A can safe is not the best choice of diversion safe in my opinion just because they are too common compaired to most of the other types of hidden compartment devices. The only good place I can think of keeping a can safe is with other kinds of the same can, for example just putting your diversion safe as the last can in the back of the fridge.

Protecting valueable always comes down to other people not being able to get to the items you’re trying to protect. Although when it comes down to it a cheap diversion can safe is going to appear as a nice soft drink to anyone who sees it, and they just very well might try to open it, and than your secret stash is discovered.

* Ask yourself what you plan on storing in your diversion safe to know what general size diversion safe you’ll need.
* Decide what room you want to keep your diversion safe, so you can buy one that wouldn’t be out of place.
* Pick your budget, if it’s a low budget you can probably make your own diversion safe. I’d suggest making a can safe if you were tight on money.

Once you have those three rather basic things decided you can start to look around for a diversion safe that would fit your needs. Most people start off with some kind of can safe since you can get them for under $20. Personally I prefer furniture diversion safes but those tend to always be on the expensive side.

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.