New budget priced Leave-a-Key Key Safe Saturday 19th September 2009

The Leave-a-Key key safe provides a simple and practical way to leave a key safely at your property to allow an authorised perso New budget priced Leave-a-Key Key Safe added to the Insight Security range The Leave-a-Key key safe provides a simple and practical way to leave a key safely at your property to allow an authorised person access in your absence. Traditionally people have resorted to hanging the door key on a piece of string inside the letterbox, hiding a key under the external doormat or a nearby plantpot, etc, but the Leave-a-Key key safe offers a much safer way to solve the problem! Already a favourite with home helps and health visitors calling on the elderly or infirm, who may not be able to get to the door to let them in, external key safes are not a new idea, but Insights price breakthrough now means that everyone can afford one. These key safes also offer a practical solution to leaving keys for children returning from school to a temporarily empty house, leaving keys for guests hiring holiday cottages or caravans, etc. Which is the right key safe for you? In very simple terms, all key safes are basically a code controlled lockable box which can be attached to the outside of your building, caravan, gates, etc. In operation, you will place a key into the box and lock it shut (usually just by inserting the locking security faceplate into position and pressing it home). To access the stored key you simply enter the security access code that you have set, which releases the faceplate so that you can access and remove the key again. If you want other people to be able to get at the key, you simply tell them the secret access code ...and with the best key safes, you can change the security code quickly and easily, as often as you like ...so if you no longer want someone you have given the code to to enter you property when you're not there, simply change the code. The main considerations when choosing a key safe are; size and type of access mechanism (digital keypad or tumbler operated lock). Size: If you only want to store one or two cylinder lock type flat keys, virtually any of the leave-a-key key safes will provide adequate internal storage capacity. For bulkier keys or if you need to leave several keys, a keysafe with a larger internal capacity will be required, such as the digital keypad operated Leave-a-key Maxibox or the 4 tumbler Masterbox key safe. Access mechanism: Tumbler Lock operated units; These are generally the cheapest type of Leave-a-key units and the access code is typically entered via a 3 or 4 wheel tumbler combination lock. These are perfectly good units that won't break the bank, but from a security point of view, a 4 wheel tumbler should be the minimum choice (allows 9,999 combinations - a 3 wheel tumbler only allows 999 combinations). Setting the tumblers into position to open the key safe is a little more fiddly that using a digital keypad operated unit and of course tumbler locks are not as easy to use in the dark! One other consideration with a tumbler lock is weathering, ...the numbers on the tumbler wheels tend to weather and become more difficult to read over time, so our advice would be to buy a unit where the tumbers are protected by some type of weather shield such as the Masterbox Leave-a-key key safe (currently on offer £19.95 ex vat) Digital Keypad operated units; Simpler to use, a unit with a digital keypad is obviously a much better choice if the keysafe will need to be used by the elderly or infirm, anyone with failing eyesight, etc, or simply for convenience. As with Tumbler Lock units, the security access code should be quick and easy to change and you should be able to change it as often as you like (be warned, there are units out there that only allow you to change the code a certain number of times). Again, a weather protector cover for the keypad is recommended, however because of the layout of the keypad with this type of unit, you can key in the access code by feeling the position of the keys alone, so if the numbering becomes less visible, it's not so much of a problem (and you could even do it in the dark!). The compact digital keypad type Midibox Leave-a-key key safe from Insight Security is a great little unit which is currently on offer for £29.90 ex vat The digital keypad type Maxibox Leave-a-key key safe stores bulkier or multiple keys and is currently on special offer for £25.80 ex vat

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