One of our fundamental needs is to protect our goods and valuables. How a lot of times have we wondered: is it safe to keep my jewels or wealth at home? Will my children be in danger of shooting themselves if I purchase myself a gun? Will I get bankrupt if a fire starts by any possibility in my office?

The need for Safes appeared shortly after humankind discovered wealth, gold and other valuables. Until 1820 they helped just against theft, but starting in the 1840s they were designed, by using so called Wilder technology, to protect effectively against fire. The burglar resisting safe was first patented in 1835 by Chubb Safes (it is believed that they were already producing them for almost 20 years).

There is a whole highly developed business behind safes: they are commonly made of metal, are intended to be fire and environmentaly resistant and are using high tech electronics, laser-cut doors or memory recall capabilities. One of the world's biggest home security providers is Sentry Safes. They afford high quality at competitive prices and in more than 70 years of existence on the market they have remained faithful to the founder's beliefs: quality, affordability and innovation.

The safes generally have two chief locations - for house or office employ - and can be classified in three main types:

1) Burglary Safes - they offer protection against theft, but very little against fire. Generally they have genuine metal walls and a heavy door resistant to a drilling, cutting or prying attack. Hardened resistant metals are frequently used to deliberate down attempts to break in to this safe.

2) Fire Safes - usually they are made of a thin metal double wall and have a fire-resistant insulating tangible between the walls. They have a minimum level of security, because they are intended to protect (particularly papers) against fire. They have to maintain an internal temperature of below 200 degrees C (the aim at which documents will be destroyed) .The safes afford the fire protection for either 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. Similar to them, but a bit more effective, there are the "Data Safes" which maintain less than 52 degrees C (the aim at which data media is destroyed) and additionally protect against high humidity, electro magnetic contamination, etc.

3) Fire / Burglary Safes - They are generally multi-purpose safes and offer worthy protection both against thefts and fire. They are designed like a burglary safe, but have a secondary wall inside, which contains insulation (the tangible that helps sustaining a low temperature).

Generally house safes are used to prevent stealing or destruction of our family's property: wealth, papers take pleasure in receipts, contracts, personal and financial documents, jewels and at times other things which can be irreplaceable: photos, videos. For good protection of these valuables we call for Fire/Burglary Safes. Typically, these safes are located in the floor or in the walls.

The wall safes demand a special framing and it is better to place them as low as possible because, in the event of a fire, the temperature is lower at ground level. They are very practical for those of us who value their possessions, but don't want to keep them in a bank. They are easy to install and access and they do not call for exclusive modifications of the interior or the fashion of the home.

When we don't have enough wealth to buy a pro safe it is constantly better to remember about diversion safes! They don't look like the conventional steel safe and, though they have no protection against fire, they can discourage a potential burglar, who hasn't got the time to search the entire house.

We can use as diversion safe containers for soda pop, canned fruit, house cleaners, or even books. They have removable tops or bottoms so that we can put our goods in them, weight so that they appear normal when handled and most important, they are rather cheap compared to a normal safe.

We also don't have to forget that a gun safe is the most effective way of preventing a tragic accident at house! Usually they are made of steel and the size is according to the size of the gun you desire to secure. The bigger the safe is, the more it costs. But although it will cost an additional amount of money, it's better to remember that we should diminish the risks by keeping the guns safe.

When buying a safe we have to think of its destination, how accessible it is, how loads of options we can obtain for the sum of wealth that we are willing to pay and how it is rated (what is its level of security against thefts, destruction). The top thing would be to hire a company that can monitor and protect your house/office and values. But when this is too pricey, safes are the next best opportunity.