That is why, when choosing a safe for your office or home, you should first determine the purpose and level of importance of the documents that will be kept in your steel vault. And experts from the specialized company NPChP «DiK» will help us understand which safe is best to choose.
Safes are classified by various parameters. For example, there are furniture safes that are built into furniture sets for office or apartment. The furniture wall cladding masks the metal doors of the safes. And such safes can only be opened after destroying the furniture. Vaults of this type have a small weight and are quite compact.
But office safes are often in plain sight. At first glance, they are sturdy metal boxes that are not subject to any changes under the influence of extremely high or low temperatures. If a lot of space is required to store important papers used in accounting or business document flow, safes of fairly large sizes are made. Each such vault necessarily has a special compartment that is unlocked with a different key and also protected by a code. Its purpose is long-term storage of items and papers that need additional security.
When installing such a vault, it is important to determine its approximate position and the rest of the furniture in the room so that the safe takes up as little space as possible. Thus, you will have additional space at your disposal.
Also, companies can purchase special safes for security and guard services. In them, rifles and submachine guns are placed in a vertical position on special racks. The safes are equipped with isolated compartments for storing ammunition, and some types are also equipped with a compartment for storing equipment. But private individuals who have a permit to own weapons can purchase high-quality and reliable gun safes at the dik store. Here you can choose safes of any size, depending on the type and quantity of weapons you intend to store in it.
Sometimes a steel safe for storing valuables is built into a room - it can be a wall or floor. The reliability of such vaults is one of the highest. They are very difficult to dismantle and carry away because the safe was firmly connected to the wall or floor during installation. The outer panel of such a safe is protected by high-strength metal and is also equipped with combination locks.
Burglar-resistant systems are installed in built-in safes. Typically, safes of this type are made from thick steel sheets, between which high-strength concrete is poured. The concrete is additionally reinforced with rods that are not subject to deformation. And the front door is made of a heavy armored plate that is very difficult to break.
For safes of this type, special certified locks are supplied, protected from drilling. In some models, locking mechanisms are also protected with strong steel overlays.
Thanks to the use of non-flammable materials, valuables can be preserved in the safe even in a fire. Some types of devices can successfully withstand extremely high temperatures (up to +1000 degrees Celsius). And during this time, there is no heating inside the safe.
If you need to protect information on magnetic media, then you need to use safes equipped with demagnetization protection. You can store various cassettes, floppy disks, and discs there. Safes of this kind are protected from the penetration of moisture, ultraviolet rays, air, and heat. A constant temperature is maintained inside. So your information will not suffer.
Another key step in choosing a safe is checking the reliability of its lock. There are a very large number of different types produced, and they are systematized by the way the bolts are locked. Thus, locks can be either electronic or mechanical key (or a combination of both). Very often in mechanical locks, a mechanical code is used, which is selected by aligning rings and numbers. Certain types of safes with increased reliability are opened with several keys.
Now it is also popular to use safes with voice recognition or fingerprint scanners. There are also modern systems in which access to the lock occurs only after scanning the retina. It is worth noting, however, that the price of such safes is quite high.
When choosing a lock, you need to pay attention to the brand recognition and reputation of the manufacturer. The best companies try to install locks on their safes that are certified in European countries and the USA.