Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe
Pros
- 90 Minute Fire Rating at 1800 Degrees
- Water Rated for 7 Days
- Comprehensive Lifetime Warranty Covers All Components of the Safe
- Fully Carpeted Interior with Key Rings on the Door
- Interior Light Illuminates the Safe
Cons
- Thin 16 Gauge Steel Construction
- Un-Rated Mechanical Lock
Sanctuary Safes are made by SA Consumer Products who also make Sports Afield and Remington. While I’ve never been a huge fan of the lock used on Sports Afield products, they made this Sanctuary home safe line pretty well. For the price and relative to the competition, I recommend the Sanctuary home safe line and in this review I will help you understand all of the features that make the Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe one of the better low end home safes on the market.
Lock – Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe
First and always most important for any gun safe is the lock. Sanctuary uses an un-rated mechanical lock with two fail safe override keys included for emergency use. Normally, I would never recommend an un-rated mechanical lock and while it doesn’t compare to a UL Rated high security mechanical lock, for the price it is far better than competing products. If anything goes wrong, it is covered by the Sanctuary comprehensive lifetime warranty.
Security – Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe
The Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe is a California DOJ Approved firearm safety device. It has a 16 gauge steel door and body with two military style locking bars.
16 Gauge Steel is not thick and could be pried very easily with basic tools. For reference, 16 gauge is the thickness of a penny. I would not necessarily recommend this safe from a security stand point. The lock also does not feature a hard plate or re-locker leaving it vulnerable to drill attacks.
Fire and Water Rated – Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe
Fire Rating
The Sanctuary Diamond Home Safe is both fire and water rated which is not common on home safes. The fire rating is for 90 minutes at 1800 degrees which is 600 degrees hotter than the standard 1200 degree rating. It also includes an intumescent door seal. This seal expands to multiple times its size during a fire to keep smoke and heat out of the safe. Keep in mind this is a factory test and not independently verified by an agency like ETL or UL so we have to just take their word for it.
Water Rating
The water seal is rated for 7 days in up to 2 feet of standing water. Sanctuary is now the only brand that offers a quality waterproof home safe. The lifetime warranty also covers fire and natural flood.
Style and Function
The Sanctuary Diamond Home Safe line is styled incredibly well. It’s finished in a dark gray hammertone powder coat finish which is both durable and sleek. It has a brushed silver L shaped handle, Sanctuary logo and brushed silver keypad. The interior is fully carpeted with an adjustable or removable shelf. The back of the door features key hooks as well. A motion sensor interior light illuminates once the door is open to provide instant lighting to the internal contents.
The Bottom Line
Would I buy the Sanctuary SA-DIA3-COM-DP Diamond Home Safe for my valuables? Personally, no I would not. Having a UL rated high security lock and UL RSC burglary rating with at least 12 gauge steel is the absolute minimum I would purchase. However, these Sanctuary safes are considerably less expensive so if my budget was only able to afford this price range, I would recommend the Sanctuary safes over their low end competitors.
Finally, I can’t stress just how important the comprehensive lifetime warranty is. It covers the entire safe against theft, fire, natural flood, locks, parts, and paint with free freight shipping on replacement safes. No other company gets even close to that and that means something.
