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The development of home/office safes enables people to purchase safes for specialized applications. For example, the fire safe became a necessary luxury when individuals wanted to keep personal papers in a "safe" home or office environment. Burglary safes enable people to keep their expensive jewelry, cash, bond, etc., "safe at home" and available 24 hours a day instead of during banker's hours in a safety deposit box.
The home/office safe has progressed to a new level, which I call "Personal" safes. A "Personal" safe is compact, portable, and designed to protect a single type of item, for example, a gun safe or a laptop safe. Most of these safes are large enough for additional personal items such as an iPod, PDA, and/or personal gaming unit. These safes must be mounted to a solid surface because they are light enough to be carried away. Each of the following safes has factory-drilled anchor holes. This way, the safes can move with a student into school housing in order to protect his or her possessions.
As more people own guns for safety, many purchase a specialized safe that satisfies three criteria for gun owners. The gun must be loaded. The gun must be locked away from persons who should not have access. Third and most importantly, the gun owner must have immediate access to the weapon in case of emergency.
For this article, we will discuss two "Personal" safes, the GunVault Gun Safe and the Pro-Lok Lap Top Electronic Safe. The GunVault safe is unique for its No-Eyes® patented keypad and the compact sizes of the safe. The Pro-Lok Lap Top Electronic Safe is large enough to secure a full-size laptop computer and accessories.
PRO-LOK LAP TOP ELECTRONIC SAFE
Pro-Lok's new Lap Top Electronic Safe, part number GLSF-15, is constructed with 1/4" thick door and 1/8" thick welded steel body. This safe is equipped with an electronic keypad style lock. It has a gray enamel finish, and the bottom of the safe is covered in fabric. The Lap Top Safe's door is recessed into the body of the safe, limiting the possibility of the door being forced open. The electronic lock operates two ¾- inch diameter chrome plated steel locking bolts that extend almost three-quarters of an inch when the safe is locked.
