Safe Sales and Installation Services
Guardian offers the largest variety of safes in the Puget Sound area. We have a perfect fit for your needs. We have over 1500 sq. ft.
of showroom space dedicated entirely to safes. The primary brand of safes that we have on our showroom floor is AMSEC. To aid in your decision visit AMSEC’s site. All of our safes are marked well below suggested retail prices.
We can deliver any safe from our inventory and if needed we can bolt it down securely. We will make sure you are comfortable operating your new safe before we leave it in your hands.
Here are the types of safes and options we offer:
- (UL) Fire safes - 1/2 hour - 1 hour – 2hour
- (UL)Burglary safes – C rate – TL15 – TL30
- (BF) Burglary/Fire safe combo
- Depository/Drop safes
- Gun safes
- Media safes – Storage of electronic media
- In-the-Floor safes
- Under counter safes – Till trim
Questions you must answer to make an intelligent decision of which safe to purchase.
Our “real world” way to help make that decision is to make some thoughtful camparisons.
How valuable (in monetary terms) are the items that are to go into the safe?
How much trouble would it be to replace the items?
Are there items that have sentimental value?
Are there items that have legal value? This would be original copies of very important events or transactions.
Are the items flammable?
How much room do they take?
Is there a possiblity that you will add items in the future?
First our advice is to buy a larger safe than you think you need.
We advise, if the value is less than $500 to $1000 then an office type fire safe is adequate. These can be purchased at most office supply stores or at many “big box” stores.
If the value is from $1000 to 10K you should consider a BF type safe. This will typically give you a safe that is an UL rated fire safe and one that is built to withstand a “substantial” burglary attack.
If the value is above $10K then a UL rated burglary safe is appropriate, such as a C rate at the minimum, more suitable is a UL rating of TL15 or TL30. Typically the difference in price of a TL 15 as opposed to a TL30 is very little. We typically recommend a TL30 safe in most cases. Each of these models are available with or without fire protection.
The very worst waste of money is to purchase a safe on price alone. If you decide to purchase a lessor quality safe, why buy a safe at all? The only time you will ever need a safe is when it is under attack by a burglar or fire. It won’t be much of a bargain if it does not perform well at that time. You might as well have left the stuff on the counter.
My favorite analogy is if you needed to regularly haul 2K pounds you wouldn’t buy a 1/2 ton truck just because it was cheaper than the truck that was built to carry that weight or more would you?