Does anyone know the best way to safely store things like cd's with photos and video camera tapes and protect them from fire? That's my main concern - fire. We purchased a safe at Christmas that we thought we would only use for media that's important to us (wedding, baby, etc.) but then found out that the moisture/humidity that accumulates inside a regular fire safe is damaging to media content and isn't protected up toa certain degree so we returned it. I've done some research online about other safes that *are* for media protection, but they start at like $400!!!

What do you all do with your tapes /negatives/photo cd's to protect them in case of fire? Do you have any other ideas? I'm definitely not able to shell out $400 right now for this, so I'm considering just taking out a lock box at the bank - I'm a little paranoid I guess! In a fire I could lose everything but my memories are the most important.

By Reds9298 on Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 05:46 pm:

This is similar to what I've found - sooo expensive! Other brands have been similar in style and price.


http://www.sentrysafe.com/Series.asp?r=5

By Kaye on Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 09:30 pm:

I have a safe deposit box that I have some stuff in. Also I make sure family has copies of some stuff, so that in event of a fire I wouldn't lose EVERYTHING!

By Ginny~moderator on Monday, March 21, 2005 - 09:33 am:

Kaye has it right - both a safe deposit box at the bank, and give copies to a trusted relative. I keep things like this in a desk drawer at my office - the one that is considered the "private" drawer by all the staff.