Value Safes

Chances are, you have a number of documents in your home or business that would be difficult, if not impossible to replace if they were lost in a fire.  That’s where good fireproof safes come in.  Fireproof safes are tested under actual fire conditions to make certain that the contents remain safe from damage due to the fire and damage due to the water used to put out the fire.

Fireproof safes have special layers of fireproof insulation designed to keep temperatures inside the safe low during a fire.  And they have special heat sensitive door seals that expand when heated to seal the contents off from water damage.  Make certain the safe you buy is fireproof - look for a 30 minute, 1 hour or 2 hour fireproof rating.  You can also kill two birds with one stone by getting a fireproof safe that is also burglary rated — look for a TL 15 or TL 30 rating.  For more information on fireproof safes.

When you think about the security of the valuables, cash and important documents used by your business, one of the first things that should come to mind is safes.  A good bolted down safe can keep burglars from getting to these valuable items - they’ll have to settle for what’s easiest to take if they break in.  Think about the documents or computer backup data that would be nearly impossible to replace if lost in a burglary or a fire.

So a good burglary rated, fireproof safe is a must for any business.  Check to make sure the safe is rated in both of these areas.  Some common burglary ratings are UL TL 15 and TL 30.  Some commone fireproof ratings are a 1 hour or 2 hour fireproof rating.  These ratings mean that these safes have been tested to withstand burglars attempts to open them and tested under actual fire conditions.  If you need to safeguard valuable computer backup media, make sure you get a special media fireproof safe, as these have a much stricter rating to ensure that your media would not be damaged during a fire.

Jewelry safes offer a high degree of security for your valuables.   Jewelry safes carry a burglary rating, such as the UL TL 15 or TL 30 rating.  This rating means that the jewelry safes have been tested against attempts to open them.  For example, a TL 15 rating means that a professional locksmith using common locksmithing tools was unable to open the safe in a period of 15 minutes.

Jewelry safes are constructed of special materials.  They usually have 5″ thick doors and 1-1/2″ thick steel bodies.  They use 1-1/2″ steel locking bolts, and the locking mechanism is surrounded by drill-resistant hardened steel plate.  They are designed to be bolted to the floor from the inside.  So if you want the most in security for your valuables, consider getting a jewelry safe.  For more information on jewelry safes.

TL 30 safes are safes that have been tested by UL to withstand burglary attempts and to protect the contents from damage due to fire.  A TL 30 burglary rating means that a professional locksmith has attempted to access the safe using common locksmithing tools, and was unable to do so in a period of 30 minutes.  This may not seem like a long time, but to a burglar it is - they rely on getting in and out quickly, and don’t have over 30 minutes to open a safe.  Besides, very few burglars have the skills necessary to open a TL 30 rated safe.

TL 30 rated safes also generally carry a fireproof rating.  A 1-1/2 hour fireproof rating means that the safe has been subjected to a 1700 degree F fire for a period of 1-1/2 hours, and that the temperature inside the safe did not rise above 350 degrees F.  This is a low enough temperature to protect your valuables from permanent damage.  The humidity is also measured inside the safe during the test, to ensure that the safe would protect against water damage due to the water used to put out the fire.  For more information on TL 30 safes.

Tl-30 safe are always made of constructed for heavy duty 1” thick, hot rolled steel plate with precise and continuous welded seams. Tl-30 safe is also approved for money safe. TL-30 models have a laminated matrix. This safe comes with a standard test, and also rated with combination lock. Tl-30 safes are tested in good manner and are much more successfully entry for 30 minutes of attack time. Tl-30 safe is professionally armed with electrical and mechanical hand tools, like grinding, pressing and prying devises. Tl-30 safe is especially equipped with locks that meets the requirements for psychiatric hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors, etc. because their need to store substances. Tl-30 safe is the high security safe for business or home. TL-30 safe is the guarantee a superior security product. Tl-30 safes are the higher rated safes there are also built for withstand more sophisticated attacks such as acetylene torches. Tl-30 safes give the best protection for important documents, great quantities of cash, and other valuables. Businesses interested in this protection would be the good idea to have one.

Tl-30 safes are the higher rated safes there are also built for withstand more sophisticated attacks such as acetylene torches. Tl-30 safes give the best protection for important documents, great quantities of cash, and other valuables. Businesses interested in this protection would be the good idea to have one. Tl-30 safe is especially equipped with locks that meets the requirements for psychiatric hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors, etc. because their need to store substances. Tl-30 safe is the high security safe for business or home. TL-30 safe is the guarantee a superior security product.

Tl-30 safe are always made of constructed for heavy duty 1” thick, hot rolled steel plate with precise and continuous welded seams. Tl-30 safe is also approved for money safe. TL-30 models have a laminated matrix. This safe comes with a standard test, and also rated with combination lock. Tl-30 safes are tested in good manner and are much more successfully entry for 30 minutes of attack time. Tl-30 safe is professionally armed with electrical and mechanical hand tools, like grinding, pressing and prying devises.

MV30-6028 is the largest in our TL 30 safe series.  Call Valuesafes.com before you order this one. The weight is over 2000lbs!  Shipping is free from them but you should have all the details before you buy. 

MV stands for Magna Vault. 30 stands for TL-30. 60 stands for interior height. 28 is for interior width.  This safe is a built to the exact standards of the all the TL30’s in this section.  With the exception of being over 2000 lbs of steel keeping in place.  BUT, it still comes with a bolt down.  Bolt this monster down as the final layer of security.

Below are the details on this unit.  Note it has a second lock option.  All TL-30 models that we sell have an option for a second lock.  This adds accountablity for when the safe is opened.  Two people must be present or one person must know both combos. 

Fireproof material is of the highest grade composite material.  This will look like cement to you and me but I assure you it is not.  I point this out because many safes use the name composite material for their fireproof material and its only sheetrock!  If you have read my other material you will hear me stress Layers of Security and this unit is biggest and bestest safe we sell on www.valuesafes.com

MV30-6028

Outside Dimensions

Height: 63 1/4″ Width: 31 1/2″ Depth: 24 1/4″

Inside Dimensions

Height: 59 1/4″ Width: 27 1/2″ Depth: 16 1/2″

Weight

2210 lbs.

Composite Construction - 6″ Thick Door - 2″ Thick Body 1 1/2 Hour Manufacturer Fire Label 2″ Bolts Solid, continuous dead bolt bar for complete locking of the hinge side Large heavy duty hinges with bearing plate for smooth operation 1/2″ thick hardplate impregnated with ball bearings 2 relocking devices for protection during drill & punch attacks Adjustable shelves Mounting holes provided 2nd lock option Intumescent door seal (the seal swells up to 8 times its normal thickness at high temperatures

TL 30 Safe 1 1/2 hour rated Fireproof Safes model MV30-4120 from Hayman Safes.  As I write this passage, I am reminded of just how well built a safe this unit is!  Top of the line in TL 30 rated Safes.   But before I jump in let me explain the how the model number works. “MV” stands for Magna Vault, which is Hayman’s model series name.  Such as Eldorado would belong to Cadillac.  “30″ stands for TL 30 and then “41″ stands for the interior height of the safe. (Pay attention to exterior…it is larger) Then the last number is “20″ which is the width of the model in the interior of the safe.  Thus we get MV30-4120 kinda cool huh?  Always nice to know what you are looking at and hopefully you will find it helpfull in your search for safes.  As a side note, most manufactures do something like this with their model numbers but some stand for outside deminsions and some for inside.

Back to the safe, which is also know as a vault.  This of course is the next to the largest model of TL 30 that Hayman makes.  Though they can get much larger if you special order…its just a little more pricey.  The unit is built the same as their other TL30 Vault models with internal ball bearings between layers of hardplate as well as other unmentionalbles.  Great protection for any kind of jewelry or cash.  I think its important to point out at this time what a TL30×6 is.  That is a TL30 on all sides of the safe.  Where the door on this model is rated TL30 only.  Now, just because a TL30 is not TL30 on all sides of the safe doesn’t mean that ANYONE in the right mind can break into it.  They can’t.  Its just on x6 they make the walls ALL like 4 inches thick.  Instead of 2 inches on the walls and the door being only 6 inches thick. 

Personally, I know of very few locksmiths that will even work on a TL30 (read know how to work on a TL30) Much less, I have never even heard of a thief getting into a TL30.  (This is the stuff locksmiths talk about at the annual ALOA convention…intresting for locksmiths but my wifes eyes roll back into her head as we talk shop)  So you can rest easy that you schtuff is secure in any of the Hayman Safe models rated as TL30.

Its important to point out that this TL30 has a weight of almost 1400 lbs.  You are getting to the top of the weight limit (which 1500 lbs) for most liftgates on trucks and readily avialable moving equipment.  After this size, you better want to recieve the safe and never have it moved again.  Because it will become costly to do so.  Riggers must be called in as well as a team of Brutus like men to move it.  If you are in a high rise and need to take it up an elevator. Check the weight limit on the elevator. I have actually had safes returned because they were too heavy to go up the elevator! Ouch, that was an expensive mistake!

Don’t forget to bolt this unit down.  Even if it weighs over 1000 lbs.  Remeber, bolt down is the last layer of protection.  In your layers of security.  Oh, wait. Many people will also add a door alarm contact to the safe door and include it as a constant “alarmed” zone on thier system.  So they must deactivate the zone everytime they want inside.  Which is an other “layer of security”.  

This unit is top of the line in quality.  For more information on Hayman safes please read our other blogs on this subject.

MV30-3020 TL 30 Safe is number 3 in the line up of TL 30 safes. 1 1/2 hour fireproof UL listed and tested Safe.  Size is the only variable between this model and the others.  It is important to note that you should read my other postings on the safes in this line up.  I will try not to repeat my self much in this blog. (My wife wishes that was the same around the shop and at home! I do love her!) At this size, this big thing is getting heavy!  You will need a moving crew or VERY heavy duty handtruck to move it.  I suggest ramps and elevators.  Forget the stairs unless you are using a crew. BUT, and this is a big but.  Check out the quality of the steps.   Remember the steps will need to support the weight of the safe, which is just over 1000lbs, plus the weight of movers.  Normally 3-4 guys. Which will be around 1600lbs - 1800lbs on your stair case.  If the stairs are in a new home and made of wood.  I would get an expert opion before I toted this thing up them.  The last thing you want is the TL-30 Safe to damage or break the stairs.  Concrete steps are ok.  Steel steps…hmmm…get another opinion.  Most of the time a good moving crew can be a good judge.  But be carefull. 

Valuesafes normally has these on sale with free shipping included. But I know they will not take it inside at the prices quoted on their website.  Just down to the ground and either back or front door.  My suggestion is get them to send it to a local moving company. Then have the moving company bring it to the house and place it inside. If you don’t want to man handle this beast yourself.  Oh, some locksmiths in many cities specialize in safe moving and installing.  They even have equipement that would climb stairs with a safe like this.  Really, its called a “stair climber” and its a motorized handtruck.  Works great but not every locksmith has made the investment to purchase one of these. 

I was speaking with Gary Hayman of Hayman Safes the other day and he was laminting the price of steel.  It keeps going up.  Especially with the devaluation of the American Dollar.  So if you are thinking about purchasing a safe. TL 30 or any other model. Do it soon. Inflation, fuel for shipping, as well as other factors are only going to increase the price of safes over the long run. Speaking of over the long run.  A TL30 is normally kept for a lifetime.  Passed on to future generations.  You will not find any used TL30 Safes on the market. Or at least I never have.  Another factor in this is your chain Jewelry stores when they need a Jewelry Safe just purchase a TL15 safe.  So once in a blue moon you can find one of those used.  But not very often or in very good condition.  Rarely fireproof as they just guard jewelry and no paperwork.  Always replace the lock with a brand new unit when you get a used TL rated safe.  Because you don’t know if it was having problems before.  Even intermitantly.  The last thing you want to do is have a locked up TL 30 on your hands.  Other than that.  Stay with an American based manufacturer of TL rated safes when it comes to service work, you will be very glad you did.

Below are some of the great features of this TL 30 Fireproof Safe:

 MV30-2016, the MV stands for Magna Vault.  This is the smallest model in the TL 30 line of safes that you may consider when it comes time for meeting the needs of the High Security Safe.  Not everyone needs one. Normally this is reserved for jewelry stores, pawn shops, check cashing stores, credit unions, and people that are paranoid about the U. S. Banking system.  (Yes, there are quite a few of you that call us on a regular basis, especially since Bear Sterns bailout)

I have to say this is the “Best of the Best” in regards to safes.  UL (underwriters labratory) has given this one their seal of approval.  One and a half hours of fireproof material all around.  TooL (note the large T and large L for TL) rated against an attack for 30 mins.  Now 30 mins doesn’t seem like a long time for protection against a theft attack.  But I can tell you this is 30 mins against ANYONE getting into it.  That anyone is someone that has all the proper tools and the know how on how to get into it.  Which translated means that UL has a stop watch that they start and stop when a tool is being used on the safe.  It does not include time it takes to prep the safe to start working (which can take as long as 30 mins) or breaks to discuss what has happened.  They stop the watch often to look at schematics and check on thier progress.  So this 30 min time period is actually a MUCH longer period of time.  Personally I have seen one of the best locksmith take about 2 hours and myself, with years of training, take as many 5 hours. 

A normall or intelligent theif doesn’t stand a chance.  You could even leave the tools next to the safe with a set of instructions and they still would not be able to get into it.  However, they might scratch the paint. 

Most like the electronic locks but some still use “bump proof” dial locks.  If you a government regulated industry such as a drug manufacturer you will want the keypad for it is not vulnerable to “radiological attacts”.  This will meet that requirement. 

Which brings me to a story of a local pawn shop that had one of these in use.  They were remodeling the store so the safe was empty as well as the store.  The owner put a note on the front of the safe stating the safe was empty.  But someone attempted to break into it.  Fired the relockers and broke off the dial.  The safe was an import from Brazil that was no longer being imported or made.  I talked with several locksmiths in the state as well as Lockmasters (wholesale lock maker and museum) they all had heard of the safe but nobody had any type of drill points or suggestions on how to get into it.  So it was hauled off for scrap metal!  The safe was worth thousands of dollars but if you can’t get help and support, it becomes a great anchor for a boat.  My point is, stay in the US when it comes to all high security safes.  You will be happy when it comes time to get it serviced.