Laptop Safes

Laptop computer theft is very common and unfortunately something in excess of 90% of stolen laptops are never recovered.

Not all of these thefts are of laptops stolen from the home of course. Apart from unattended laptop computers being stolen from offices, they are taken from airport waiting lounges, cafes and bars, from vehicles and brazenly snatched from those carrying them in the street.

A good many are stolen in the course of residential burglaries though.

Let's face it, laptop computers are designed with portability in mind, portable for you, portable for the burglar. All he has to do is grab it and vamoose, likely he will want to turn your laptop into quick cash so he sells it on to a fence for a few dollars.

What will the fence do with it? Possibly he will pass it on to a crooked computer specialist who will extract any valuable data from it.

Not a happy scenario if your missing laptop contains company data, or if you operate your own home business, your customers personal details.

So why laptop safes? Wouldn't my regular home safe protect my laptop from theft?

If you have a home safe and it is wide enough to accommodate your laptop then that is fine. But many small home safes that are designed to protect a small amount of cash or jewelry have internal dimensions that are too narrow to accept a laptop computer. Laptop computer safes have the internal width and depth necessary to store your laptop and possibly laptop accessories.

Always check the internal dimensions when deciding on a safe for your laptop.

Laptop security cables are very affordable but are they a viable alternative to laptop computer safes?

Security cables, some of which are made from high tensile steel, protect laptops pretty much in the same way as a padlock and chain secures a bicycle to a post. The usual arrangement is that one end fits into the security slot on your laptop and the other end is secured to . . . any suitable anchor point that you can find.

If your laptop does not have a security slot then cables are available that attached using a strong adhesive.

You will most probably need to fix the free end of the cable into concrete to make it in any way secure, there are few alternative suitable options in the average home. Although advice is often given to loop the security cable around items of heavy furniture it would not take a burglar long to break or cut that furniture.

Although laptop security cables provide a measure of security they obviously do not enclose your laptop in the same way laptop computer safes do. This means that even if the thief cannot defeat the cable and make off with your computer, it's possible he could smash open the case and help himself to components containing your data.

The best way of securing laptop safes is by bolting them to masonry, metal or timber. As with all home safes, holes are provided in the back or the base of the laptop safe so that the bolts cannot be undone when the door is locked.

Laptop safes are available with digital keypad, programmable combination and mechanical locking systems. Some laptop safes are provided with cable access slots so you can charge your computer while it is stored securely. Protect your laptop and the data it contains.

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