john_jovic Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 A few days ago I was burgled. Miraculously the thieves where caught and the stolen goods retrieved. What?s the chance of that happening again? My question is this. How do you protect your equipment? My intention is to buy a safe which will fit at least 2 or 3 camera bags, as they are, so that I can carry them from my car straight to the safe. I feel that this is the only way that I can reliably use a safe. I can't see myself using a small safe where I need to remove camera components from a camera bag so that the components fit in a safe. That would just not work. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. RegardsJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 So next time you get robbed instead of burgled, then where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
images_in_light_north_west Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Gun Safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill c. Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 There was a thread on this very subject not long ago. Please click on this (if this does not show as a link, just copy and paste it into your browser): http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00HvuR A quick check through the archives would have brought it up directly. Glad you got your stuff back. Happy shooting. -BC- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_elliott Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 If you're going to get a safe make sure it's securely attached to something! My folks were unlucky enough to be burgled last year. That said they had their valuables stashed in various places around the house. One room was trashed, and then they found the safe..... They somehow managed to lug the thing down the stairs and out of the house and took it away. They ran out of time for anything else so my folks got off lightly. The only thing in the safe was the deeds to the house..... a pain to replace but not financially painful. A safe is a good idea alongside decent insurance just in case. Regards, Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Moral: Get a big ol' safe and put it in plain site so it can get stolen. And put all your expensive gear in cardboard boxes in the garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_dendrinos1 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 John, A thought on the safe. Many safes can hold moisture in them, you would want to be sure that the air is dry in there if you are storing camera equipment. This is especially true for fire safes. I have all my gear scheduled. If it?s stolen or if I drop it in the river, its covered. It costs some but I don?t have to worry. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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