Possible Future Comeback For Ultimate Freestanding Safes?

[Chubby]

I really do sound like an old man now, but you are exactly right. So many things, not just safes, are simply made to a price, or should I say made down to a price.

Years ago things were made to be functional, yet attractive. Quality was built in.

I largely blame consumers. Let me give you an example. In the old days snooker tables, like mine, were of superb quality. They were polished premium hardwood. Nowadays they are much lower grade wood so are spray painted gold to cover the low quality timber used. Some people actually now will buy a wonderful old table and then spray paint it. Why? Because that is what the ones are like that they see on televison!

My great grandmother used to say "You can't get a big bun for a halfpenny". If people want to be able to get a safe at the prices of some of the rubbish available today, is it surprising that when that safe is attacked, it fails?

Two stories. Both true.

My brother recently opened a safe by hitting it on the top whilst turning the bolt throwing handle.

A friend of mine in the trade was approached by the police to see if he could open a "safe" they had taken during a search. My friend said he could do so very easily. He put a centre punch on where he estimated was the drilling poit. He whacked the punch and didn't need to drill. The blow on the centre punch caused the lock to fall off and he was in! In either case a 100 year old Chubb, Ratner, Milner etc. would have been a far tougher proposition.

Rant over. I shall take the dog out and go to bed.

[Safeone]

I feel the multi layers of electronic security has nailed the huge big heavy monster safe world, so much to get by before you even approach the safe. Counting the seconds before the first Hatton Gardens mention.......

I was once told by a friend of mine that he could open my then best safe a Tann Bankers Mk 9 very quicky with a kettle, asking for a demo he boiled the kettle pretended my daughter was sat in front of the safe and held the boiled kettle above where she would have been sat "open the safe mate" sobering thought.

Any large safes at my home or in the garage are left open purely to display the fact that they are empty. All my money is in safes....literally :)

[Chubby]

This is why time locks were invented.