Media Safes

What are the best sites for buying or learning about media safes? We’ve started with these. What else should be here?

1. FireKing/Chubb Media Safes - This media safe company offers both media safes and media security information. Did you know paper doesn’t begin to char until the temperature is above 350 F, but diskettes warp out just above 125 F? (www.mediasafe.com)

2. Advanced Security Concepts - As digital media becomes more and more valuable, the means to protect it become more high-tech, if not downright sci-fi. AdvanSec describes safes that can withstand penetrating explosions at up to 2,000° F, handle fires for as long as three hours at temperatures that peak at 1,925° F, and can be superheated and dropped up to three stories. Your 5.25″ floppies may finally be safe! (www.advansec.com)

3. Langa List On Media Safes - A short Q&A on the need for buying a media safe mainly for protecting CDs and DVDs. Discusses benign environment, fire, theft and other uglies. (www.langa.com)

4. Updated: Fireproof Safe Backup - Those with very valuable data (and the very paranoid) should enjoy this blogger’s setup - a media safe placed within a 23-cubic-foot fireproof safe situated in the area of the house meticulously researched to receive the least amount of heat for the longest period of time. (www.networkgarage.com)

5. Fireproof Safe and Cabinet Guide - An eBay’s buyers guide to media safes and fireproof cabinets. Offers a handy list of what you should be protecting, not only your mp3s, but important documents like loan papers, tax records and those prenuptual agreements. Discusses the different needs for paper versus digital media protection. (reviews.ebay.com)