Looking for a safe

[Chili Finger]

I'm looking for a good deal on a media-rated safe. Nothing very large,
enough for maybe 6 hard drives, some papers, things like that.

Are the ones at Home Depot pretty much the same as from the Safe & Lock
stores?

CFx

[myh...@mts.net]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:29 -0600, Chili Finger <Chili...@gmail.com> wrote:

-->I'm looking for a good deal on a media-rated safe. Nothing very large,
-->enough for maybe 6 hard drives, some papers, things like that.
-->
-->Are the ones at Home Depot pretty much the same as from the Safe & Lock
-->stores?
-->
-->CFx

I picked up a Sentry at costco, good sized and paid something around $180
It's rated for 1 1/2 hrs., and you could put 12 drives in it.

[That Canadian Kid]

myh...@mts.net wrote in news:ip1of5130olr1esup...@4ax.com:

I have always wondered something about that 1 1/2, is that 1 1/2 hrs before
it melts or 1 1/2 hrs before the heat itself destroys whatever inside.
Remember it doesn't take much heat to destroy a drive, just loose your fan
for a day and see what happens to your drives.

[myh...@mts.net]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:41:02 GMT, That Canadian Kid <Th...@Canadian.Kid> wrote:

-->myh...@mts.net wrote in news:ip1of5130olr1esup...@4ax.com:
-->
-->> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:29 -0600, Chili Finger
-->> <Chili...@gmail.com> wrote:
-->>
-->> -->I'm looking for a good deal on a media-rated safe. Nothing very
-->> large, -->enough for maybe 6 hard drives, some papers, things like
-->> that. -->

-->> -->Are the ones at Home Depot pretty much the same as from the Safe &

-->> Lock -->stores?
-->> -->
-->> -->CFx
-->>
-->> I picked up a Sentry at costco, good sized and paid something around
-->> $180 It's rated for 1 1/2 hrs., and you could put 12 drives in it.
-->>
-->
-->I have always wondered something about that 1 1/2, is that 1 1/2 hrs before
-->it melts or 1 1/2 hrs before the heat itself destroys whatever inside.
-->Remember it doesn't take much heat to destroy a drive, just loose your fan
-->for a day and see what happens to your drives.

Supposidly they are rated for 1700F for 60 min. and not the 90 min. I stated
earlier. The safe will keep papers from igniting and only browning of the
document. If they can't get the fire out in that time your house is a complete
loss anyway. Safest place is a safe deposit box or somewhere else off site.
Looks like they've really gone up in price, we bought it for $180 on sale (was
$249), and now it's $450+
http://www.sentrysafe.com/products/productDetail.aspx?s=240&WT.si_n=ShoppingCart&WT.si_p=CartView

[4newsgroups]

Can't remember the name, but there's a shop on the North side of Marion ,
maybe on the same block as Ken's carpets.

"Chili Finger" <Chili...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[4newsgroups]

I have a safe mounted in the freezer section of my beer fridge. It may not
be the most secure location, but it's probably the most heat/fire proof
location in our house.

"That Canadian Kid" <Th...@Canadian.Kid> wrote in message
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[Chili Finger]

Well, I must admit, the concept of a 'media safe' is new to me, though I
was looking at safes a few years ago, I wasn't much paying attention to
the fire ratings.

Plastic of discs will melt long before the papers turn brown.

So you take a normal safe and cut it's fire time in half, and figure
anything after that, your prized Share Views VHS collection is goo.

I've seen them with friggen USB ports and internal HDD, I think that is
rather silly..means you need to carry your laptop, or otherwise do the
media transfer under the basement stairs where the safe is bolted to the
floor. No thanks.

I'll look for one with a better water rating than fire... I can see my
basement floor flooding sooner than the house burning down. Or I get
one of those diver's bags, put all my shit into there, then roll it up
.. I mean.. ahem.. and place it in the safe. Tupperware works just
as well. Looking for tuppwerware containers I can place a 3.5" or 2.5"
HDD's into.

I wonder if Nygard had a good media safe ?

CFx

[That Canadian Kid]

Chili Finger <Chili...@gmail.com> wrote in

news:Hg7Lm.133$kY...@newsfe01.iad:

> Well, I must admit, the concept of a 'media safe' is new to me, though
> I was looking at safes a few years ago, I wasn't much paying attention
> to the fire ratings.
>
> Plastic of discs will melt long before the papers turn brown.
>
> So you take a normal safe and cut it's fire time in half, and figure
> anything after that, your prized Share Views VHS collection is goo.

Are you trying to be Bayomi, I mean if that is your goal in life you have
wasted many years......but then again so did Bayomi.

> I've seen them with friggen USB ports and internal HDD, I think that
> is rather silly..means you need to carry your laptop, or otherwise do
> the media transfer under the basement stairs where the safe is bolted
> to the floor. No thanks.
>
> I'll look for one with a better water rating than fire... I can see
> my basement floor flooding sooner than the house burning down. Or I

I don't know, 212 Maryland is quite the firetrap.