Why can’t you buy a good safe in Kyiv cheaply?

The problem with cheap safes is that they give a false sense of security without actually providing any real protection against either fire or burglary.

What determines the price of a safe?

Any safe is primarily a metal structure. Moreover, it is quite simple and understandable, if we are not talking about special safes designed and made to order. Serial safes, on the one hand, are uniform, and on the other hand, it is this unification that allows special testing of the safe for burglary resistance and/or stability during a fire, as a result of which each safe of the certified series receives an appropriate document confirming the declared properties. Differences may be due to the color of the paint and interior decoration, the presence of internal lighting and the ability to connect an audible alarm to the power supply. And also, the safe can be equipped with different types of locks, which can be one of the essential criteria for the buyer.

Based on the above, we obtain a list of pricing components:
1. Metal thickness (mm) - the greater, the more resistant to external influences.
2. The presence of reinforced / concrete / thermal insulation filler between the double walls of the safe structure in safes with serious certified protection.
3. Doorway - the presence and thickness of the gap between the body and the door (laser cutting gives the smallest gap), strengthening the contour of the doorway with an additional metal frame, thermal tape for protection from fire.
4. Door locking system - the number of crossbars, their mobility (rotation makes cutting difficult), anti-cuts on the hinge side and the design of the hinges themselves (internal or external).
5. Type of lock and availability of certificate, country of manufacture or brand. Key, combination and biometric locks, as well as their combinations in a safe, can have a very significant impact on how much a safe costs. Their reliability and performance are an important component of storage security. And, although there are no locks that are fundamentally impossible to open, it must be taken into account that there are not so many highly qualified burglars, and they are, accordingly, not interested in average safes and their owners.
6. Elements of the internal contents of the safe - shelves, cash (or cartridge) compartment, locked with a key, type and number of gun trays, canopies, pockets, hooks and other additions for storage on the inner surface of the door (usually in gun safes), finishing with velvet, flock, wood, the presence of a mirror, drawers (for jewelry safes), LED lighting and alarm, etc.
7. The presence in the design (often in the door itself) of armored glass for safes that provide for display of contents (for example, collectible weapons or antiques), as well as the presence of holes for anchoring the safe to the wall and/or floor.
8. And finally, the exterior of the safe. Type of coating - varnish or powder, color or a combination of several colors in one safe, the presence of branded inscriptions, patterns and images. Manufacturers add wood trim to some serial products, which allows them to organically fit into the appropriate interior of the room.

There is also, in addition to the objective dependence of the cost of the product on the price of its components, a marketing component - the brand name. Many years of experience in the production and sale of safes on the market means quality, reliability and a price higher than similar, but less famous analogues. A striking example of this is the British brand Chubbsafes, which is known as the oldest manufacturer of safes around the world with more than 200 years of history.

Speaking of safe manufacturers. In Ukraine, this niche is filled quite densely due to the current conditions for the presence of the metalworking industry. One might assume that safes from domestic manufacturers will cost less than their foreign counterparts due to the lack of logistics costs for delivery to the country, however, long-term partnerships allow Ukrainian suppliers to provide customers with worthy alternatives at quite comparable prices. In our online store we suggest you pay attention to Ukrainian Griffon™ and Italian Technomax™ safes.

To summarize, we recommend that when choosing a safe, buy the best you can afford. And do not forget to secure it well with anchor bolts to the floor or wall. Many good safes have been stolen intact and taken to another location for thieves to open at their leisure. In any case, the best choice is a safe that no one but you knows about.