A wall safe is a good investment for most homeowners. While they are better than no safe and will thwart most casual thieves or children, these are not high security safes. A simple crowbar is often enough to open the door or to remove the safe from the wall to be carried away and opened off-site. To be most effective, you should hide your wall safe to minimize the possibility that a thief will find it. Here are some quick tips on how and where to hide it.
- The back of a full closet is probably the most popular location. Installing the safe in a location that is quick to access will allow the unit to be used for home defense as handgun safe also. Make sure to have lots of clothes the the closet so it actually takes some work to find the safe. If possible, paint the safe the same color as the closet walls.
- Just like the movies, installing the wall safe in a open area and then mounting a picture over it is a very effective way to disguise the safe. Make sure to hang a picture that is easy to remove when necessary. The safe must also be flush to the wall with no protruding items to be used in this configuration. A biometric fingerprint safe can not be used in this way as they have a control panel for the locking mechanism that sticks out too far.
- Install the safe in the garage behind a piece of pegboard used to store your tools. Most thieves will not spend much time in the garage looking for a safe. This location will throw many of them off.
- If possible, install the safe inside a lower cabinet such as a bathroom or laundry room. Most burglars figure there is nothing of value in the laundry room so will not spend much time looking behind the laundry detergent or bleach!
Finding an easy hiding place for your wall safe may mean the difference between the burglar find it and missing it.
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