You mentioned MANY times that you did not want us to see your code or key, yet you basically ripped the cabinet apart and showed everyone on the internet the blueprints exactly where to drill using a $20 drill from Lowes. Great job.
Think a little bit before you buy a safe. What do you really want/need it for? A safe like this is meant to protect your contents against: fire for whatever it is rated, children/teenagers from getting to your firearms and against the smash, grab and go petty thieves. Anyone bringing tools with them to "crack" a safe are going to get into almost any safe (except ones costing 5 times more) within the same small window of time. As you say, don't put anything extremely costly things into these. These are basic security/privacy cabinets that will be fine against 99% of the population.....once you address the reset button (cover it) and the key access hole....no answer there. Also, place the safe in a corner that limits pry leverage to the non-hinged side. I just bought a Fortress (Heritage made) 24 gun, fire resistant, mechanical combination lock safe at Lowe's for $328 + tax. I know it isn't a Fort Knox but it will provide the level of protection I want.
Oh yea not to mention not everyone can afford a 4000 dollar fucking safe so we buy whats in our means. If your safe gets broken into and they get away you did something wrong to the rest of your setup to allow that to happen.
I was going to say that I wouldn’t really worry About it no crackhead is going to break into your house with a drill gun they’re just gonna smash and grab they gonna sit there and mess with that safe only person that’s gonna get an essay for somebody that You’re exactly right
I think of my safe as more a deterrent than an actual safe. I've got wifi cameras all over my house. You can install cameras all over your house for 100 bucks these days. One camera points right at my safe. As long as it keeps my stuff locked up long enough for me or the cops to get to my house I'm happy.
Exactly 🤣 This guy is whacked Dumb video Who in there right mind would sit inside a business or a private home and take the time to start drilling🤣 And i though i read somewhere that the keypad hole is case hardened so not so easy to drill🤣 plus mine's hidden in the home so 1st you have to find it Then its bolted down And it weighs over 500 pounds 🙂 And like you said we have cameras linked to our phones good luck 🤣 very Happy with mine 👍
Have you ever had that happen before? I have literally had a vacuum stolen and it IS unnerving, like why tf would anyone take my vacuum?! It still perplexes me to this day, and I still do not know who stole it.
@@wowwoahweewah5721 My first few houses, I bought fixer uppers. The last home I bought that I renovated was a duplex. I did a lot of renovations to it. I bought a new house and finished some odds and ends there as I advertised to rent it. While it was vacant, someone broke in and stold all my tools and personal property that I didn't move. They ripped all the new copper plumbing out of the basement and even stole the water meter which flooded the basement. Then they tried breaking in again and again for the copper plumbing in the wall. The copper plumbing I put in piece by peice. That experience led me to be a freak about home security.
With posting this video you just told the kid down the street how to get into it. I ordered the 60x40 and will beef it up accordingly. I guess it doesn't matter because all they have to do is go to you tube and watch other vids. BTW I bought a Cannon from Costco 3 years ago and is basically the same construction. Thin walls and doors. The people that bought that house paid a lot for me to leave the safe there. After walkthrough I showed them the upgrades I made to the safe and they were very happy. If you think about how to mount it so it is harder to pry open and up against the sidewall (not the hinge side) and bolt the he** out of it you will be better off. Don't just bolt it down bolt it to the side and back walls. Also buy an upgrade for bolting it down, even if you have to re-drill the holes in the bottom. If you still want more security take the pre hung interior closet door down and put a exterior metal door in its place with longer screws all the way around. They make these to go with most door patterns to match the rest of your interior doors. Mount it so it opens out (away from the safe) then put a dead bolt w/o a door knob. I other words you need to grab the key to pull the door open. That will slow them down as well. You may have to get one that swings the opposite way of the safe door for good access. You can take the hinges off and have them welded so you can't just drive them out, just don't loose your key. You are not going to keep a good thief out but the harder it is to get into the better chance they will leave before opening it. Just beware they may come back. If you are an NRA member they give members some free gun insurance. Not a lot but it is better than nothing.
My Sports Afield safe has a brass cap over the reset button so that has taken care of that security issue. It was cheap($350) for the 18 gun safe so I wasn't expecting a whole lot. It's actually really nice for the money and probably the best of the cheaper saves. Comes with nice carpeted shelves, a nice organizer on the door and a bolt down kit.
I had a few items that was overflow from my cannon safe, for the price I didn't expect much more. Thanks for the information I will put the cheaper items in this one.
The better question is if he had such a safe why does he no longer have it? You take your safes with you not leave them behind. If you do then charge the cost of safe to the home being sold. Then buy another safe.
Where to start... 1) "As you know, I am a realtor." Why would we know this? We're watching reviews on gun safes. 2) You bought it from Costco. They are a box store who has a certain price point to meet. A target price means a target quality item. EVERYONE knows this. 3) The fact that you've owned a Liberty and a Fort Knox doesn't make you a subject-matter-expert on safes. If it did, you would have known what to look for in gun safes. Mentioning the fact that you've owned other brands is akin to you expecting a Ford Escort to perform at a certain level because you once owned a Chevy vehicle or once owned a Dodge vehicle. Every model serves a certain purpose. 4) How did you NOT know the specs and particulars of this model? A quick search tells me that the 6033 has a 40 minute fire rating (meaning that the drywall sheeting and other fire protection isn't going to be that good); the walls are 14 gauge, thus only 0.0747"; and that the weight of the safe is only 450 lbs (another indication of lightweight materials used). 5) When a safe manufacturer advertises that their product holds 33 guns, they mean small, low profile, NON-SCOPED guns. For those who DO have another of ARs or scoped rifles, expect to store half of the manufacturer claims. This too is extremely common knowledge. The fact that you'll probably get a mix of 20 guns with and without scopes in a 32 gun safe sounds about right. 6) The fact that you didn't know you got a backup key reinforces the idea that you didn't research this model before purchasing.
This is a safe that will keep all but the most determined thief out. If the bad guy is in your house long enough to pull off a caper like this, you probably don't have any furniture left either. Most burglaries only take a few minutes and the thief is not going to take the time to figure out how to break into this safe. It will keep the kids out and most burglars. There are still home alarms and insurance if all else fails.
Paul Britton I've seen those videos and if you noticed the safe is usually on it's back where the thief could get the most leverage. Secure the safe to the wall and floor, put it in a walk in closet and the ability to pry it open gets that much more difficult. Like I said if someone has staked out your home and has the time to break into the safe, they probably are stealing everything else in your house of value, including the $2000 safe.
This guy simply doesn't get the point of this safe. This safe will make it impossible for 99% of people with an hours time to open it up. The safe he wants cost $25,000 and has glass plates that lock closed when cracked. People think that a safe will open when cracked and it's not true. Safes are designed to lock closed when tampered with. This safe bolted down is secure as shit for $600 delivered. Almost all crackheads think you need a torch to get into this thing and because of that won't even look at this safe twice during a robbery.
NO....IT DOESN'T.....Where in the hell Do YOU go shopping anyway? Where do you people come from anyway. You talk like you know everything but truth is you spout Things that show how ignorant You really are ....kind of spoils Your persona....
@@dctexas11 man get the safe someone would have to know you had this safe and he still didn't actually show someone breaking into it. I don't think it would open that easy and drilling would not unlock it. Plus they would have to come ready for a safe and a safe only.
Well, unlike many commenting on this video, I don't know about safes. I thank him for this video because it at least shows me the things to look for when buying one. In fact, I stumbled on this video because I saw this on the Costco site and thought it was good. So thanks for the video. Good info. Definitely saved me the headache of buying it, tossing it in the truck and returning it. So to pick the brains of everyone who do actually know. What's the recommendation? LOL - as if what I own costs more than this safe. - - - so sad ...
A 1" thick steel plate weighs over 40lbs per square foot...Meaning just the raw material alone for such a door would cost nearly as much as you paid for the entire safe
Almost all safes are about delay, not absolute, iron-clad, there's-no-way-to-open-it security. I hate to inform you of this, but the vast majority of home safes -- even most of the more expensive ones -- would not provide much security (delay) at all when up against a expert who comes prepared to open them and who is given sufficient time to do so. A safe like this could be just fine if you consider other factors such as the security system in your home, average police response times in your area, concealment (how easy it is to locate the safe), etc. In my area, the police will be at my house, on average, in about four minutes after my alarm is tripped. So long as my alarm system is well nigh impossible to defeat, this gives a criminal very little time to do anything; basically, this makes my home vulnerable to very basic smash-and-grab operations; and even those would be very risky. Assuming that the average police response times could be plotted according to a normal distribution, about half the time you could expect the police to arrive sooner than four minutes -- not a good bet for the intruder. If I had to break into this Heritage safe quickly, I would probably just push it over and apply a big pry bar. Optimistically, this would probably take about a minute to do, perhaps less with two men and two pry bars at work. So, if intruders knew exactly where the safe was and exactly how to open it, I'd say this safe would be slightly risky in that unlikely scenario. All security, however, should be viewed in a multifaceted way. Sophisticated, educated criminals are actually pretty rare in the real world. Further, such people probably would not be too interested in breaking into an upper-middle-class home in hopes of grabbing emergency cash, jewelry, and a few guns. They would probably want to know ahead of time that there was something in your home that made it worth the risk and effort.
Exactly... so sick of people lecturing about safes... they can all be cut open with a dewalt saw! The thing here is burglars dont typically bring tools like that, and between the real time cameras and the delay of trying to get the safe out of a locked closet.... cops will be there before they get anything out of it.
Well I am no longer going to look at Sports Afield now. Thanks for answering my concerns and beyond. I was questioning the electronic lock. Now I know to do a bend test.
You get what you pay for... lesser expensive safes are deterrents. That's all. I've got an alarm system, cameras, and a noisy ass dog. The only reason for me to have a safe is to keep the hardware away from the kids. I don't have tens of thousands of dollars tied up in guns like some people.
Regardless of any opinions on how Ben O has presented his disappointment of his Sports Afield Costco safe purchase this video has value. I was coming close to putting this safe in the Costco cart and now that I have seen this video I am not. This video educated me (along with viewer comments) on the categories if you will of safes out there and as most pointed out may or may not be good depending on your needs. Don't quite understand the availability of the key that makes it so easy to get into the safe but I need to learn more I guess? Companies are not bad and no it is not a conspiracy. Education is important and maybe there are but a compare sheet of a companies safe product line with levels of security would make sense? We may think that no one would purchase the safe after they read it but it would avoid videos like this. Also doesn't everything we purchase today have trade-offs based on price? I prefer to just tell it like it is and in the end when we know what we are doing ahead of time and after the fact we feel confident that we were able to do the research, understand and accept in this case our safe purchase. Every industry has standards but sometimes marketing and competition win out and because of that good information is not always volunteered.
You DO realize it's not just this brand that is made this way? Almost ANY that you purchase, with electronic locks are like this. Stack On for sure. I just went shopping for safes in this price range ($400-$800) and was able to look inside the doors of a couple. To say THIS safe is the only one made this way is definitely misleading. The Bolts on the hinge side are passive bolts - to help prevent the door from being pried open. Really, if someone is TRULY worried about the security of your valuables, are you going to put $1000's of dollars worth of things into a $700 safe? Safes in the price range really are more of a deterrent than anything else. If someone really wants whats in there, they'll find a way.
Thanks for the video. These safes are still being sold, they are listed at $1200 and go on sale regularly for $600. I call them gun cabinets - not safes. This video, despite negative reviews, is worth watching.
This is not a review, it's a how to guide on how to break into that model safe. A cheap safe like that is just a theft deterrent. Robbers won't bring the blow torch and cutters until the 2nd break in
+Adam Readio That is actually very true. You could bolt a craftsman steel toolbox to the floor and put a padlock on it. Someone coming in probably isn't carrying much, they are going to quick in and out. They'd see that toolbox that won't move and move on. But yes, second time around....
Missed the point of the video - which is that you don't need a blow torch or cutters to get in. You just need a pry bar or a good screwdriver - which most homes have already.
I agree with your assessment of "you get what you pay for" 100%. This falls into a class of products called "gun safes" that are "false security safes". Your assessments of the vulnerabilities are valid, but most safes in this class have enough vulnerabilities to where they should not be relied on when it comes to protection from theft. This particular safe will also have very limited value with a fire. If someone with knowledge regarding safes came about that safe, they would attack it through the top or side and they would either, 1) work to split open at the point of fold/weld, or 2) cut through the 14 gauge sheet metal body. It would take a matter of seconds to defeat. Heritage has started dividing their names because some of the economy safes are so crappy they realized it was making people question their flagships (which are reasonably well made, better than most on their class, but overpriced.) If on a budget, my advice would be to buy a higher end used model as it will be 100000x better than a cheaper new model.
Wow, and I was just looking at these very safes online, the Sports Afield 6040 executive vault. Looks nice, and at $1100+ the cheapest I found it I was seriously considering one. My main concern from your vid is the bolts, how easily it would be to pry the thing open and with a flimsy door. And, Yes, the fire board should be whole pieces not scraps glued together, goodness gracious, oh but the facade looks great lol. I guess the choice for me still lies with either a Browning, a Fort Knox or economy Steelwater. And with the Steelwater, I love their vids on how tough they are to break in but they don't mention anything on the security of the electronic lock's access key, and I always wondered how secure they could possibly be in comparison to regular (4-sided or cylindar) security keys. From watching your vid I might as well just buy a laundry sack and put a keep out sign on it. Or spend the extra cash and buy better. Most safes come with a replacement guarantee. But when you think about it, what are you getting replaced but the same crap safe that didn't protect your stuff the first time, and nothing to put in it. The only guarantee I find important is one for the lock, because they do break down.
In all honesty, the fire board in these is just to slow down torches. Your guns are 7 times more likely to be stolen than destroyed in a fire. It's actually kind of a silly thing to worry about unless you have tens of thousands in firearms...and if you did, wouldn't you insure them? Yes, this is a glorified gun cabinet. But fire isn't that much a threat and anyone worried about it would be better served to invest in a sprinkler head right over the safe.
I cannot believe what POS safe. I was going to buy it but thank you for this video. I will be buying a sport mans steel safe like i originally planed for a few hundred more. I want to thank you again. cannot thank you enough. great review
Never, ever, ever buy a safe with an electronic lock. You could also drill a small hole through the door anywhere along the path of that reset wire, and then short the wires together which is the same as pressing the reset button. Easier than trying to fish for the button itself. I assume since you didn't want to show the manual override key, it too is a joke. In fact the whole manual override system may be able to be manipulated with nothing more than a high power neodymium magnet from the outside of the safe. All my safes have combo locks. I love my combo dial Liberty safes but I just bought a Fortress with combo lock, which is also made by Heritage. I'll have to take a good look at the guts of it before putting it into service... thanks for the video!
Thanks for a review on the safe that I was thinking about buying. Yeah, I know these aren't Fort Knox or Liberty safes but I just did not know how bad, rather how weak, they are made :(... Well, I guess I go back looking at Fort Knox. I rather look twice and buy once as safes aren't things you easily move around or rid off. Thanks.
You do understand tyhat almost ALL electronic controlled access safes have keys to bypass the lock, just incase your battery failes. Remeber its a Safe, not a Bank VAULT. All safes can be broken into... it is a deterrent to slow down an intruder.... not unbreakable...
fill the hole with something so one one can pick it, if you're that worried about it. As for the drilling I wouldn't worry about it and it sounds like you just need to get a different safe if you hate it that much.
So I just watched a video where it took two thieves armed with crowbars less than 2 minutes to bust into a safe that cost over $1,500. Granted they had to lay it down flat on it's back and they had to work it together. A safe that could actually stop someone who knows what they were doing would be in the thousands. This safe will be just fine against the average tweeker burglar but what do you expect for that price point? You want thousands of dollars of steel for $600.
Seriously I bet you can get into that safe with a rare earth magnet!!!!!!! If not that 5 minutes with a battery operated 4 “ grinder and a hammer. Your in Safes keep honest people out !!
is this a $500 safe or a bank vault?...you should get into the safe building business,i'll buy one from you since they would be so awesome..let me know when they're ready to ship
I have the safe, and I love it, Dont like it go buy a better safe, Its that simple. If your so concerned about your stuff get insurance on it. I have firearms in mine, and as long as, kids, Friends or anyone else for that matter cant reach what is inside besides me that is all that maters for me in the safe. If you think your going to break into my safe in my home, Before I send you to heaven, You are mistaken my friend. I got my safe for 500$ from Academy no taxes.
The word you were looking for at 11:05 is FILING CABINET...LOL I don't know why you were worried about showing people your key, you showed many other easier ways to get in. I would of sent it back!
I had a gun safe with 4 rifles jacked outta my storage unit last year. I'm gonna see if I can use an old cellphone with a USB battery and a prepaid SIM work as a tracker for my next one, which will have power routed inside to keep it topped off. Something you guys might wanna look into.
Really!! Who yhe hell told you to take it apart in the first place, and then thought it was a good idea to tell all thieves out there, how to break into everyone elses safes, who has one of these...just because you weren't happy...all you had to do was take it back to the store for a refund....the crazy thing is, the world is full of dumb people, who think they're smart... 🤨
Omg this dude, so I have a safe that can hold a shit ton of guns. And then opens his almost empty safe and says, "im not a guy with a shit ton of guns" just a few I like 😆 lol. Got that Derringer up front and center lol. Hey Karen 👋
Thanks for the review! I received a Costco flier in the mail yesterday and this SEEMED like a great deal with free delivery. As is often the case, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. I won't be considering this purchase any longer. Sorry that you ended up with a dud, but I appreciate that you took time to warn others.
Thanks for posting your review. I had just ordered the exact same safe and then saw your video so I promptly jumped on the phone to cancel my order. I'm just hoping they'll be able to process the cancellation before it ships. Your review was extremely helpful and may have saved me a tremendous headache. Thanks again!
You still got it? I’ll give you $40 for it! Really thought you were getting a door made with 1” thick steel? Do have any idea what metal costs? Fire protection, it doesn’t have to be one solid piece or even glued together nicely to survive the rating. The hinge side bolts don’t have to be bolted to anything serious, you can’t break them off or pry the metal far enough to bypass them. The average person would take hours getting in this thing. It’s worth it’s money. If not, I’ll bring you $40.
Heritage safes have not been made in the US for at least a few years. They are now imported from Asia. Heritage used to have a great reputation when the safes where made in the US. I have a Summit Denali made by Heritage safe. It is the same as a Heritage Ultimate with a slightly lower fire rating. My door is a 3/4" thick solid steel plate and the walls are 3/16" thick. This bad boy weighs 1800lbs empty. But, the gov't makes it to easy for foreign markets do dominate and thus we lose good American craftsmanship.
The other thing you're missing is that the metal of the door, the walls, etc is so thin, you could get in there with an ax in about 20 seconds. Maybe even a crowbar. One good swing, then just pry it.
Cheap quality aside, there are design issues with this as well. The key and the reset button (if you can in fact hit it with a shim from the outside) are pretty glaring problems that are simply design choices and not price restrictions.
Eh. 30 minutes and an angle grinder will get you into 99% of safes. A home safe is meant to deter criminals that don't have enough time to start working. I am more concerned about the electronics failing.
found this on sale for $399.99 thanks for the video. on a side note to others think about it this way a nice black gun might cost you 1300 let's say you have 4 why would you try to protect $5,000 worth of toys with a 500 safe.. somethings not right there..
Not sure I would try to come at it from that point of view. Layers are Key. Front gate system and fence $13k Driveway pressure Sentri, cement and cameras $7K 3 K9's $7500 + 250 mo food etc Front door and dead bolt $550 ( Yes cheap i know) :) Alarm system $2200 + $19.99 mo live monitor. "The peace of mind knowing if you out run the dogs a prepared owner and a black gun await PRICELESS!" Original Intent
Yeah if you don't spend like 5k and up and if your safe doesn't weight a ton.... literally 2000lbs....... you don't have a real safe . Spent a few years at a gun/safe store as a teen and these dudes out here can cut into these safes and ones like liberty and ft Knox like it ain't nothing . Seen a sturdy safe with every add on piece of steel get the top chopped off in less than 2 minutes. They make gas powered cutoff saws with massive 16" plus diamond blades that make quick work of any safe .
Most people know that when it comes to safes, usually, the more they cost, the better they are. Sure, there are always exceptions but that's pretty much how it goes. Of course, far too many people that want a good safe can't really afford a good safe. If they bought a really good safe they wouldn't have anything left of value to keep in their safe. It would be a glorified "important paper" cabinet, lol. The other day a high end model Liberty safe was sold at an estate sale from a somewhat wealthy person. Well, there were 5 people at the estate sale for the safe before it even opened. Safes are expensive for the average person and good safes are really expensive for the average person. Good luck to all the "average" people that are trying to get a really good safe for a really good price. Good luck and God bless.
Not sure when you made this but I bought a heritage safe from Costco a month ago and believe it or not, yours is the cheap shit. My door DOESNT bend, I have no dinky key or lock. The bolts are also much more solid. Next, You are working from an open door. The thief would have to open the door to get to what you are working on. Lastly, your average thief will NOT waste his time. He wants in and out unless you announced to someone you have gold bars or something in your safe then he'll work at it. Bolt it to the ground, lock the door, buy he actually name brand Hertitage and be done. Oh yea, my bolts that don't move are actually welded. You bought garbage.
Any safe in this price range is going to have the same short comings. You shouldn't expect a ribeye steak for a hamburger price. I have both a Heritage safe and a Fort Knox safe. My Heritage safe is built like a tank just like the Fort Knox. Both safes weigh around 1400 pounds, have relockers, sargent and greenleaf locks, and all the rest of the bells and whistles. You bought a purpose made safe for a mass market retailer. Don't fault Heritage when most of the other big safe companies do the same thing.
Here is the thing i dont live in a bad area i live in a heigborhood where the neigbors are nosie soo they say an averge break in takes 5 to 7 mins so the safe has to with stand that amount of time i have 2 dogs in my house a germanshepard and a pitbull so thats gona scare some one away and if they get buy the dogs and get up stairs into my room they have to work the safe thats gona take longer then 7mins to get to that point it also says that it comes with a theft alarm system that can be hooked up so if they break in gona trigger alarm but i only need a safe to store guns and ammo and other things from children and away from company i just cant afford 2-5 thousand dollars for a high end safe like my grandfather always said a lock only keeps an honest man out.
and also it says it weighs 533 pounds you need more then one person to move it after they figure a way to remove the floor bolts and what ever else secures it
great job on showing thieves how to break in the safe I would be pissed if I own one I understand your dislikes but dude you're going to step by step on how to break in this safe not cool
It's a $750 safe...You're talking about $1500 quality. You got what you paid for and it's going to take the average thief more than 30 minutes to get into it. If you had a Liberty, why aren't you using it?
Absolutely true. If it were flat on the floor and they happened to have couple 4 foot pry bars with them. But most low to mid range safes, those under 1500 bucks, can be breeched that way in under 10 minutes. Most thieves don't want to carry around burglary tools like that, attracting attention. In fact, according to a police office I know who has been working burglaries for LAPD for 10 years safes are almost always breeched with the home-owners tools. He strongly recommends locking up pry-bars, hammers, shovels, drills, grinders, etc in job boxes.
I know that the Sports Afield we have for around 7 has an alarm system and if you mess up the numbers the waiting time grows more and more until you can try it again. We're happy with it..it's just for our rifles and pistols and to keep people from injuring themselves..like the grandkids.
ok guy I get it, nothing is full proof! its about deterrence. Most crimes have an element of opportunity and convenience. For example, when you look at fences in a prison, the barb wire is to slow the escaping prison down not to prevent the escape. Secondly, professional designer of security look at things in a philosophy of increasing response time and decreasing opportunity. Plus you got it at Costco! Hello what did u think you were going to get.
All safes have weaknesses that can be exploited. I agree this is not a quality safe, but unless you live on Millionaire row, it is a crack-head/heroin addict doing a 3 minute break in - grab easy stuff sitting out - and run. Most will see the safe, try it to see if it is open, then move on. My complaint is on your public speaking ability. You constantly say "OK?" at the end of most sentences. You are not really asking, you are making a statement, and it is very distracting and annoying. I actually did not watch the entire video because even my grandson was asking why you were asking so many questions. So please work on your delivery so folks can actually listen to you. =)
"I won't show you my key or code but here is a definitive way to break into my safe" lol
MindOfManZaar lmao
He pays 1000 bucks and wants Fort Knox
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You mentioned MANY times that you did not want us to see your code or key, yet you basically ripped the cabinet apart and showed everyone on the internet the blueprints exactly where to drill using a $20 drill from Lowes. Great job.
My exact thoughts lol
Idk if it was smart to share all this or really really stupid..
Think a little bit before you buy a safe. What do you really want/need it for? A safe like this is meant to protect your contents against: fire for whatever it is rated, children/teenagers from getting to your firearms and against the smash, grab and go petty thieves. Anyone bringing tools with them to "crack" a safe are going to get into almost any safe (except ones costing 5 times more) within the same small window of time. As you say, don't put anything extremely costly things into these. These are basic security/privacy cabinets that will be fine against 99% of the population.....once you address the reset button (cover it) and the key access hole....no answer there. Also, place the safe in a corner that limits pry leverage to the non-hinged side. I just bought a Fortress (Heritage made) 24 gun, fire resistant, mechanical combination lock safe at Lowe's for $328 + tax. I know it isn't a Fort Knox but it will provide the level of protection I want.
Oh yea not to mention not everyone can afford a 4000 dollar fucking safe so we buy whats in our means. If your safe gets broken into and they get away you did something wrong to the rest of your setup to allow that to happen.
I was going to say that I wouldn’t really worry About it no crackhead is going to break into your house with a drill gun they’re just gonna smash and grab they gonna sit there and mess with that safe only person that’s gonna get an essay for somebody that You’re exactly right
@@joeymecom1311 they are now because he told the crack head exactly how to break into it lol
You actually make sense!!
"that little piece is probably a 1/4" around, I could easily break that". FACT CHECK: Sheet strength of 1/4" grade 5 bolt is 4600 lbs.
I think of my safe as more a deterrent than an actual safe. I've got wifi cameras all over my house. You can install cameras all over your house for 100 bucks these days. One camera points right at my safe. As long as it keeps my stuff locked up long enough for me or the cops to get to my house I'm happy.
Exactly 🤣 This guy is whacked Dumb video Who in there right mind would sit inside a business or a private home and take the time to start drilling🤣 And i though i read somewhere that the keypad hole is case hardened so not so easy to drill🤣 plus mine's hidden in the home so 1st you have to find it Then its bolted down And it weighs over 500 pounds 🙂 And like you said we have cameras linked to our phones good luck 🤣 very Happy with mine 👍
Exacto! 👍
After watching a few RUclips videos on how people break into safes, I went out and bought a $100 cabinet and saved a ton of money
I get it, he's been a victim of theft before and doesn't want to be victimized again. Someone clearly stole his vacuum.
Have you ever had that happen before? I have literally had a vacuum stolen and it IS unnerving, like why tf would anyone take my vacuum?! It still perplexes me to this day, and I still do not know who stole it.
@@wowwoahweewah5721 My first few houses, I bought fixer uppers. The last home I bought that I renovated was a duplex. I did a lot of renovations to it. I bought a new house and finished some odds and ends there as I advertised to rent it. While it was vacant, someone broke in and stold all my tools and personal property that I didn't move. They ripped all the new copper plumbing out of the basement and even stole the water meter which flooded the basement. Then they tried breaking in again and again for the copper plumbing in the wall. The copper plumbing I put in piece by peice.
That experience led me to be a freak about home security.
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I feel after watching this we have met the male version of "Karen"
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So its an Aren
For real 😂😂😂
I agree. “I don’t want anyone copying my key” “I don’t want anyone looking at my pin” that’s the definition of paranoia
@@Wade_L. Ken*
Can you do a video of you and your cordless drill, drilling though the safe 😂
“I wanted a $4,000 safe for $999”
Hold your iPhone sideways, genius.
With posting this video you just told the kid down the street how to get into it. I ordered the 60x40 and will beef it up accordingly. I guess it doesn't matter because all they have to do is go to you tube and watch other vids.
BTW I bought a Cannon from Costco 3 years ago and is basically the same construction. Thin walls and doors. The people that bought that house paid a lot for me to leave the safe there. After walkthrough I showed them the upgrades I made to the safe and they were very happy.
If you think about how to mount it so it is harder to pry open and up against the sidewall (not the hinge side) and bolt the he** out of it you will be better off. Don't just bolt it down bolt it to the side and back walls. Also buy an upgrade for bolting it down, even if you have to re-drill the holes in the bottom.
If you still want more security take the pre hung interior closet door down and put a exterior metal door in its place with longer screws all the way around. They make these to go with most door patterns to match the rest of your interior doors. Mount it so it opens out (away from the safe) then put a dead bolt w/o a door knob. I other words you need to grab the key to pull the door open. That will slow them down as well. You may have to get one that swings the opposite way of the safe door for good access. You can take the hinges off and have them welded so you can't just drive them out, just don't loose your key.
You are not going to keep a good thief out but the harder it is to get into the better chance they will leave before opening it. Just beware they may come back.
If you are an NRA member they give members some free gun insurance. Not a lot but it is better than nothing.
Thank you for this video you just saved me the time and money i would have spent had i not watched your video.
Thank you so much for this! This is exactly what I was looking for. Great breakdown.
They’re all hollow. The front plate of the door is what they gauge.
My Sports Afield safe has a brass cap over the reset button so that has taken care of that security issue. It was cheap($350) for the 18 gun safe so I wasn't expecting a whole lot. It's actually really nice for the money and probably the best of the cheaper saves. Comes with nice carpeted shelves, a nice organizer on the door and a bolt down kit.
Why is everyone shitting on this dude. This video was actually super helpful lol
I had a few items that was overflow from my cannon safe, for the price I didn't expect much more. Thanks for the information I will put the cheaper items in this one.
If you once had a Fort Knox safe, you are not going to ever be satisfied with anything in this price range.
The better question is if he had such a safe why does he no longer have it? You take your safes with you not leave them behind. If you do then charge the cost of safe to the home being sold. Then buy another safe.
He’s lying.
Where to start...
1) "As you know, I am a realtor." Why would we know this? We're watching reviews on gun safes.
2) You bought it from Costco. They are a box store who has a certain price point to meet. A target price means a target quality item. EVERYONE knows this.
3) The fact that you've owned a Liberty and a Fort Knox doesn't make you a subject-matter-expert on safes. If it did, you would have known what to look for in gun safes. Mentioning the fact that you've owned other brands is akin to you expecting a Ford Escort to perform at a certain level because you once owned a Chevy vehicle or once owned a Dodge vehicle. Every model serves a certain purpose.
4) How did you NOT know the specs and particulars of this model? A quick search tells me that the 6033 has a 40 minute fire rating (meaning that the drywall sheeting and other fire protection isn't going to be that good); the walls are 14 gauge, thus only 0.0747"; and that the weight of the safe is only 450 lbs (another indication of lightweight materials used).
5) When a safe manufacturer advertises that their product holds 33 guns, they mean small, low profile, NON-SCOPED guns. For those who DO have another of ARs or scoped rifles, expect to store half of the manufacturer claims. This too is extremely common knowledge. The fact that you'll probably get a mix of 20 guns with and without scopes in a 32 gun safe sounds about right.
6) The fact that you didn't know you got a backup key reinforces the idea that you didn't research this model before purchasing.
This is a safe that will keep all but the most determined thief out. If the bad guy is in your house long enough to pull off a caper like this, you probably don't have any furniture left either. Most burglaries only take a few minutes and the thief is not going to take the time to figure out how to break into this safe. It will keep the kids out and most burglars. There are still home alarms and insurance if all else fails.
All but the most determined? One guy with a wonder bar could pry this in 10 seconds. That's not much determination necessary
Paul Britton I've seen those videos and if you noticed the safe is usually on it's back where the thief could get the most leverage. Secure the safe to the wall and floor, put it in a walk in closet and the ability to pry it open gets that much more difficult. Like I said if someone has staked out your home and has the time to break into the safe, they probably are stealing everything else in your house of value, including the $2000 safe.
I can't say he's wrong about what he has said but there were a few times I thought he was actually going to cry.
+chris davis If I knew his address, I'd send him flowers and a sympathy card.
This guy simply doesn't get the point of this safe. This safe will make it impossible for 99% of people with an hours time to open it up. The safe he wants cost $25,000 and has glass plates that lock closed when cracked. People think that a safe will open when cracked and it's not true. Safes are designed to lock closed when tampered with. This safe bolted down is secure as shit for $600 delivered. Almost all crackheads think you need a torch to get into this thing and because of that won't even look at this safe twice during a robbery.
NO....IT DOESN'T.....Where in the hell
Do YOU go shopping anyway?
Where do you people come from anyway. You talk like you know everything but truth is you spout
Things that show how ignorant
You really are ....kind of spoils
Your persona....
An hour's time? A keyhole can be drilled out in far less than a minute. That's how long this safe would deter someone who knows what they're doing
@@terrymellenberger2580 Tell us why you're right and he's wrong.
Thank you so much For this video I was going out on Father’s Day to get this from Sport Academy for $299
That’s why I’m here to lol
@@dctexas11 man get the safe someone would have to know you had this safe and he still didn't actually show someone breaking into it. I don't think it would open that easy and drilling would not unlock it. Plus they would have to come ready for a safe and a safe only.
For 299 I'd buy two
Lmbo. Great deal for this.
Wow! Dude I hope you learned your lesson about being a cheapskate! Now, go curl up on the couch and watch "the view"
Well, unlike many commenting on this video, I don't know about safes. I thank him for this video because it at least shows me the things to look for when buying one. In fact, I stumbled on this video because I saw this on the Costco site and thought it was good. So thanks for the video. Good info. Definitely saved me the headache of buying it, tossing it in the truck and returning it.
So to pick the brains of everyone who do actually know. What's the recommendation? LOL - as if what I own costs more than this safe. - - - so sad ...
A 1" thick steel plate weighs over 40lbs per square foot...Meaning just the raw material alone for such a door would cost nearly as much as you paid for the entire safe
Thank you for saving me $700. I’ve been looking at this same “safe” or gun cabinet from sam’s club.
Almost all safes are about delay, not absolute, iron-clad, there's-no-way-to-open-it security. I hate to inform you of this, but the vast majority of home safes -- even most of the more expensive ones -- would not provide much security (delay) at all when up against a expert who comes prepared to open them and who is given sufficient time to do so. A safe like this could be just fine if you consider other factors such as the security system in your home, average police response times in your area, concealment (how easy it is to locate the safe), etc. In my area, the police will be at my house, on average, in about four minutes after my alarm is tripped. So long as my alarm system is well nigh impossible to defeat, this gives a criminal very little time to do anything; basically, this makes my home vulnerable to very basic smash-and-grab operations; and even those would be very risky. Assuming that the average police response times could be plotted according to a normal distribution, about half the time you could expect the police to arrive sooner than four minutes -- not a good bet for the intruder. If I had to break into this Heritage safe quickly, I would probably just push it over and apply a big pry bar. Optimistically, this would probably take about a minute to do, perhaps less with two men and two pry bars at work. So, if intruders knew exactly where the safe was and exactly how to open it, I'd say this safe would be slightly risky in that unlikely scenario. All security, however, should be viewed in a multifaceted way. Sophisticated, educated criminals are actually pretty rare in the real world. Further, such people probably would not be too interested in breaking into an upper-middle-class home in hopes of grabbing emergency cash, jewelry, and a few guns. They would probably want to know ahead of time that there was something in your home that made it worth the risk and effort.
I totally agree with you 💯 percent
Exactly
Exactly... so sick of people lecturing about safes... they can all be cut open with a dewalt saw! The thing here is burglars dont typically bring tools like that, and between the real time cameras and the delay of trying to get the safe out of a locked closet.... cops will be there before they get anything out of it.
thanks for the review, I was thinking about ordering the 6040 safe, saved me buyers remorse.
I like how he hides the key lol
Well I am no longer going to look at Sports Afield now. Thanks for answering my concerns and beyond. I was questioning the electronic lock. Now I know to do a bend test.
You get what you pay for... lesser expensive safes are deterrents. That's all. I've got an alarm system, cameras, and a noisy ass dog. The only reason for me to have a safe is to keep the hardware away from the kids. I don't have tens of thousands of dollars tied up in guns like some people.
Regardless of any opinions on how Ben O has presented his disappointment of his Sports Afield Costco safe purchase this video has value. I was coming close to putting this safe in the Costco cart and now that I have seen this video I am not. This video educated me (along with viewer comments) on the categories if you will of safes out there and as most pointed out may or may not be good depending on your needs. Don't quite understand the availability of the key that makes it so easy to get into the safe but I need to learn more I guess? Companies are not bad and no it is not a conspiracy. Education is important and maybe there are but a compare sheet of a companies safe product line with levels of security would make sense? We may think that no one would purchase the safe after they read it but it would avoid videos like this. Also doesn't everything we purchase today have trade-offs based on price? I prefer to just tell it like it is and in the end when we know what we are doing ahead of time and after the fact we feel confident that we were able to do the research, understand and accept in this case our safe purchase. Every industry has standards but sometimes marketing and competition win out and because of that good information is not always volunteered.
Thank you for the video. I was going to buy it, but not now. Will be looking at a Cannon instead.
You DO realize it's not just this brand that is made this way? Almost ANY that you purchase, with electronic locks are like this. Stack On for sure. I just went shopping for safes in this price range ($400-$800) and was able to look inside the doors of a couple. To say THIS safe is the only one made this way is definitely misleading.
The Bolts on the hinge side are passive bolts - to help prevent the door from being pried open.
Really, if someone is TRULY worried about the security of your valuables, are you going to put $1000's of dollars worth of things into a $700 safe? Safes in the price range really are more of a deterrent than anything else. If someone really wants whats in there, they'll find a way.
I am no crook nor a locksmith and I can get into most any gun safe out there. Locks are just to get most crooks to bypass them.
Thanks. Actually a helpful video. I was about to purchase but I'm not now. Thanks
I enjoyed your video thoroughly my man. Thanks !
What did you really expect for $750? Thanks for the video though. I'm buying this safe and see how I can remedy all of the weaknesses you point out.
You can slide a thin peice of metal in there to push the reset button? How would you accomplish that with the cap on the reset button. 🤔
thanks for showing the details. that put a big wait-a-minute to my impulsive buy
Thanks for the video. These safes are still being sold, they are listed at $1200 and go on sale regularly for $600. I call them gun cabinets - not safes. This video, despite negative reviews, is worth watching.
This is not a review, it's a how to guide on how to break into that model safe. A cheap safe like that is just a theft deterrent. Robbers won't bring the blow torch and cutters until the 2nd break in
+Adam Readio That is actually very true. You could bolt a craftsman steel toolbox to the floor and put a padlock on it. Someone coming in probably isn't carrying much, they are going to quick in and out. They'd see that toolbox that won't move and move on. But yes, second time around....
Missed the point of the video - which is that you don't need a blow torch or cutters to get in. You just need a pry bar or a good screwdriver - which most homes have already.
G thanks I just bought the same exact safe wish I would’ve saw this video before purchasing it
2:19 is all you need to listen too. He says it at that moment.
I agree with your assessment of "you get what you pay for" 100%. This falls into a class of products called "gun safes" that are "false security safes". Your assessments of the vulnerabilities are valid, but most safes in this class have enough vulnerabilities to where they should not be relied on when it comes to protection from theft. This particular safe will also have very limited value with a fire.
If someone with knowledge regarding safes came about that safe, they would attack it through the top or side and they would either, 1) work to split open at the point of fold/weld, or 2) cut through the 14 gauge sheet metal body. It would take a matter of seconds to defeat.
Heritage has started dividing their names because some of the economy safes are so crappy they realized it was making people question their flagships (which are reasonably well made, better than most on their class, but overpriced.) If on a budget, my advice would be to buy a higher end used model as it will be 100000x better than a cheaper new model.
If you do this, if you do that, if you get lucky...
But you never did it, did you?
Wow, and I was just looking at these very safes online, the Sports Afield 6040 executive vault. Looks nice, and at $1100+ the cheapest I found it I was seriously considering one. My main concern from your vid is the bolts, how easily it would be to pry the thing open and with a flimsy door. And, Yes, the fire board should be whole pieces not scraps glued together, goodness gracious, oh but the facade looks great lol. I guess the choice for me still lies with either a Browning, a Fort Knox or economy Steelwater. And with the Steelwater, I love their vids on how tough they are to break in but they don't mention anything on the security of the electronic lock's access key, and I always wondered how secure they could possibly be in comparison to regular (4-sided or cylindar) security keys. From watching your vid I might as well just buy a laundry sack and put a keep out sign on it. Or spend the extra cash and buy better. Most safes come with a replacement guarantee. But when you think about it, what are you getting replaced but the same crap safe that didn't protect your stuff the first time, and nothing to put in it. The only guarantee I find important is one for the lock, because they do break down.
In all honesty, the fire board in these is just to slow down torches.
Your guns are 7 times more likely to be stolen than destroyed in a fire. It's actually kind of a silly thing to worry about unless you have tens of thousands in firearms...and if you did, wouldn't you insure them?
Yes, this is a glorified gun cabinet. But fire isn't that much a threat and anyone worried about it would be better served to invest in a sprinkler head right over the safe.
Good on you for doing a real review.
I cannot believe what POS safe. I was going to buy it but thank you for this video. I will be buying a sport mans steel safe like i originally planed for a few hundred more. I want to thank you again. cannot thank you enough. great review
Never, ever, ever buy a safe with an electronic lock. You could also drill a small hole through the door anywhere along the path of that reset wire, and then short the wires together which is the same as pressing the reset button. Easier than trying to fish for the button itself. I assume since you didn't want to show the manual override key, it too is a joke. In fact the whole manual override system may be able to be manipulated with nothing more than a high power neodymium magnet from the outside of the safe. All my safes have combo locks. I love my combo dial Liberty safes but I just bought a Fortress with combo lock, which is also made by Heritage. I'll have to take a good look at the guts of it before putting it into service... thanks for the video!
Thanks for a review on the safe that I was thinking about buying. Yeah, I know these aren't Fort Knox or Liberty safes but I just did not know how bad, rather how weak, they are made :(... Well, I guess I go back looking at Fort Knox. I rather look twice and buy once as safes aren't things you easily move around or rid off. Thanks.
Thanks for showing this. I was actually thinking of buying one. I'll hold out for a real safe.
Now whoever got a safe like this will be exposed for thief to get into because he explained everything about it.
You do understand tyhat almost ALL electronic controlled access safes have keys to bypass the lock, just incase your battery failes. Remeber its a Safe, not a Bank VAULT. All safes can be broken into... it is a deterrent to slow down an intruder.... not unbreakable...
fill the hole with something so one one can pick it, if you're that worried about it. As for the drilling I wouldn't worry about it and it sounds like you just need to get a different safe if you hate it that much.
So I just watched a video where it took two thieves armed with crowbars less than 2 minutes to bust into a safe that cost over $1,500. Granted they had to lay it down flat on it's back and they had to work it together. A safe that could actually stop someone who knows what they were doing would be in the thousands. This safe will be just fine against the average tweeker burglar but what do you expect for that price point? You want thousands of dollars of steel for $600.
Seriously I bet you can get into that safe with a rare earth magnet!!!!!!!
If not that 5 minutes with a battery operated 4 “ grinder and a hammer. Your in
Safes keep honest people out !!
I bought a sturdy safe. They are built with 7 gauge steel.
is this a $500 safe or a bank vault?...you should get into the safe building business,i'll buy one from you since they would be so awesome..let me know when they're ready to ship
I have the safe, and I love it, Dont like it go buy a better safe, Its that simple. If your so concerned about your stuff get insurance on it. I have firearms in mine, and as long as, kids, Friends or anyone else for that matter cant reach what is inside besides me that is all that maters for me in the safe. If you think your going to break into my safe in my home, Before I send you to heaven, You are mistaken my friend. I got my safe for 500$ from Academy no taxes.
The word you were looking for at 11:05 is FILING CABINET...LOL
I don't know why you were worried about showing people your key, you showed many other easier ways to get in. I would of sent it back!
Thanks, this is great info that cuts through the marketing baloney.
I had a gun safe with 4 rifles jacked outta my storage unit last year.
I'm gonna see if I can use an old cellphone with a USB battery and a prepaid SIM work as a tracker for my next one, which will have power routed inside to keep it topped off. Something you guys might wanna look into.
This safe is the same safe stack-on sells, likely rebranded. Same key lock, same bolts same everything, not much for security.
Really!! Who yhe hell told you to take it apart in the first place, and then thought it was a good idea to tell all thieves out there, how to break into everyone elses safes, who has one of these...just because you weren't happy...all you had to do was take it back to the store for a refund....the crazy thing is, the world is full of dumb people, who think they're smart... 🤨
Thank you... you just stopped me from buying a junk safe
Omg this dude, so I have a safe that can hold a shit ton of guns. And then opens his almost empty safe and says, "im not a guy with a shit ton of guns" just a few I like 😆 lol. Got that Derringer up front and center lol. Hey Karen 👋
A safe is made to keep honest people out. Every safe available to the average person can be defeated.
Thanks for the review! I received a Costco flier in the mail yesterday and this SEEMED like a great deal with free delivery. As is often the case, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. I won't be considering this purchase any longer. Sorry that you ended up with a dud, but I appreciate that you took time to warn others.
Thanks for posting your review. I had just ordered the exact same safe and then saw your video so I promptly jumped on the phone to cancel my order. I'm just hoping they'll be able to process the cancellation before it ships. Your review was extremely helpful and may have saved me a tremendous headache. Thanks again!
You still got it? I’ll give you $40 for it! Really thought you were getting a door made with 1” thick steel? Do have any idea what metal costs? Fire protection, it doesn’t have to be one solid piece or even glued together nicely to survive the rating. The hinge side bolts don’t have to be bolted to anything serious, you can’t break them off or pry the metal far enough to bypass them. The average person would take hours getting in this thing. It’s worth it’s money. If not, I’ll bring you $40.
Heritage safes have not been made in the US for at least a few years. They are now imported from Asia. Heritage used to have a great reputation when the safes where made in the US. I have a Summit Denali made by Heritage safe. It is the same as a Heritage Ultimate with a slightly lower fire rating. My door is a 3/4" thick solid steel plate and the walls are 3/16" thick. This bad boy weighs 1800lbs empty. But, the gov't makes it to easy for foreign markets do dominate and thus we lose good American craftsmanship.
The other thing you're missing is that the metal of the door, the walls, etc is so thin, you could get in there with an ax in about 20 seconds. Maybe even a crowbar. One good swing, then just pry it.
Ya ive used axe heads in the door grove and a sledgehammer and they pop right open
Cheap quality aside, there are design issues with this as well. The key and the reset button (if you can in fact hit it with a shim from the outside) are pretty glaring problems that are simply design choices and not price restrictions.
Thanks for the in depth look.
Take note, this is what a real review looks like in all ways possible, the authenticity of his frustrated discoveries is maxed out
A "real" review doesn't show emotion. They are impartial and only show the facts.
Eh. 30 minutes and an angle grinder will get you into 99% of safes. A home safe is meant to deter criminals that don't have enough time to start working. I am more concerned about the electronics failing.
found this on sale for $399.99 thanks for the video. on a side note to others think about it this way a nice black gun might cost you 1300 let's say you have 4 why would you try to protect $5,000 worth of toys with a 500 safe.. somethings not right there..
What do you spend on your front door lock?
What about your front door?
Layers work.
Not sure I would try to come at it from that point of view. Layers are Key.
Front gate system and fence $13k
Driveway pressure Sentri, cement and cameras $7K
3 K9's $7500 + 250 mo food etc
Front door and dead bolt $550 ( Yes cheap i know) :)
Alarm system $2200 + $19.99 mo live monitor.
"The peace of mind knowing if you out run the dogs a prepared owner and a black gun await PRICELESS!"
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Yeah if you don't spend like 5k and up and if your safe doesn't weight a ton.... literally 2000lbs....... you don't have a real safe . Spent a few years at a gun/safe store as a teen and these dudes out here can cut into these safes and ones like liberty and ft Knox like it ain't nothing . Seen a sturdy safe with every add on piece of steel get the top chopped off in less than 2 minutes. They make gas powered cutoff saws with massive 16" plus diamond blades that make quick work of any safe .
Most people know that when it comes to safes, usually, the more they cost, the better they are. Sure, there are always exceptions but that's pretty much how it goes. Of course, far too many people that want a good safe can't really afford a good safe. If they bought a really good safe they wouldn't have anything left of value to keep in their safe. It would be a glorified "important paper" cabinet, lol. The other day a high end model Liberty safe was sold at an estate sale from a somewhat wealthy person. Well, there were 5 people at the estate sale for the safe before it even opened. Safes are expensive for the average person and good safes are really expensive for the average person. Good luck to all the "average" people that are trying to get a really good safe for a really good price. Good luck and God bless.
thanks, I was going to buy one, not after watching this
Damn dude!😬😣 sure makes me feel good for buying it Fort Knox safe!
Not sure when you made this but I bought a heritage safe from Costco a month ago and believe it or not, yours is the cheap shit. My door DOESNT bend, I have no dinky key or lock. The bolts are also much more solid. Next, You are working from an open door. The thief would have to open the door to get to what you are working on. Lastly, your average thief will NOT waste his time. He wants in and out unless you announced to someone you have gold bars or something in your safe then he'll work at it. Bolt it to the ground, lock the door, buy he actually name brand Hertitage and be done. Oh yea, my bolts that don't move are actually welded. You bought garbage.
Any safe in this price range is going to have the same short comings. You shouldn't expect a ribeye steak for a hamburger price. I have both a Heritage safe and a Fort Knox safe. My Heritage safe is built like a tank just like the Fort Knox. Both safes weigh around 1400 pounds, have relockers, sargent and greenleaf locks, and all the rest of the bells and whistles. You bought a purpose made safe for a mass market retailer. Don't fault Heritage when most of the other big safe companies do the same thing.
Thank you for this review
Here is the thing i dont live in a bad area i live in a heigborhood where the neigbors are nosie soo they say an averge break in takes 5 to 7 mins so the safe has to with stand that amount of time i have 2 dogs in my house a germanshepard and a pitbull so thats gona scare some one away and if they get buy the dogs and get up stairs into my room they have to work the safe thats gona take longer then 7mins to get to that point it also says that it comes with a theft alarm system that can be hooked up so if they break in gona trigger alarm but i only need a safe to store guns and ammo and other things from children and away from company i just cant afford 2-5 thousand dollars for a high end safe like my grandfather always said a lock only keeps an honest man out.
and also it says it weighs 533 pounds you need more then one person to move it after they figure a way to remove the floor bolts and what ever else secures it
1. Punctuation: Use it. It goes a long way.
2. Spelling: Proofread, you might not sound like a moron next time.
great job on showing thieves how to break in the safe I would be pissed if I own one I understand your dislikes but dude you're going to step by step on how to break in this safe not cool
rodwspoon304 yea for real thanks dick
Drill hole, put screwdriver against key lock, push to the side and open safe. Thanks :)
Locks and safes only keep honest people out.
It's a $750 safe...You're talking about $1500 quality. You got what you paid for and it's going to take the average thief more than 30 minutes to get into it. If you had a Liberty, why aren't you using it?
docbones27 Absoutly not. That safe coud be pryed open in 5-6 minutes no proflem buy any 2 average guys with pry bars.
docbones27 I was wondering the same thing about the Liberty.
Absolutely true.
If it were flat on the floor and they happened to have couple 4 foot pry bars with them. But most low to mid range safes, those under 1500 bucks, can be breeched that way in under 10 minutes.
Most thieves don't want to carry around burglary tools like that, attracting attention. In fact, according to a police office I know who has been working burglaries for LAPD for 10 years safes are almost always breeched with the home-owners tools.
He strongly recommends locking up pry-bars, hammers, shovels, drills, grinders, etc in job boxes.
A bit rambling and repetitive, but you have provided some useful information, so thanks.
You got 69 subscribers and he's covering the key shape 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know that the Sports Afield we have for around 7 has an alarm system and if you mess up the numbers the waiting time grows more and more until you can try it again. We're happy with it..it's just for our rifles and pistols and to keep people from injuring themselves..like the grandkids.
Thank you for the laugh. I really enjoyed yourself review. I will go with Bighorn instead. Thanks again.
You said it....."you do get what you really pay for."
Disregard the ignorant comments my friend! You just spared me a $1000 loss! Thank you very much!
ok guy I get it, nothing is full proof! its about deterrence. Most crimes have an element of opportunity and convenience. For example, when you look at fences in a prison, the barb wire is to slow the escaping prison down not to prevent the escape. Secondly, professional designer of security look at things in a philosophy of increasing response time and decreasing opportunity. Plus you got it at Costco! Hello what did u think you were going to get.
it's funny to read comments of people defending the safe. disregard the fact it's not a bank safe, they give it a participation trophy. lol
All safes have weaknesses that can be exploited. I agree this is not a quality safe, but unless you live on Millionaire row, it is a crack-head/heroin addict doing a 3 minute break in - grab easy stuff sitting out - and run. Most will see the safe, try it to see if it is open, then move on. My complaint is on your public speaking ability. You constantly say "OK?" at the end of most sentences. You are not really asking, you are making a statement, and it is very distracting and annoying. I actually did not watch the entire video because even my grandson was asking why you were asking so many questions. So please work on your delivery so folks can actually listen to you. =)
its the salesman in him
The Forest He should take a public speaking course.
I agree, Okay?
Why are there so many Karen’s in the comments though lol