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Home » Tips and Tricks » 5 Reasons Why Can’t You Store Electronic Devices in Gun Safes

5 Reasons Why Can’t You Store Electronic Devices in Gun Safes

May 13, 2016 by William Gregory Leave a Comment

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Have you ever needed to store electronic devices in gun safe?

A gun safe is a recommendable commodity for storage of valuable items like deeds, bonds, passports, titles etc. however, it is not ideal for the storage of items like electronics. Electronics need some more soft means of storage that cannot be found in gun safes.

Contents

  • 1 Soft handling
  • 2 Risk of damage
  • 3 Nature and design of gun safes
  • 4 Accessibility
  • 5 Power connectivity
  • 6 In conclusion

Soft handling

Unlike guns, electronic devices require a softer means of handling. Gun safes are ideal for weaponry or heavy duty items thus cannot be effective for storing electronics. Electronic devices require soft storage cases and which are hard to install in gun safes.

 For example, laptops may need laptop storage bags hence storing such materials in gun safes may hinder fast access to guns in case of emergency.

Risk of damage

Storage of electronics in gun safes poses a very huge risk to them. Excess and rough contact of ammunition with electronic devices may lead to increased unnecessary damages. Due to the delicate nature of electronic devices like laptops, mobile phones and televisions it makes it risky to store them together with guns.

Guns are heavy duty materials and sudden contact like falling may damage any electronic device near it. Quick access of guns during emergency may interfere with the storage of guns of your guns. Destruction of electronics is very costly since most of them are very expensive.

Nature and design of gun safes

Many gun safes are complex in nature and not ideal for storage of guns. Most of them are made of either wooden or metallic cases.

Electronics, on the other hand need soft means of storage hence the gun safe is not an perfect place. On the design, they are made with cases taking after the shape of the guns available. Other safes contain hooks for hanging the guns. This type of the safe is thus not recommended for the storage of your electronics. This is because many electronic devices cannot be hanged because they have sophisticated shapes.

Other gun safes are small hence cannot be ultimate means of storing electronic devices.

Accessibility

Electronic devices need to be easily accessible hence they should be stored at hand or in near reach. For example, a mobile phone is used frequently hence storing it in a gun safe makes it unreachable because you must access the gun safe which is a tedious task.

Other items like televisions need to be watched at some different times during the day. Frequent access to the gun safe may also prove to be tedious and inefficient. Remember that a gun safe is designed to offer security and fast accessibility of guns and ammunition.

Power connectivity

Electronic devices need to be connected to constant power supply that may be impossible in gun safes. Electronic devices use power in order to function and installing power supply in a gun safe may prove ineffective.

Phone charging may be unnecessary when performed inside a gun safe. It is also irrational watching a television from a gun safe.

Heavy damages may be incurred in cases of power faults inside the gun safe. Guns may be destroyed in such cases hence making you incur heavy loses. Power faults may also lead to destruction of other items stored in the safe.

In conclusion

A gun safe is not an ideal means of stoning electronic devices. For storage of such devices, consider storage cabinets or cupboards large enough to hold such devices. Certainly, you should note that safety of electronic devices is vital and they should be handled with great care.

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