A safe should be chosen to protect not only guns
but with an eye toward accommodating jewelry,
important documents, china, family heirlooms and collectibles."

- Author Marilyn Stone
  Shot Business Magazine, March 2001

Question: "Do I really need a safe?"

We know that you might be thinking: "that'll never happen to me," and we truly hope that it never does. We don't mean to sound biased, but there's no better way to say it than: it's better safe than sorry.

Statistics have shown that pilferage, not burglary, from visitors in our homes is the biggest reason for losses from our home. Storing a handgun where a child can get it can lead to devastating results. Fires can destroy priceless family papers or heirlooms. The purchase of a safe can help prevent the devastating results of these situations.

The key to this success is the right inventory.

FBI statistics state that over 80 percent of all people who purchase a safe, buy the wrong type of safe. With over 32 different fire and security ratings, this should come as no surprise.

Most safe retailers will carry 1, 2, or 3 different ratings at the most, so all but a few customers will end up with the wrong type of safe for their needs.

Our solution has been to offer the customer a large selection of safes by stocking most of the ratings and sizes of a variety of safes from over 20 different manufacturers. That way we can fit the safe to the customer rather than trying to fit the customer to the safe.

Over the years we have looked at virtually every safe manufacturer in the market and have rigorously handpicked from each what we feel are "category killers" (the very best safes in each category). Our goal is to protect our customers' valuables with the best rating and quality at a competitive price.

We stock most everything from small UL-rated fireboxes up to 6000 pound high security jewelry safes. Most of our safes are UL-rated, meaning they have been rigorously tested against burglary and/or fire. We stock extra units in our warehouse, sometimes as many as 50 to 60 of the same safe, because they are our best sellers. Because of the volume of safes we sell, we are able to pick and choose category killers from the most prestigious safe manufacturers in the world. Our large sales volume and large orders of semi truck loads guarantee competitive prices. We have one entire room devoted exclusively to gun safes, ranging in size from 10 to 60 cubic feet. All of our safes are ready to go and can be fit accordingly to any accessories that'll make your storage needs even easier.

On November 11, 1998, we started our presence online with just three pages on our website. We now feature most of our safes on the internet and we ship across the United States. From our front line consultants to our behind the scenes associates, we consider our number one priority to be customer service. If we don't have the right safe for you and we know where you can get it, we'll get it for you or tell you where to get it. We do everything we can to satisfy our customers and offer quality merchandise with affordable prices.

Dean Safe has such a good reputation
that many safe manufacturers send them prototypes
of new models for input on pros and cons."

- Deborah Newmark and Trisha King,
authors of Buying Retail is Stupid