<p>Does anyone know if it's common for students to have small safes in their rooms? I mean those small safes - most of them come with key locks, some come with number pad locks. Maybe some students want to put sensitive documents in there, jewelery, etc. in there...</p>
<p>Anyone know if this is common/suggested?</p>
<p>Um, wouldn't it be simpler to get a safe deposit box at a local bank? Sixty five bucks a year in our area, and the cost is tax deductible!</p>
<p>PS, I'm not aware of anyone who had a safe at either of my D's schools.</p>
<p>Just keep your room locked and don't leave stuff lying around.</p>
<p>I'd steal the safe and then later figure out what's in it. A safe would be an immediate tell that something is "valuable".</p>
<p>"Um, wouldn't it be simpler to get a safe deposit box at a local bank?"</p>
<p>Sure, if you want to go down to the bank every time you need cash.</p>
<p>One of the easiest solutions, really, is to not bring such items into the room in the first place.</p>
<p>D's school had a little safe you could pay for. She never used it....didn't pay for it second year</p>
<p>My son used this cash box (drawer comes out):</p>
<p>Vaultz</a> Cash Box Official Site VZ01002, VZ01402</p>
<p>There is a sturdy handle that can be locked to a bedpost with a bicycle chain.</p>
<p>Vaultz makes other products, also:</p>
<p>I've never heard of a student having a safe in college beyond the world of CC.</p>
<p>My kids found that having trunks with a lock on the floor of their closets were more than adequate to protect their important papers and -- more importantly -- their hot chocolate stash.</p>
<p>IMHO, every student needs to get in the habit of locking the dorm room door when leaving the room.</p>
<p>I do think all kids should have somewhere to lock away important papers, valuables, medications etc. Even if the room is locked, the kid won't have control over who the roommate lets in. The dressers at my kids' schools had one drawer with a lock and key. You should inquire if this is the case in your student's dorm.</p>
<p>DD took a safe to college freshman year. She was in a triple and wasn't confident room would always be locked. They sell them at BBB for $19.99 in the dorm section. Your choice of colors!!!! DD used it for money (quarters for the machines are valuable!) jewelry, camera and ipod. Most students did not have them.</p>
<p>Sent one with my freshman D last year; I think I paid about $20. It was barely used but she did use it to put her important papers in (SS Card, bank account papers, lifeguarding certificate) and that's about it. She never used it for cash or prescriptions. This year I think she said she's leaving it at home.</p>
<p>I second the foot locker with a lock on it. This was also used to store blankets before the chill, winter clothes in the fall, etc. Double duty! I know others that get a small locking file cabinet. The whole idea is that someone just can't pick it up and carry it away. Those small ones are easy to grab and run. And you can't always count on the roomie locking the door. My D's roomie went home for Thanksgiving and left the door wide open! Thank goodness my D came back a couple of hours later from class!</p>
<p>the safes by dormvault attach to the posts of a bed… i think they run between $50 and $80, but you can find them on amazon for a bit cheaper.</p>
<p>My boys both took cheap ($40) locking 2 drawer file cabinets to school. I had read somewhere that no one would bother carrying it - too bulky and heavy. They locked their laptops, cameras, etc. in that when they were gone on break (or always, in the case of younger son whose roommate refused to lock the room). One drawer was used as extra desk space, other for important stuff. They keep lugging them back, so I guess it works!</p>
<p>Neither of mine had a safe. S2 lived in a suite last year. The doors to each room locked automatically upon closing, as did the door opening into the the suite from the outside walkway.</p>
<p>I think this is a wonderful idea. No matter how careful one is, their roommate may not always remember to lock the door. Also, dorm room’s are not really that secure and it is common to have visitors over.</p>
<p>Our DD took one of those drawer safes. One <em>could</em> screw it into the drawer so it wasn’t easy to lift out, but she didn’t. She didn’t think it was very necessary, but she did like having the one known place for her DL, passport and debit card. Since most small purchases were on her school debit card, she got out of the habit of knowing where her real debit card was. … And she and her roomie gave up locking their dorm door after Christmas.</p>
<p>We bought small safes from Target for both our college kids. they put medications, charge cards and passports in it. All things that could “walk” easily and be detrimental for them.</p>