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Cuisinart ICE-30BC Pure Indulgence 2-Quart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet, and Ice Cream Maker $73.95 … |
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Cuisinart CSB-76 SmartStick 200-Watt Immersion Hand Blender The versatile stick design of the Cuisinart Smart stick Hand Blender lets users blend ingredients right in pots, pitchers, bowls, or clear plastic beaker that’s included. A powerful 200-watt motor operates with an easy one-touch control. Blends drinks, purees soup, mixes pancake and crepe batters in seconds! Both stainless steel blending shaft and beaker are dishwasher-safe…. |
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Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House $6.56 Home alone…again? Somebody call a social worker! This time around, Kevin (Michael Weinberg) spends Christmas at the mansion of his father’s new girlfriend. His plans to reunite his estranged parents are interrupted by the return of bumbling burglar Marv (French Stewart), who is now joined by a goofy female partner. With new high-tech tricks up his sleeve, Kevin faces off against the crazy crooks… |
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Double, Double, Toil & Trouble [VHS] $0.99 Make way for spells, witches, wizards and adventure! It’s Halloween, the scariest, funnest event of Fall. But for Lynn and Kelly farmer (Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen) something scarier could happen. A slump in the family business means the farmers will lose their home–unless the spirited twins find a way to save it! Year: 1993 Director: Stuart Margolin Starring: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, Cloris Le… |
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Safe at Home (Baby Proofing) [VHS] $1.28 More children die from accidents in the home than from all childhood diseases combined. With this sobering thought in mind, daytime actress Kim Zimmer and child development specialist Sarah Adams present a room-by-room video safety checklist for new parents. Actors portraying parents and grandparents go over the steps taken to childproof the various rooms in the house, as they review the usual haz… |
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Safe at Home [VHS] $1.99 Kill the Umpire and Safe at Home reside cozily on this family-friendly disc, a pair of entertaining movies about baseball-crazy characters with very different reasons for getting close to the game. The 1950 Kill the Umpire stars William Bendix as Bill Johnson, a working man so enamored of America’s pastime that he regularly loses jobs because he can’t stay out of his favorite New York ballpark whe… |
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Buns of Steel 8: Pregnancy Workout (EP Version) [VHS] $4.01 Maintaining your current fitness level is the goal in this upbeat pregnancy workout from the Buns of Steel series. Fitness expert Madeline Lewis (in her third trimester, no less) smiles and chatters her way through a 45-minute low-impact routine. But low-impact, quite obviously, is not Ms. Lewis’s typical style. This high-energy workout should appeal to anyone who enjoys the quick-paced repetition… |
How to Buy a Home Safe
A bank deposit box can’t match the convenience of having your own home safe. Once thought to be only for the rich and famous, a home safe is an affordable way to keep your valuables safe from criminals, fire or natural disasters.
They come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and installations. Some are stand alone floor models while others are hidden under the floor boards or in the wall behind a painting or mirror. The type that you select will vary according to what you plan to store and protect, what you’re hoping to protect it from, and your budget.
Where to Buy
Buying a home safe begins with deciding where to purchase it from. While you can usually find them in your local department store, if you purchase them from anyone other than a professional safe retailer or locksmith you may not get the advice you need for selecting an appropriate safe, and you will probably have to install it yourself.
Additionally, when you buy from someone other than a safe retailer, if it should requirerepair or servicing, chances are good that you won’t get help from the department store where you purchased it originally. Buying from a professional retailer of home safes means you’ll get useful advice as to which type of safe is required for your unique situation. They’ll also be able to list the features, benefits and disadvantages of each type of safe, and tell you what the safe can protect against. Should you need installation, repair or delivery services – a professional safe retailer can assist you with that, as well.
What You Need to Protect
Knowing what belongings you intend to store in your safe is important. It will help determine the size of the safe you require, as well as the type. Storing guns is different from storing computer media and will make a difference to the type of safe you buy.
What You Are Protecting Your Belongings From
Whle most modern safes are designed to protect against burglary, not all safes will prevent damage from fire. Some home safes are advertised as being 100% safe against fire – but there are no safes that have this type of fire rating. Instead, home safes are designed to withstand fire for 1 hour or 2 hours.
There are also no safes anywhere that are 100% burglar proof. If a criminal has enough experience and the right tools, and enough time – they can get into a home safe. Home safes have ratings based on testing groups and how long it would take an expert burglar to break into your safe. The harder the safe is to break into, the higher the price tag and more security you’ll have from the average criminal.
Home safes designed for computer equipment and media are constructed with dry fill to prevent the release of moisture. Media home safes are usually more expensive than other types of safes.
Once you know what your needs are for a safe, the approximate size and type you require – visit a professional safe retailer. They can answer any questions you have and guide you toward selecting an appropriate safe.
About the Author
Trisha L. Wagner is a freelance writer providing articles for Lackasafe.com, an elite team of safe specialists that provide home safes, office safes, floor and gun safes.
Home Safes Rated