes it harder to break open a safe after a fire, too!). They make it hard for a crowbar to wedge into the safe and the door gap. But there are some features to look out for in a well-safe to help delay, prevent and deter potential thieves.Īnti-Pry Hinge Bars can be placed behind the edges around the door to deter crowbar and pry bar attacks. A skilled thief with the right tools and enough time would be able to break into most safes on the market today. Security for home residential safes is never going to be perfect. Here’s one video demonstrating a SentrySafe (we think it’s this one on Amazon) put to the fire in a controlled test: However, some claim that there is no such thing as a genuinely fireproof safe. On YouTube, for example, there are many compelling examples of UL-certified fireproof safes surviving fires. There have been mixed reviews on how well fireproof safes certified by UL stand up against fires. Underwriters Laboratory provides several certifications based upon their independent tests.

The fireproof safes come with independent underwriters’ Laboratory (UL) certifications to indicate their fireproof (or rather fire-resistant) rating. Sentry Safe offers a range of fireproof and non-fireproof safes at different price points. Their safes are among the most ubiquitous in the market and are present in many residential homes.

They rank among the top-tier brands in the safes niche, alongside Honeywell, Rhino Safes, and Barska (among a few others). SentrySafe is one of the top brands in the safe industry and is famous for its quality and security features.

SentrySafe CFW20201 vs SentrySafe CHW30220.

Sentry safes