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About safes
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What was a safe?
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What types of safes are there?
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What should you pay attention to when buying a safe?
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FAQs: The most common questions about safes
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Conclusion: How to buy the suitable safe
What was a safe?
A safe is a secured armored cabinet that ensures the safe storage of money, valuables and sensitive documents. The aim is to protect the content from access by third parties as much as possible until the third party releases the attempted burglary without success. Furthermore, safes offer protection against natural external influences that could damage your property, for example, through a fire in your home or a pipe break. The Conrad Online Shop offers a wide range of safes that provide a wide range of solutions for securing valuable valuable items as well as sensitive data and documents.
What types of safes are there?
Data storage safe
Documents and sensitive digital data can be found in every household as well as in every company. A data protection safe reduces the risk of storing analogueue and digital data media, as it protects them from heat, dust and moisture. Safe storage of sensitive documents is particularly relevant for law firms, medical practices or hospitals.
Burglar-proof safe
An intruder protection safe has the classic burglary protection as an order. The security of the content is defined according to uniform security levels. The external appearance is irrelevant for the protection value. The insurance of the contents depends on the respective protection value of the safe. The lowest official intrusion protection is security level 0, the maximum value is 6. The higher the protection against burglary, the more time it takes to work for a burglar and therefore the greater the probability that your data will be spared from unauthorized access.
Other
The Conrad online shop offers many other options for protecting your valuables. From the creative and inconspicuous can safe over the decorative stone with secret compartment. The camouflage is the trump of this type of safe. Attention: If the safe was recognized as such, it unfortunately offers hardly any protection for the contents.
Key safe and key box
The storage of keys in workshops, driving companies or
also in the private household is always a challenge. Anyone
who wants to regulate and control access to keys and thus also to vehicles, documents or premises should
use a key box or a key safe.
Fire-proof safe
Similar to the data protection safe, the fire protection safe serves the purpose of shielding its contents from external influences, in this case heat, soot and fire. For this purpose, it has a heat resistance defined according to quality class S 60 to quality class S 120. In case of a house fire that heats the ambient temperature to over 100 degrees, effective heat protection is extremely important. Because digital data carriers can already show irreparable damage at 50 degrees, which makes it impossible to use them again.
What should you pay attention to when buying a safe?
The purchase of a safe should be well considered. What are the things you want to protect against "who or was"? The protected content should be in relation to the planned security protection. Not only the size of the safe is decisive, but it is also important to ensure an appropriate level of security. A small safe with a hohem value is better suited for digital data carriers than a large safe with a low protection value, and can also be hidden even better. There is also the question of where the safe should be set up. A wall safe provides protection from all sides, but is more expensive to install than a floor-standing safe. When choosing the lock, the question arises as to who can have access to the content. An electronic or mechanical numerical code is particularly suitable if several and possibly changing persons are to have access to the safe. Especially electronic codes can be easily changed and thus offer the possibility to adapt access authorizations accordingly. A key is especially suitable for private use, where the safe is only used by a limited number of people.
FAQs: The most common questions about safes
Which vault is the safest?
The European standards EN 1143-1 and EN 14450 regulate the safe security levels of intrusion protection. The higher the security level, the more massive the walls of the safe and the better the protection against burglary. According to this classification, the Class 6 armoured safe is considered by VdS as the safest safe. For private use, however, the basic protection against burglary is sufficient for class 0 and 1 vds safes. These are covered by insurance up to 65,000 euros. In addition, safes with code systems are generally considered to be more secure than models with key systems.
What was cash risk?
The cash risk indicates the amount of cash that insurance would insure overnight. This value varies from insurance to insurance and also depends on the location, wall thickness and lock type. In general, the higher the risk of cash, the safer the safe. Experts, however, advise that larger amounts of cash should be stored in a bank locker.
What was happening if ich forget the code?
Before you pick up the tool and try to crack the safe, it is best to check the safe's operating instructions again. Many manufacturers install a master code, which is issued with the serial number and proof that you are the legitimate owner of the safe. If this is not the case, only a safe emergency opening with a special key service will help.
Conclusion: How to buy the suitable safe
Finding the right safe is particularly easy with the large selection that Conrad offers. Small and large secret hiding places, fire protection, data protection or burglary protection offers different solutions for the protection of your valuables as well as data. It is crucial to identify before purchasing the property of the valuables to be protected and the possible dangers in order to select the safe value accordingly. Especially when it comes to documents and files, not only the burglary protection but also a possible fire protection should be considered. If you take these factors into account, there is nothing in the way of purchasing a suitable safe.