@Kidsandliz Which is why the specs say "Pre drilled holes for wall mount"...most small safes are designed to be mounted to the wall or the floor with lag bolts so they cannot be carried away. Even very heavy safes are usually bolted down.
@Kidsandliz You don't screw it into the drywall, you use lag bolts to bolt it into a stud. A crowbar will not pop multiple lag bolts out of a stud, they would need a reciprocating or maybe a circular saw to cut the stud above and below the safe. Most decent safes are designed to bolt to the floor joists, and saws can't cut deep enough to go clear through a joist. However, anyone determined enough can get any safe open or remove it from your house. The point is to make it difficult to do so. If it's difficult, the burglars will just leave it. They don't want to be in your house for 30 minutes screwing around trying to remove a bolted-down safe that may have nothing in it. If they enter your house knowing you have a safe and their goal is to get it, nothing you can do will stop them. It doesn't matter how good the safe is, how much it weighs, or how securely you fasten it to the house...they will get it if that is their intent. If you have something very valuable, put it in a safety deposit box at the bank and insure it for the replacement value at the very least.
I bought one the last time they were up. Love it. Although not particularly strong, or fire resistant, they make a PERFECT decoy safe. That's right. Put a couple of rocks in it with small pieces of paper. Maybe some lame costume jewelry. "Forget" to bolt it to the wall and... bingo! Crooks grab this and make a break for it, conveniently leaving your passport and spare cash in the dresser drawer where your lazy ass keeps them.
Ugh, I came to buy he blankets and there was a safe sitting there. Meh changes at 9pm PST not 10pm PST? That's really Meh. I vote for a 10pm PST change over.
@ChadP The first time it comes up and I notice, I complain about it, I see nothing wrong with this behavior :D (you know, because it is so ingrained form that Other deal site)
It should be mentioned that the ADG rules state that these must be installed behind paintings that swing out to reveal them. Because, as seen on TV. Also, that there should be another painting in the room with the eyes that can be removed so you can stand behind the painting in the secret passage (which is also required) and look through those eye holes at whomever is in the room without them seeing you. Because, Scooby Doo. A spring loaded trap door in the floor just in front of the painting is also highly recommended, but not required.
Looks like it is crap at the $80 range, and still crap at $40. Come on Meh! These things should be $10-$15 and even then I'd probably pass since they look so junky. Meh!!!!!!
@Stallion So what you are saying is that Meh should reduce the price on this item because you aren't buying it, but you wouldn't buy it at a reduced price anyway. So where's the incentive here? Also, think of it as $15 plus $25 shipping - it's a SAFE for heaven's sake! The kind of thing that drops out of the sky and crushes cartoon characters! They're not inexpensive to deliver...
@curtise I see your point, but have you realized that some items Meh has sold there is no real incentive for them from a profit end of things? $25 shipping is a ridiculous thought with a VMP membership. But hey, I see what you are saying, I'm just being a grumpy old Meh'er.
I'd buy it if it was 2-fer-Tuesday.. that way I could also insult my friend by giftin' him one (for a delivery charge of thirty bucks of course).. Hey! That'd be a way to get it for a Hamilton).
@hammi99 I'll just keep the handbag I never bought nice and safe at Mediocre Labs HQ along with the safe I'm not buying and they can keep it all nice and secure for me. Cut out the middleman, you know?
Specs
Medium Vault
Electronic Top-Load Safe
Condition - New
Warranty - 90 Day Manufacturer
Ships Via - FedEx SmartPost
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Warranty
90 days
Meh.
Forgive me if I'm overlooking this, but are these fireproof?
@PurplePawprints They sure don't seem to be. Certainly the smaller one isn't.
@pwinn no but you could always buy a fire suit to wrap them in.
@denboy Thanks for the response. I'll pass this time since I'm looking for something fireproof.
@PurplePawprints What, no fire suit handy from your stock car racing past?
@denboy Nope, I sold all that stuff on eBay.
Small enough, light enough, all you need to do is just steal it and then figure out how to break into it in the privacy of your own home...
@Kidsandliz Which they mention in the write-up :p
@Kidsandliz Which is why the specs say "Pre drilled holes for wall mount"...most small safes are designed to be mounted to the wall or the floor with lag bolts so they cannot be carried away. Even very heavy safes are usually bolted down.
@ChunkyBitz @lowlypeon A crowbar and pop it is out of the wall...
@Kidsandliz You don't screw it into the drywall, you use lag bolts to bolt it into a stud. A crowbar will not pop multiple lag bolts out of a stud, they would need a reciprocating or maybe a circular saw to cut the stud above and below the safe. Most decent safes are designed to bolt to the floor joists, and saws can't cut deep enough to go clear through a joist. However, anyone determined enough can get any safe open or remove it from your house. The point is to make it difficult to do so. If it's difficult, the burglars will just leave it. They don't want to be in your house for 30 minutes screwing around trying to remove a bolted-down safe that may have nothing in it. If they enter your house knowing you have a safe and their goal is to get it, nothing you can do will stop them. It doesn't matter how good the safe is, how much it weighs, or how securely you fasten it to the house...they will get it if that is their intent. If you have something very valuable, put it in a safety deposit box at the bank and insure it for the replacement value at the very least.
it's safe to say this is a meh today
@somf69 Ssssssssssssssss
again with this
Hide your wife, hide your kids, hide your paper iPhone 6 Plus.
@Ignorant And your steampunk raygun!
Big meh. Not secure at all.
Same brand, but different model...
@Fish_Kungfu One possible trick is to bolt it down so that the person trying to open your safe can't just drop it on its side.
@Fish_Kungfu Wow... good info, that is kinda scary.
@Fish_Kungfu well, to be fair, it is a different model. Ford makes the Festiva.
@PSUClaus1 top loader has same mech though. Medium one looks much better IMO.
@PSUClaus1 These safes are probably fine for keeping toddlers from getting a hold of things they shouldn't touch.
I bought one the last time they were up. Love it. Although not particularly strong, or fire resistant, they make a PERFECT decoy safe. That's right. Put a couple of rocks in it with small pieces of paper. Maybe some lame costume jewelry. "Forget" to bolt it to the wall and... bingo! Crooks grab this and make a break for it, conveniently leaving your passport and spare cash in the dresser drawer where your lazy ass keeps them.
You're welcome.
@DaveInSoCal security through obscurity by way of a decoy piece of shit security device.... I like it?
Edit: I don't like it at all
@DaveInSoCal I actually love this idea.
@jjohns71 For $20 maybe, for $40 hell no
@ChadP Thank you. The more decoy safes we have, the safer our valuables will be.
@DaveInSoCal So... I should buy, like, a dozen? I dunno about this... squints
is that a ninja turtle or a burglar?
Ugh, I came to buy he blankets and there was a safe sitting there. Meh changes at 9pm PST not 10pm PST? That's really Meh. I vote for a 10pm PST change over.
@Orcrist42 meh changes at midnight Eastern, so 9pm PST.
@Orcrist42 It's not all about west coasters, you know! This is sooooo much better for everyone else's sleeping patterns.
@Orcrist42 ...83 days later...
@ChadP The first time it comes up and I notice, I complain about it, I see nothing wrong with this behavior :D (you know, because it is so ingrained form that Other deal site)
@Orcrist42 no, that's woot.
@curtise yeah that 1 am shit gets really old very fast
A fine place to store my speaker dock.
Please don't sell shit security products meh. Seriously meh
@jjohns71 Why should security products get special treatment?
Meh! No valuable things as you know
All I need now is a bigger safe to put this safe in
Sorry this is a big meh for me
It should be mentioned that the ADG rules state that these must be installed behind paintings that swing out to reveal them. Because, as seen on TV.
Also, that there should be another painting in the room with the eyes that can be removed so you can stand behind the painting in the secret passage (which is also required) and look through those eye holes at whomever is in the room without them seeing you. Because, Scooby Doo.
A spring loaded trap door in the floor just in front of the painting is also highly recommended, but not required.
@curtise Shark tank below the trap door. Just, Because.
Looks like it is crap at the $80 range, and still crap at $40. Come on Meh! These things should be $10-$15 and even then I'd probably pass since they look so junky. Meh!!!!!!
@Stallion So what you are saying is that Meh should reduce the price on this item because you aren't buying it, but you wouldn't buy it at a reduced price anyway. So where's the incentive here? Also, think of it as $15 plus $25 shipping - it's a SAFE for heaven's sake! The kind of thing that drops out of the sky and crushes cartoon characters! They're not inexpensive to deliver...
@curtise I see your point, but have you realized that some items Meh has sold there is no real incentive for them from a profit end of things? $25 shipping is a ridiculous thought with a VMP membership. But hey, I see what you are saying, I'm just being a grumpy old Meh'er.
iphone mockup, ^^.
I don't think my valuables would fit......
See, there's a reason I'm not insecure....
I'd buy it if it was 2-fer-Tuesday.. that way I could also insult my friend by giftin' him one (for a delivery charge of thirty bucks of course).. Hey! That'd be a way to get it for a Hamilton).
Sot of meh, but at least it's not a $150 handbag...
@Al_Coholic ooh, more designer handbags, good idea
@Al_Coholic guess where you can store the $150 handbag!
@denboy NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
@hammi99 I'll just keep the handbag I never bought nice and safe at Mediocre Labs HQ along with the safe I'm not buying and they can keep it all nice and secure for me. Cut out the middleman, you know?
No more anxiety about why nobody will give me an ello invite.
Lol, ya gotta hand it to @JasonToon. At least he's up on current affairs!
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
does anyone have instructions available for the last time this item was available?