Students: Keep Your Possessions Safe While At University

September has arrived and if you are a student preparing for your first year at university or college you’re probably looking forward to the freedom and independence that comes with studying away from home. Or alternatively you may be a parent preparing yourself for your child moving away for the first time.

In either case when you’re loading up the family car ready to make the journey to university with items including clothes, TVs, laptops, tablets, photos, pot noodles and a year’s supply of pasta you might want to consider adding a safe into the car too.

During the first year of university students are likely to be in halls of residence (or in some cases in a shared flat) with a lot of new people. In amongst all these new faces there will be a lot strangers and unfortunately not all of them can be trusted. With shared kitchens and common areas it presents a perfect opportunity for thieves to help themselves to other people’s items that might be left lying around.

We would strongly advise that you get yourself (or get your kids) kitted out with a safe that they can keep hidden away in the bottom of a wardrobe or under their bed. Within the safe they can securely store tablets, laptops, money, jewellery, paperwork, watches, iPods and other items that are small enough that could easily be carried away by thieves.

eSafes recommend the Yale Student Laptop Safe as the perfect safe to take to university. It is available for a great low price (£62.99 + vat), comes with a secure electronic lock and is portable yet big enough to store lots of items inside including a full size laptop. Another great feature of the Yale Student safe is that it is covered by insurance companies for storing up to £1,000 in cash or £10,000 in valuables.

By having a safe in your room you are also buying peace of mind that every time you leave to attend lectures or go on a night out that your valuables are safe. Even in the unfortunate event that someone breaks into your room they won’t be able to crack the secure electronic lock.

We have received feedback from previous customers who have taken a small safe with them to university. They have reported back to us that by using it to store cash and valuables it prevented any arguments over who took what as by using the safe it removed even the slightest temptation as important items were locked away.

If you would like anymore advice about keeping secure whilst you’re at university or college don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.