Hollon KS-25P Drop Slot Safe | 0.75 Cubic Feet | Key Lock

What a difference a hinge makes! 

Hollon Safe uses our own design solid steel hinges. These cost roughly 500% more than an industry standard hinge used by our competition. Seems crazy right? We don’t think so because we want our customers to have decades of trouble free use of their safe. Our vault hinges on our gun safes are “NO SAG HINGES” and this takes much more steel to produce.

Lesser quality hinges are much smaller and often use “hinge cap” to make the smaller hinge look larger and more secure.  How do you know if the gun safe you are looking at uses a hinge cap? Easy, it will be adjustable and no sign of being welded onto the front of the safe.  It will look too perfect due to the use of epoxy to hold it into place. The adjustable feature is also needed because it’s only a matter of time before it sags. Then the door will begin to stick and it will be hard to open and close. You may even need to lift up on the handle to get it to open. These are better than internal hinges which won’t let the door open completely.

Some competitors use internal hinges. These are also something to be aware of when shopping around. I suggest you open the door and place your hand on the hinge and follow it around to the inside. You will notice there is no fireproofing where the hinges are attached. So if a chain is only as strong as its weakest link…here is the weakness. Those companies will often say, "that is why it is only 75 minute fire rated and not 90 minutes.” Which sounds good but it just doesn’t work that way in a fire.

These hinges work but it’s important you know what you are getting for the money. Hollon hinges are some of the best in the world and we are proud to offer these on our top safe models so you have trouble free use of your safe for decades.

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