Book Safes -

Book safes are one of the oldest types of secret safes, they have been around just about as long as books have. They are make by removing inner parts of the pages to leave a space for the objects to fit inside. This type of secret safe is good if you’re on a tight budget and have several books to be along side this one. The down sides of book safes for secret safes is that they can look a bit out of place if you do not have other books to go along side of them.

Soda Can Safes -

Soda can safes are one of my favorite types of secret safes. They are made now to such high quality that they even feel the same weight as the original products. The can safes look exactly like the normal products too. If you’re going to go for a can safe as your secret safe make sure that it is not too out of place. If you just put the can safe in a drawer someone would know something was up when they seen it.

Shaving Cream Safe -

Shaving cream safes are just a tweak from the normal soda can safes that I mentioned. The positives of the soda can safe are the same as the soda can safe except they are a bit larger in most cases, which space of course is a major bonus in secret safes. Another perk is shaving cream isn’t going too look too out of place in a random drawer in your bathroom or back cupboard.

Outlet Safes -

An outlet safe is far less common than the other types of secret safes listed above, this is a positive though in many cases as less robbers will look for them. They are basically a fake electrical outlet that you install into your wall and than the front of the outlet folds out to reveal the secret compartment for you to put your items. The downside of outlet safes is you need to install them physically in your wall, so if you no longer wanted ever use it as a secret safe again you’d have a hole in your wall if you removed it.

Clock Safes -

Clock safes are another fairly uncommon solution in the world of secret safes. They are rather effective in my opinion, how often is it someone gets curious and picks up a clock off the wall, not very often. Most have a place in the back of the clock to store whatever you’d like. The main thing I don’t like about them is you’re rather limited to how heavy of stuff you can put in there unless your clock in hanging on your wall with more than just a finishing nail or tack.

Personally I’d go with the shaving cream safe or soda can safe as my first pick for secret safes if I was in the market to purchase one right now. I’ve been asked where to buy secret safes several times now and you can get them from Amazon for rather cheap. Check out the links to the right.

Another reason why book safes are so common is how easy they are for the average person to make. Simple take the biggest hard cover book that you are willing to part with, preferably 400 pages or more so you can have more space to store things inside of it. After you have that you’ll also need an exacto knife to cut your storage space out of the inside of the book. Go thirty or so pages from the start of the book and start to cut a rectange out of the center of the pages. Make sure to leave about an inch and a half around the boarder of the pages to make sure the book will still look normal. One you get the hang of this you’ll be able to press a little harder and cut through many pages at once, be sure to be careful as always when using sharp objects, but if you are smart enough to use the internet you should really know that by now.

Once you’ve gotten all your pages cut, leaving 30 or so at the back of the book uncut just like you did with the first 30, you’ll want to take some glue and brush it along the inside edges of the book along where you cut out, this will ensure that your book safe will remain strong. After this dries you will now have a perfect place to store small objects, money, whatever you’d like inside the book. Now just make sure to put it somewhere that it doesn’t look too out of place. Best of wishes to you all, keep your valueables secure.