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Choosing a home safe is imperative to the security of yourself and your family, keeping your valuables out of the hands of criminals and firearms out of the hands of children. But with a wide variety of safes to choose from, it can be hard to know which one is right for you. Here are a few guidelines to consider in selecting a home or gun safe:

1. Will you be storing electronics? Where other brands require you to drill a hole in the back of your safe if you want to connect or charge your devices, most of our 2011 safes come with a double outlet, USB port, and RJ45 ethernet connection. If you have valuable electronics, the feature is a must-have.
2. How big does the safe need to be? Cannon safes range from 7 cubic feet (the Homeguard H1) to 20 cubic feet (Commander Series 54) in interior volume. Will your safe merely house a few important documents, or does your list of valuables include firearms, electronics, jewelry, and more? There’s a size to fit every need.
3. Is the manufacturer reliable? When buying a safe, you want to be sure you’re dealing with an experienced manufacturer that looks out for its customers. Cannon Safe has 45 years of experience and will provide a free replacement safe if yours is seriously damaged in a fire or burglary attempt, meaning your Cannon Safe will be there for you through the good times and the bad.

Whichever safe you choose, remember that your valuables are too important to store in just any old home safe. Go with the industry leader in security: nothing protects like a Cannon!

Many people buy home safes primarily to protect their guns and valuables from fire. However, many prospective safe buyers are duped into buying an inferior safe because of exaggerated fire ratings. Here are a few things to remember when buying a fireproof safe:

1. How long will your safe burn? A fire rating of at least fifteen minutes is absolutely necessary. If you’re looking for an extra level of protection however, some Cannon safes come with up to 90 minutes of fire protection.
2. Has your safe been properly tested? The safe you use should be tested against industry standards. You should also know how many sensors were used while testing the fireproofing of your safe – if there were too few, then fire proof claims may be exaggerated. Most Cannon Safes adhere to requirements for extended sensor placement and upper tier installation under Intertek-ETL.
3. Does the door close tightly? Test out the safe and make sure that the door doesn’t rattle at all when it is shut. Shoddy closing can spell instant death for the valuables you have inside your safe in case of a fire. Cannon Safes also include the patented three fin intumescent seal to keep out smoke so your safe’s contents will even avoid smoke damage in a fire.

When shopping for a home safe, you’re sure to get all the necessary features by remembering just one rule: “Nothing protects like a Cannon.”

Calling all apartment or small home dwellers! This article is perfect if you are in the market for a safe to protect your valuables, such as passports, birth certificates, bank information, jewelry, cash, hand guns, and etc. Since small spaces can get cramped easily and clutter can cause stress, a small home safe is your best bet. Luckily, you have a few good options:

• Wall safes: wall safes have well-situated shelving, interior lighting options, and thick-plated steel doors. They can be installed on any wall and within any wall recess for optimal privacy– without compromising your floor space! Also, many wall safes are designed so that they can “blend in” and go unnoticed by unwanted eyes.
• Micro vaults with biometrics: these safes are small and can be easily stored under the bed, in a drawer beneath clothing, or in a car.  Inside there is room for a handgun (or two) and important papers, etc.  But the best thing about these safes is that they include biometric fingerprint recognition! As you can gather, biometrics will identify your fingerprints as you type in your preprogrammed code.  It’s the new innovation in gun safe technology!
• Portable mini safes: if you are a small home or apartment owner and like to take your safe with you when you travel a portable mini safe is your best option. Many of them come with security cables so that you can secure them to your car, RV, hotel, or in your office.  You can mount these safes almost anywhere and in any direction.

When you set out to purchase home safes, you look for a number of important features including: solid construction, tamper-proof access, optimum storage space and aesthetic good looks. But what about the highest degrees of fire protection? If you think home fires are events that happen to “other people,” think again! The fact is that a new fire starts every 60 seconds in the United States alone. Here are just a few of the latest home fire statistics reported by the National Fire Protection Association®:

• In 2008, fire fighters responded to 386,500 home-related fires
• These fires resulted in 13,160 injuries and 2,755 deaths
• Home fires caused $8.2 billion in property damage and loss

Statistics show that a full 75% of all crimes are related to the theft of personal property from a residential location. You could safeguard your valuables by putting them in a bank safe deposit box, but that is hardly a convenient solution; so most of us simply keep the majority of our precious belongings at home and take our chances.

But you simply don’t have to take those kinds of chances anymore! Savvy homeowners just like you are turning to home safes as a happy medium: they offer the security you need while still maintaining the easy accessibility you crave. Once you’ve made the decision to go with a safe the question becomes: is a floor model best or should I go with a wall safe?

If you’ve been dragging your feet about getting an office safe, don’t wait till disaster strikes before you finally decide to get one. No matter how many security measures you put into place, there simply is no such thing as a totally secure workplace: but today’s office and home safes are multi-functional, attractive, and convenient tools that add an extra layer of security against theft as well as complete protection from fire damage.

When you purchase high quality office or home safes from a top manufacturer such as Cannon, you can be sure that they will have all the features needed to provide you with total peace of mind. Here are the Top 10 Reasons for using one or more office safes from Cannon.