HollonB2500 In Ground Safe

Pain in the ass to install properly (made a mess cutting concrete and hit granite ledge that took me a few days to jackhammer out). But know that it’s installed I feel comfortable knowing that my valuables are secure and can’t be stolen by (2) guys and a hand truck. Highly recommend

This is a good product but people should understand that it will only be made secure (as is true for any floor safe) with proper installation. That installation may not be easy or cheap. Let me elaborate:1: It needs to be set in concrete. If it isn't, someone can simply steal the whole safe.2:If you have wood floors with a crawlspace, you are going to have to construct concrete formwork from the ground up to the floor and then place the safe in the middle and pour concrete around it.3: If you have concrete floors, you need to use either a jackhammer or a diamond saw to make a hole in the floor. The hole should be at least 2 feet on a side. Once you created the hole, you need to dig down into the underlying earth about two feet. My home is literally built on solid granite and so this was no easy task and took all day with a big jackhammer. Once the hole is dug you should assess how much moisture the soil holds. If it is wet, the safe will rust eventually. If it is dry, all is well.4: You'll need to pour at least 4 cubic feet of concrete (about eight 50 pound bags) around the safe. The safe has a metal lip at the bottom that will lock it into the concrete.5: Pour all the concrete in a single day and fill the hole back up to the floor level. Finish it and let it set and cure.Once the safe is in concrete it is about as secure as any safe can be. It will be impossible to remove it without a backhoe. Make sure you place it somewhere where water won't reach it and that is hidden. If burglars find the safe, they won't be able to open it but they may get mad and destroy the dial (this has happened to me)---so keep it well hidden.

Great safe BUT replaced with a digital lock. The lock it comes with is horrible as you take forever to get it open!

Purchased two safes at different times. Both safes lost their combination settings. I could open them a couple times, but then both quit working. I have called a locksmith for one and he reset the combination before I set it in place. The other one is in place and cannot be opened. I'm going to call a locksmith for that one and see how that goes. Hollon said they worked when they left their warehouse (these are Chinese manufactured) and they said they didn't know what Amazon did to them when handling and shipping. That was the end of the conversation.

Very well made and is much roomier than other safes that I have purchased. I have told friends that this is the safe to purchase.

Lotta bang for the buck!!

I installed this safe in an untraditional manner, but it fits perfectly and works well. Only gripe is that the instructions for opening it were confusing at first. A quick YouTube search revealed it uses an S&G style lock and I saw a video of how to open it. Haven't had any issues since.As for the unusual install, I don't recommend this method as its labor intensive but it does work. I cut a hole in my floor and built a mold in the crawl space. The safe sit on cinder blocks and I filled in concrete around it. If you're installing it in a concrete floor, it'll be much easier. I needed 1.5 ton of concrete to fill the mold.

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