When a criminal breaks into your home they will only spend a few minutes inside while they look for the most valuable items to steal. They will usually choose smaller items that they can easily carry right out your front door such as jewelry, watches and cash. Burglars know the best places in the house to look, and can be on their way with your most treasured possessions in a very short time.

A great solution is what is known as a diversion safe. Diversion safes are home security products that are designed to look like every day, ordinary household items. These safes appear to be objects that are commonly found in any home such as books, candles or canned items, but they are actually hollowed out containers that you can hide valuables in to keep them secure from thieves.

There are a wide variety of these safes that can be placed anywhere in your house. They look so much like the real thing that a criminal will be very unlikely to even notice them even when they are hidden right out in the open. For example, you can store cash in your bedroom inside a book safe, or candle safe. Your valuable jewelry can be kept in the bathroom disguised in a safe that appears to be a can of hair spray, shaving cream or foot powder. Hide items in your garage disguised as oil can, degreaser or sealant.

Home Security Safes
Home security safe can be defined as a residential secure lockable container. Safes are used to protect items of value from damage or theft. A good safe is generally constructed from highly resistant materials such as steel. They are commonly designed as hollow cubes but can vary in size from walk-in vault safes to hidden safes concealable by a power-outlet panel or inside a "book." Should you be considering a home security safe, you have a wide array of options to select from. Before you install a security safe in your home however, it is important to ensure you have chosen a safe that is right for your specific needs. Your first consideration should be in relation to the nature of the items you wish to safeguard. Most safes are specifically made to house a certain type of object, for example: money, valuables such as jewelry or family heirlooms, documents and firearms. It follows that the quality of the safe should be relative to the value of the items you wish to secure. There is little sense in investing a large sum in a safe which you'll only use to store items of lesser value or, contrarily selecting a cheaper, less reliable safe in which to keep your priceless antique jewelry.

Some other points to bear in mind before you install a security safe are where best to position it. You have your choice of a general standalone safe, a wall safe and a floor safe. Naturally all these safes come in different sizes to reflect various storage needs. A general safe is useful for securing miscellaneous items of value but do bear in mind that unless it is firmly anchored it will not prove as effective a deterrent to theft as a wall or floor safe. Losing your safe along with its contents is an even more regrettable prospect than the loss of the contents alone and therefore it is advisable to incorporate smaller, relatively light safes as permanent fixtures. Wall and floor safes offer a simple means of doing this as well as the advantage of concealment. Noter that Wall safes may easily be obscured from unwelcome attention by such as paintings and bookshelves and in-floor safes by rugs or furniture. Another thinking point is the type of lock which you feel will best serve you. Safes are available with key locks, combination locks, electronic locks and also time locks, although these last are not really best suited for home security safes. An electronic lock offers perhaps the most security as it may be reprogrammed to accept a different code on a regular basis. It is also possible to find a combination of these lock types for extra security fail-safes. Finally, you will need to consider whether you need your safe to be proof against fire, water and impact.

Rob Hargreaves - An American locksmith