Value Safes

B Rated Safes are the first in a series of Burglary rated safes by UL.  And the first that would be considered a High Security Safe. There are also C Rated Safes and E Rated safes.  However, nobody really makes the C Rated Safes or E Rated Safes anymore.  The reason they quit making them is because of insurance companies.

Sound strange I know.  But here is why, the difference between the B, C, and E rated safe is not that much.  They normally just add a little more hardplate to the door.  Granted it is as much as another 1/2 inch of hardplate.  Which is a lot of hard plate.  But from a perspective of trying to break into the Safe.  Its not alot.  Because once I have the safe prepared to drill, which takes about 15-30 minutes, it doesn’t take that much longer to go through the an extra 1/2 inch plate.  Notice I said drill, you don’t really drill because hardplate is drill resistant.  So you have to melt the steel.  Well once I’m melting its just more of the same.  Its the prep time that really slows things down.

This is why insurance companies said they wanted to use a TL Safe  or a B-rated instead of the C or E rated Safe.  So there are our choices. 

This review is on the Hayman Safe model DV-1215.  The DV stands for Dyna Vault.  Cool name for their B Rated safes.  This first thing you will notice on the picture below is NO bolts on the door!  The entire inside wall moves into place to lock the door.  Notice also there are no outside hinges. Just one door length hinge/ lockbar that folds into place to keep the door locked.  Great design on this safe to protect against burglary.  One of the best B Rated safes on the market today.

UL listed 1 1/2 hour fireproof safe as well makes this a high quality, high security safe.  It really gets my vote as the best B-Rated safe for its size in the industry.  Oh, one last item. You will notice two holes inside the safe on the bottom.  Those are to be used to bolt it to the floor.  Most safes only have a single bolt hole. This one has two for double security against a thief walking off with it.