GE AccessPoint Slimline KeySafe Keeps Your Keys out of the Wrong Hands
March 23, 2007 – 7:08 pm
In this day and age, it’s just stupid to leave the keys to your car in the ignition (even if the vehicle is in the garage), and it’s not much better to just toss them on a table just inside the doorway (like so many of us do). Anybody who comes into the house or the garage (whether neighbors, potential thieves, or just your kids who think they should be driving your car…) can make away with your prized ride. And if you’ve got extra vehicles (snow mobiles or other grown-up toys), there’s just that much more of value that could be stolen.
One way to protect your goods is to keep your keys in a key safe when you’re not using them. A simple wall-mounted safe like the GE AccessPoint Slimline KeySafe is easy to use (you can pick your own combination) and gives you the peace of mind of knowing nobody can take off with your cars and other vehicles.
A key safe can also be used to store an extra house key (in case your kids are always losing theirs but get home from school before you do). A key safe is just a smart addition for any home.
This one is available online for $27:
We tend to forget about flashlights until the power goes out. Then there’s a mad scramble, tripping over furniture and people and dogs, and rummaging until you find one. If it’s been a while since you checked the batteries, you may be in for a disappointment however. It’s a pain in the butt if the flashlight is dead. 
If you like the idea of having a residential safe but you don’t feel the need for some big hulking box taking up a third of your closet, this anti-theft drawer safe from Honeywell might be a better solution.
If you’ve ever shopped for a safe or vault for your home or office, you might have noticed how drab everything on the market is. Black, gray, beige, white… that’s about it for color choices. Granted, you’re shopping for something to protect your valuables from fire and theft, so style shouldn’t be that important, but why can’t you have it all?
Do you ever forget to close the garage door at night? Then in the morning when you leave for work, it’s sitting there gaping open, and you realize anyone could have walked into your garage (and probably right into your house, if you have an attached garage) any time during the night? Kind of creepy, hunh?
So, you want a safe to protect your valuables (documents, jewelry, passports, etc.), but you don’t want a big eye sore in your house. And maybe you don’t need a huge square thing that takes up a third of your closet. Sure, you could go for a between-the-studs wall safe, but an in-floor safe can be an even better bet. 
It’s always a good idea to have some back-up lighting in your home in case there’s an emergency or the power just goes out in a storm. You can make do with candles and flashlights for a while, but it’s certainly easier to operate with more reliable light sources.
Even if you haven’t experienced mail theft in your neighborhood, a secure mailbox just makes sense. Why take chances when you’re mailing out checks? And in this day and age, sometimes all it takes is for someone to snag a piece of your mail to perpetrate identify theft on you. That’s why locking mailboxes are smart ideas in any neighborhood.