Heading to the desert and taking a lot of expensive camera and lens equipment.

It is not ideal to leave gear in the car however if I could buy a car safe device to keep the goods safe and chained up that would be ideal.

Does anyone have one or recommend such a device?

Never had a need for one but they are usually a bit small for too much camera gear.

such high crime rates in the desert , those damn dingoes

seafever17 said...

Sci,

I dont know what sort of car you have but I have a Navara dual cab with canopy . The back of the tray is fitted out with slider racks (bought it like that). These lock and then the tail gate locks as well. Pretty secure set up. But expensive. I found a receipt in the glove box for 2 grand

hehe... sounds like you stole it bro!!! ahahaha... " found the reciept on the locable bins in the glove box".

Purhaps buy a real bank safe. tow it behind you in a trailer and have a big batman sign on saying "try and break into this you motherf#$%ers".

Im about to cross the continent in about 2 weeks with a ****load of camera gear and computer gear, and the rest of my house in a trailer. Im not sure what kind of theives you are thinking you might encounter out there, but theres no way I'll be walking too far from my vehicle or camp site, been lost once in the Barrington Tops national park when I was 3 years old for 24 hours, gotta love those Wild Turkeys , I followed them to safety (eventually) and the last time about 18 months ago, I got 2 flat tyres and a flat battery, had battery back up though, but had to go down to the local tyre joint in Gloucester twice. be more worried about your back up equipment for survival and just insure your gear. Now I always carry two spare wheels and three batteries and a 1000 watt inverter generator. I drive a falcon, so not really suited for rought terrain like the tops can get, but Im quite an experienced bushy

KIT33R said...

Why not nick around to Bunnings and pick up a regular home type safe for about $150 and bolt it to the floor in the boot of the car.

http://www.bunnings.com.au/search-products.aspx?search=safe&searchType=any&searchSubType=products

If you do this be very careful how you bolt it down. Had a stereo company install an amp into my car once and screwed the earth wire into the fuel tank. The tank had to be drained, removed and then welded back in.

I have insurance to cover some of my camera gear but not all of it. It gets pretty expensive if you cover all of it. Maybe you could get a pelican case and lock it up with a bike chain to something secure inside the boot???

EDIT: Sorry didn't read the last post.

walk

by the looks of your shark bay thread you have made it through gero without losing anything so you should be fine from now on.

keep this in your amazon.com keysafe??