Hey, my name is Austin from Amanda's Safe
Today we're going to be talking about hinges. I know that you guys are fizzling on me saying there's actually hinges on this option, but
that's why it's so important. Anyway, so we have a couple different types of hinges
The first one we're talking about today is going to be your internal hinges. These are hinges that we see on a lot of different safes
Cammie uses them. Liberty exclusively uses them. Fort Knox has them as an option
Brownlee actually doesn't use internal hinges. Anyway, a lot of manufacturers use them
It's actually probably the most standard used hinge out there. However, there are some downsides and upsides of this option
The first one is, and this is only applicable in some manufacturers, with an internal hinge
the main downside of a lot of them naming, well most companies name safes, is going to
be that the internal hinge actually requires the prior board to be cut out where the hinge
goes into so that it can collapse into the safe. That's something to keep in mind and to watch out for when you're shopping for a safe
If you have an internal hinge, look inside the safe, see if the prior board has been
cut out for the hinge to go into. If it has, I would question the integrity on that prior rating because basically that
allows any heat to come through to the safe there. Fort Knox does not have a hinge
They have this internal hinge, but they have found a way to not cut into the prior board
which is great. I'm not hopeful about Liberty. Another downside of these, only if they're 90 degrees, that could be an upside or a downside
If you have the safe sitting up against the right side on the wall, or against the left
side if you have the hinges on the left side. The good thing about that though is if it only goes 90 degrees and you're not getting
the wall next to it, that's an upside from downside to others
Some people, once they go, they're sitting all the way around 180 degrees
Another upside of it is it's going to look a little bit cleaner
It doesn't have anything coming off the safe. That's going to come down to more people that are using it as furniture in their homes
It has a centerpiece instead of trying to hide it. The great thing about safes is they can be furniture or they can be a hidden
It's really up to whoever's buying it what they think is most important for themselves
The next type of hinge, outside of the internal hinge, is what I think is the external hinge
There are external hinges that have a couple different ways of doing it
You can have one or two, three. I've seen some up, I think, in five hinges, external hinges
The upside of this one is it can go to 400 degrees so you can swing the door open all
the way, which is great for accessibility of the space. You can reach in and drop the rifles all the way on the hinge side without getting in the way
Let's see, so you're also not running into any fire rating issues where it's cutting
into the fireboard. That's great. Hinges, I personally actually do like external hinges
It's my favorite. I think they look cool, especially the ones that have the hinge caps on them
That's completely aesthetic. It really, yeah, it does nothing for security but it looks cool
One downside I've heard a lot of people talk about is going to be what happens if you cut
the external hinges off because then it allows accessibility to the hinges
However, let me make that one straight, is if you cut those hinges off, it means absolutely nothing
The only thing that you're doing with those hinges is just opening and closing the door
If you cut those hinges off, the locking bars that are actually keeping those things closed
so cutting those hinges off does not matter. For security reasons, internal or external, it doesn't matter
It's the locking bars that actually matter in that end. So don't worry about it if you see a safe with external hinges and worry about somebody
cutting that off. That's not a big deal. It may have been back in the day, I don't know, but as for right now, for any safe I've
seen, that's not an issue. Anyway, those are the two major hinges you're going to see out there
You're not going to see many other spaces, any other type. However, there is one I'd like to mention
I am a big fan of Fortnite. You probably all will be
They actually brought back an old school style no hinge. It's probably two of the same hinges
Back in the day, they had those big bolts that hinge out here on the inside, sorry
the middle of the front of the space, and then on the wall. It actually would swing the door all the way out and away from the space
Anyway, Fortnite has done that with their space. It's really cool. It actually can freely bring the whole door away from the space so that it's not actually
pinned on to the side. It's really cool looking. It allows full accessibility of the space, but honestly, it's really just cool looking
It is really going to be lying on that end. It's an external hinge
It'll do the same thing. But it is a different type of hinge. It looks different, acts different, and it's definitely something I'd like to mention because
it is pretty cool, and it's something that none of the rest of the market is doing
So anyways, those are the three different hinge options. You've got the internal hinge, and this is your main one, and then that two left side hinges
So anyways, this is Asuka from Man in Space. I hope you guys learned a lot, and I'm really excited to continue teaching you guys
I hope you have a great one. Bye