Best drop slot safes according to redditors

I have a coworker who does something similar. The candy bars are $1 a pop and the funds all go to a charity we support as a corporation. Now, she has a drop box safe for the cash, which is pretty genius.

What I did (and still do) to save money is kind of stupid in its simplicity. I am horrible about saving money, partly because I just don't "care" about money as an object. I bought a drop box deposit safe (where you insert the money in an envelope) that requires two keys to open it. I leave one key at work and one key at home. This stops me from my impulse purchases and requires action on my part to take money out of it. It also prevents me from spending that money on the weekend too. It's one of the best decisions I've made in quite sometime. Also I must mention that I bought #11 envelopes for it too as I figured out that I could fish the money out of the safe if I tried. So I bought the envelopes before putting any money in since I know how I operate. Anyway, different strokes for different folks.

Edit: If anyone wants to see what I used, it's this. $68 off of Amazon. I've been satisfied with it so far but it's a metal box that locks so I'm not sure what I could be dissatisfied with.

I manage a restaurant. I get $500-$700 a month in tips, and when I get home, I shovel it into a SentrySafe Drop Safe

At the end of the month I pull it all out and deposit it at my local Credit union and then transfer it into my bank.

I carry $0 in cash the vast majority of the time. I don't feel it's safe, and I'm a whore for credit card rewards. I use an elephant wallet so I wouldn't really have much room to if I wanted to.

I just saw the episode of Shark Tank the other day with something like this.

But even with the publicity of Shark Tank and their backing it went out of business family quick.
https://2paragraphs.com/2018/01/garage-door-lock-what-happened-after-shark-tank-275000-deal/

Not what you are asking for, but you can get lock boxes that you can put the key into, like realtors used to use.

Mount something like this to the garage:
ORIA Key Storage Lock Box, 4-Digit Combination Lock Box, Wall Mounted Lock Box, Resettable Code https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073RXZNKK/

Or even a key pad deadbolt placed correctly in the door might work.

Believe it or not, retail establishments have been taking cash for centuries. And for centuries, robbery has been an issue. Thankfully, a solution has been found, the Drop Safe.

All retail establishments have rules about handling cash. Usually, cashiers are required to make drops in the drop safe periodically, depending on how busy. They write out a drop receipt and put one copy in the drawer and one with the money, then boom, drop it in the safe. This limits the liability to the store owner.

Read the homepage section "How Does EmlaLock Work?" It recomends a realtor's lock box. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/ORIA-Storage-4-Digit-Combination-Resettable/dp/B073RXZNKK/

Could be that you just spin the numbers without looking to randomize ( I've only ever been a keyholder >.< ).

I will say, having owned several Stack-On cabinets, you really have to be aware of what you're getting when you buy them.

For starters, they just categorically will not keep someone out if they've got even a minute and the mind to do so. I pried open the door of one with my bare hands in less than a minute after the lock broke (more on that in a second.) If you lack my chad-like physique, a screwdriver (or hell even probably just a pen) would do the same job no problem.

They are also one step short of an actual cage in terms of airflow. If you want something that's even remotely air tight or you're concerned about moisture, a Stack-On cabinet has shit load of holes in it. I took Sugru and patched the majority of them and that worked okay but realistically it needs a lot of work if you're going to keep it even moderately air tight.

The locks are the cheapest of the cheap. The first two cabinets I had failed because the lock just fell apart. They're made of some egregiously terrible pot metal. You can upgrade them and, if you can find the right type of lock, it's relatively simple to do but if the lock fails while the locking bars are engaged you will almost certainly have to bend the door open to even get at the contents of the locker and at that point it's pretty much toast.

What worked pretty well for me was getting one of those key safes and just bolting it to the outside of the locker. The key safe is far more resistant to fuckery than the locker is and anyone determined to get into the locker is going to bypass the key safe entirely and just yank the door open.

This is basically just a locker to keep kids and guests away from guns and to keep things in the same relative space. Do not count on it to protect your shit during a burglary because there's very little you can do to it that's going to prevent that.

I'm not saying "avoid" but do be aware of what you're getting into and adjust expectations accordingly.

If money is that tight where you cant get something a little better, at least go for their "tactical" model. I have not personally had my hands on one but from what I've seen they are a step up from the basic lockers that solve a lot of the issues the lockers have and the price bump really isn't that bad.

To help with moisture, get a silicone cloth and wipe guns down before they go back into wherever you're storing them. Even just doing this will help immensely and I have one stuck to the inside of my safe for everything that goes in. Being in the PNW, moisture is foremost on my list of concerns for firearms. Plus it's like $5.