<p>Would buying a safe for college be worth it since I’m living in a dorm? I plan on having a digital camera, ipod, laptop, and a few other things that are worth a decent sum of money.</p>
<p>It would be a great idea, especially if you’re suspicious of your roommate. Make sure you get one made of steel and not a little plastic lock box.</p>
<p>I keep my savings bonds in a safe. I’m not sure of the cost (my mom bought it for me when I got my first bonds in 1986 and I was a month old), but I’d imagine you could get one at Office Max or some place like that. My particular safe has a key lock; you can probably find them with combo locks as well if you think that’s safer.</p>
<p>Home Depot sells an electronic one for $99, is that a good deal?</p>
<p>The deal isn’t bad, but I’m wary of electronic safes. What if the electronics malfunction? It could go either way…someone could break in or you wouldn’t be able to open it.</p>
<p>Play it safe, get a mechanical. And if you get keys, keep one at home in a safe place and never let the other one out of your sight–put it in your wallet or something.</p>
<p>I’m just getting a footlocker with a padlock…unless you’re gonna have a ton of cash or something to store it seems like a safe would be more trouble than it’s worth, besides the fact that if someone wants to steal something, the safe is obviously gonna contain valuables, so they could just take the entire safe out of your dorm and break into it on their own time. At least a footlocker is discrete and practical.</p>