This a great safe. It's heavy, as it needs to be, and unlike some similar products, isn't on wheels. While wheels may be convenient, they also make the safe easy to steal. Of course, it can be bolted down - but even if you don't do so, only a well-prepared thief would be able to cart it away.

The safe is over-engineered, rated at 2 hours of fire protection, and it can survive a 2-story fall. Just keep in mind that even if the safe survives the fall, your delicate contents may not. The locking mechanism is an old-fashioned mechanical combination lock, which I consider a plus. Digital locks abound now and they have their advantages, but batteries can die and digital chips can fail. The mechanical lock on this safe is simple and reliable. It is, however, a bit complicated to use and number selection must be exact for the safe to open. Also, there is no way to change the combination - which is set at the factory. Aside from that, the safe is nearly perfect.

Delivery of the safe is a mixed bag. The vendor chosen for NYC has a terrible track record and did not deliver the safe on time, nor even on the day they promised to deliver it. They didn't even bother to notify us of the delay - they were shy a driver and just failed to show up. They also gave my wife a hard time about delivering the safe inside the door rather than outside the door; however, Amazon is just about the only company that sells safes that doesn't just deliver to the curbside without charging extra. Kudos to Amazon for that!

This is an outstanding safe for the price paid. It suits my purpose quite well. The combination dial has a real nice, smooth feeling to it and I had no trouble opening it on the first attempt. When closed and secured the door does have about 1/8" play in it and as explained by the manufacturer this is to allow the heat-activated fire seal to expand in the event of a fire. This is normal for the safe folks! My house has a full basement so I placed the safe in a corner of my bedroom closet and mounted it to the floor with four 9/16" x 2" bolts. This safe isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Another reviewer on this site said he removed the shelf brackets on the side walls to remove the safe's floor plate. I did not find this necessary. I simply removed the bottom screw from each bracket and swung the bottom of it toward the back of the safe and removal of the floor plate was easy to gain access to the pre-drilled holes. I then used a marker to mark the floor through the holes, pulled the safe out of the way and then drilled the holes through the floor. After placing the safe back into position I placed the bolts (with washers) into the holes from the basement up into the safe and put duct tape over the bolt heads to hold them in place. I then went back to the safe upstairs and placed a washer, lock washer and nut on the bolt and then placed a socket with ratchet on it. The ratchet handle against the safe wall allowed me to go back downstairs and tighten with another ratchet. The way I see it now is if a thief comes around and sees the safe in the closet they will soon discover they are not going to carry it away. Even if they then go into the basement and see the bolt heads on the ceiling and attempt to loosen them the nuts inside the safe will simply spin because there is nothing holding them. Thus the bolts can't be removed. The only way to make off with the safe is to somehow cut the floor section out that it rests on. Probably would need a chainsaw to do that.

If you look at the picture and description the safe was supposed to have a dial type combination lock but what came was a key pad push button lock. Not happy with that but the safe itself has met all my expectations and the delivery was great! This is my second review with no response.

Overall, safe is quite nice. Very roomy, sturdy construction, and solid feel.

Took off a star because the safe arrived with the dial mechanism totally broken. See picture. Dial was stuck out 0.5" and would not sit flush, as designed. The combination worked, which was good. Rather than going through the hassle of returning it, I decided to try to fix it myself. Youtube had a good video on combination lock and dial construction. I had to hacksaw about 0.5" off of the threaded dial rod in order for the dial to sit flush. Which means that this was never built properly, in the first place--the threaded rod was 0.5" too long. The rod was hitting the lock cover which pushed the dial out. Works great now, but the fact that I had to fix this myself and that it was not built properly is totally ridiculous. I mean thank goodness I'm an engineer, there was a youtube video on this, and that I had the tools to fix it.

Very good safe. Steel, no plastic anywhere. Heavy/hefty. Nicely lined. Look on Youtube to see how easily the big box stores' "safes" are broken into (they're not burglary safes). Look there as well to see how difficult Mesa safes are to break into. This is an entry-level burglary safe; not the finest, but very good, and at a much lower cost. As with any burglary safe, it should be bolted to the floor (cement bolts included, but not wood/lag screws). This has the mechanical, not the electronic lock. Mine opened easily the first and all subsequent times. The dial's metal and the motion is solid/smooth; hopefully a sign of a quality lock. Only complaints are 1) a ring and smear, as if from a coffee cup, on the top (into the paint), 2) the logo/pin strip is slightly crooked on the door, and 3) scratches on the bottom. These things don't really bother me, they don't affect the safe's performance nor it's appearance all the much either, but it is a little sloppy. All in all, very satisfied.