I don't own one yet, but I've already rationalized a Zanotti
Here was my thinking:
a. I've do offsite backup of my important computer files (I keep a cloned drive at work). That way when a 747 crashes into my house...well, you get the picture
b. The important papers (paper, flammable, duh) no one is going to steal. They can go into a dedicated and inexpensive Sentry fire-safe (and already are). I ought to put them in a safe deposit box.
c. Jewelry and guns are relatively inflammable. I think they have a reasonable chance of survival in a Zanotti in my basement.
d. Getting a one-piece safe into my basement would be a project. Can it be done? Sure. Do I want to do it? No. Do I want to pay some pro's to move it and watch them make mincemeat out of the stairs and walls? No. Me and another guy can carry/cart each Zanotti piece down. The door is the heaviest part.
e. If they are going to drill/peel/whatever the Zanotti then they'll get in pretty much just about any other safe in that price range. Let's face it: drilling the easiest attack. I've seen more than one Mosler drilled quite easily (because the S&G locks broke!) I doubt anyone is going to go to those lengths for the contents of
my safe. Anyone that serious will attack the mini-mansions all around me before bothering with my humble abode. But it'll keep out the riff-raff quite easily.
f. Zanotti's command a premium price because they are unique in their take-down style construction. Capitalism at it's finest! I figure I make some of that price back because I don't have to pay someone to install it or for the repairs I'll have to make to my home after some of it gets crushed in the process.
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P.S. S&G locks are little better than the others. The mechanical ones we have at work are quite cheaply constructed (I've installed/replaced a few myself) and drift all the time. Of course our safes get opened every single day, so there is a bit more wear and tear involved. We also have a lot of problems with the electronic series S&G's, I've got one right now that doesn't generate enough power to reliably throw the bolt.