Shopping for a quality gun safe has never been more difficult, with prices going up, quality going down, and availability of products being more scarce than ever, it is just hard to find an awesome safe on a budget. I am sure you have surfed around the web looking for a quality gun safe, but with so many brands on the market, its hard to know which ones are any good.
With my years of experience in the gun safe industry, I have put together this article to help you find an awesome safe within a budget of $800. While it may be hard to get the best of safes on this budget, I have been able to find some safes that I would trust in my own home. So without further to-do, here they are!
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1. SecureIt Agile Model 52
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- The BEST interior of any gun safe on the market
- High-quality build
- Lock works very well
- Thinner steel
- Smaller capacity
- Lock: Electronic Lock w/ Key Bypass
- Dimensions: 52” High by 20.25" Wide by 15.25" Deep
- Fire Rating: N/A
- Steel: 14 gauge
- Weight: 105 pounds
At 52″ high and 14 gauge steel, it may not be the bulkiest of gun safes on the market, but this gun cabinet offers tons of features for the price.
Outside of just the high quality that SecureIt is known for, it also offers an awesome modular interior (called CradleGrid), which allows you to add bins, pistol hooks and tons of other accessories to the back panel, it also makes it so your firearms are incredibly easy to access, rather than being stuck in the back of your safe.
On top of the modular interior, the safe itself is a modular gun safe as well. This means that it arrives at your home flat, and you are able to build it wherever you want in your home, resulting in less people needed to build it, and more possibilities for the location of the safe.
2. SecureIt Agile Model 40
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- The BEST interior of any gun safe on the market
- High-quality build
- Lock works very well
- Compact sizing
- Thinner steel
- Smaller capacity
- Only fits shorter firearms
- Lock: Electronic Lock w/ Key Bypass
- Dimensions: 40” High by 20.25" Wide by 15.25" Deep
- Fire Rating: N/A
- Weight: 100 pounds
If you liked the Agile Model 52 above but either don’t quite have the budget for that one or you want something a bit more compact, then the Agile Model 40 is your best bet.
It carries over all of the same features as the safe above, such as the CradleGrid interior, the modular build, the same gauge steel, and more, but it essentially makes it shorter.
While it can be used completely on its own, it also is built to be able to be placed on top of an existing Model 52 (which takes both safes up to 92″ high). If you already have a Model 52, and are looking to further expand your storage, this could be a great option.
3. Fortress 8-Gun Gun Safe
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- Lock: Electronic Lock w/ Key Bypass
- Dimensions: 55″ High by 18.5″ Wide by 15.25″ Deep
- Fire Rating: N/A
- Steel Gauge: 12 gauge
- Weight: 215 pounds
This is, in fact, the only fire-resistant gun safe on this list! Fire rating a gun safe is expensive to add to the safe, but the added weight is also incredibly expensive to ship as well. Because of this, there aren’t many high quality gun safes on the market under the $800 budget in this article.
That said, Fortress is a well known brand in the industry, and they do an awesome job with their safes. This electronic lock gun safe has an 8 gun capacity, and has a 30 minute fire rating at 1200 degrees, and 12 gauge steel.
On the inside, this is a no-frills gun safe, with a single shelf up top, and no door organizer. You can’t expect much from the only higher quality gun safe under $800.
4. Vaultek MXi
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- Many lock options to choose from
- Larger pistol safe
- Modular interior
- Alerts for tampering, humidity and temperature
- Extremely expensive for the capacity
- Lock: Biometric, Phone, Keypad, Portable button, Backup key
- Dimensions: 15” High by 11.6" Wide by 11.5" Deep
- Steel: 14 gauge (12 gauge door)
- Fire Rating: N/A
- Weight: 32 pounds
Shopping for a full-size gun safe under $800 is becoming increasingly difficult. If you don’t necessarily need that much space, you might want to think about getting a high end pistol safe. There isn’t any better than the Vaultek MXi.
This safe is extremely high tech, as it offers tamper alerts (to your phone), multiple access options (biometric, phone access, keypad, smart key, and even a physical key port), and it has a 12 gauge door with a 14 gauge exterior.
Of course, it also is one of the larger pistol safes on the market as well, and is able to keep up to eight handguns on the interior of the safe. Or you can utilize it in different ways with its modular interior.
These safes are no joke, and Vaultek makes some fantastic, high-end gun safes that are meant to last.
Conclusion
So there you have it! Based on my experience, these would be the best safes under $800 that you can buy today. Of course, pricing changes constantly, however hopefully these safes stay put on their pricing for now. I hope this helped you out, and helped you find the right safe for your purposes.
