forgeblast
Elite Member
They are not fire safes, and when you compare them to the higher end fire/water proof stack on safes there is no comparison.
Harbor Freight Bunker Hill Safes
- Thread starter Tororider
- Start date
- Views: 34064
Podunkadunk
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2007
- Messages
- 1,185
As Dargo or one of the others said, if you're trying to keep children out of your weapons cache, it'll serve the purpose.
But if you are looking for peace of mind when you leave the house, that they'll be there when you get back, not so much.
You get what you pay for in the world of safes.
Podunk
But if you are looking for peace of mind when you leave the house, that they'll be there when you get back, not so much.
You get what you pay for in the world of safes.
Podunk
CurlyDave
Elite Member
I looked at one of these today, live & in person, at a HF store.
That's the good part, the bad part is that it was closed & locked and they had lost the key, so only from the outside.
It looks OK, but when I shook it, there was a tinny, rattling sound from the locking bars. It seems to be a very light duty gun safe. If it were bolted down, it would provide some security, but not against a determined intruder with time.
There are 4 things it would be good for:
1. Keep the kids and casual intruders out. For instance you go on vacation and ask the neighbors to come in and look around every once in a while.
2. Some states (CA for example) require firearms to be locked up in a safe of a certain quality. This might be "good enough".
3. Prove to an insurance company that you did take reasonable steps to secure your firearms in the event they are stolen.
Do not underestimate the value of this. I have a safe, and I have also have additional firearms coverage on my insurance policy.
4. Put a few clunkers in the HF safe and conceal your good stuff really well.
That's the good part, the bad part is that it was closed & locked and they had lost the key, so only from the outside.
It looks OK, but when I shook it, there was a tinny, rattling sound from the locking bars. It seems to be a very light duty gun safe. If it were bolted down, it would provide some security, but not against a determined intruder with time.
There are 4 things it would be good for:
1. Keep the kids and casual intruders out. For instance you go on vacation and ask the neighbors to come in and look around every once in a while.
2. Some states (CA for example) require firearms to be locked up in a safe of a certain quality. This might be "good enough".
3. Prove to an insurance company that you did take reasonable steps to secure your firearms in the event they are stolen.
Do not underestimate the value of this. I have a safe, and I have also have additional firearms coverage on my insurance policy.
4. Put a few clunkers in the HF safe and conceal your good stuff really well.
Total crap. Just whack the top of the plastic digital keypad lock while you turn the tumbler any one of those safes which uses this lock will open. Almost all of their safes use this lock, BTW. I even tried this technique with mine and it worked. I was stunned.
Hey, Don't take my word on it. See the YouTube video "How to open a safe with a potato" for further detail. The guys opens these safes with a beercan, lighter, of course a potato and even a card.
What a shame that folks are flocking to HF to buy this crap. You might as well 'lock your stuff up' in a paper grocery bag.
Hey, Don't take my word on it. See the YouTube video "How to open a safe with a potato" for further detail. The guys opens these safes with a beercan, lighter, of course a potato and even a card.
What a shame that folks are flocking to HF to buy this crap. You might as well 'lock your stuff up' in a paper grocery bag.
beersngars
Gold Member
I have a very large Browning and 2 mid sized Liberty's. All are rated as fire resistant, the Browning a longer period. As far as breaking in to a gun safe, the front door is not the answear. The sides and back are just sheet metal and would be the weakest spots. I would guess you could be in a safe with just an abrasive wheel in a few minutes. 
IMO gun safes are to keep folks honest and a bit of help in the event of a fire.
IMO gun safes are to keep folks honest and a bit of help in the event of a fire.
Lineman North Florida
Elite Member
- Joined
- May 12, 2008
- Messages
- 2,502
- Location
- LaCrosse Florida
- Tractor
- Farmtrac 360 DTC with FEL & John Deere 5093E with FEL ,Kubota SVL 75-2
I have a very large Browning and 2 mid sized Liberty's. All are rated as fire resistant, the Browning a longer period. As far as breaking in to a gun safe, the front door is not the answear. The sides and back are just sheet metal and would be the weakest spots. I would guess you could be in a safe with just an abrasive wheel in a few minutes.
IMO gun safes are to keep folks honest and a bit of help in the event of a fire.
I've got a Fort Knox gun safe that weighs around 1400 lbs and I don't much believe that you could get into it with no abrasive wheel in a few minutes, but I could be wrong, if that were the case crooks everywhere would show up with a grinder with an abrasive wheel and clean your safe out in a matter of minutes, I hope your wrong and I am right on this.
beersngars
Gold Member
I've got a Fort Knox gun safe that weighs around 1400 lbs and I don't much believe that you could get into it with no abrasive wheel in a few minutes, but I could be wrong, if that were the case crooks everywhere would show up with a grinder with an abrasive wheel and clean your safe out in a matter of minutes, I hope your wrong and I am right on this.
I would like to think you are right too....but the sides back and bottom are just sheet metal. My Browning is about the same weight wise as yours. Of course it needed to be bolted to the floor. I was amazed how easy it was to drill the holes. Not knocking the safes, just saying a crook would more than likely go thru the sides rather than trying to pry open the door.
MotorSeven
Elite Member
I just bought the Cannon 24 gun safe at Tractor Supply. It is not a top of the line safe, but on sale for $650, it wasn't terrible either. I did bolt it to the floor, & I think it will keep the knuckleheads out.....but a "pro"...no way.
RD
RD