Throughout the internet, small safe sites are filled with inexpensive, minimal build, Chinese imports.  Price is the overall sales point, not quality of build.

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The English language is in its glory when a company is trying to market their product to unsuspecting potential buyers.  The market for small safes has been overrun with these low cost, low quality imports. American manufacturers cannot make a profit on small safes, so almost all small inexpensive safes are made in China.  If the small safe lines are made in America, they are typically described as “massive composite doors”, meaning 12 gauge, or less, steel content in the door (less than 1/8-inch) and the same 12 gauge steel in the body.

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Simply put, the build of these safes make them highly vulnerable to be defeated because the steel is too thin to resist a forceful attack in many instances, or they are carried away.

At C.E. Safes, we do not promote or carry many brands in the small safe category.  Our two brands are the Heirloom Series, made from the gun safe industry, and the Inkas RSC Series, made from the commercial safe industry.

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The Heirloom Series is unique in that it is a much heavier build than other competing brands from the gun safe industry in the same size category.  Made in seven small sizes, with 3 different grades of metal –