Effective an inexpensive gun safe lighting suggestion

[dnurk]

I have been looking for a good way to upgrade the lighting in my gun safe for a while now but didn't want to put a ton of money or energy into it.

I came across this video last week

[ame]http://youtu.be/-BATJ1dxkuU[/ame]

So today I was in Costco and picked up a package of these self adhesive lights. They are affordable (under $30) and come with batteries. I had them assembled and placed in my safe in minutes.

I love mounting the on/off remote just inside the door as he did in the video. Upon opening the safe I now hit one button and have six bright lights illuminating the entire safe from top to bottom.

So if you need more light in your safe I would highly recommend checking these out.

 

[flhultra]

nice will check them out myself

 

[esrice]

Wow that is cool!

 

[WebSnyper]

Very nice. Thanks for posting. About as simple and easy as it gets. I might have to give this a go.

 

[mospeada]

Great, another accessory to buy, thanks a bunch.

 

[Clay]

ok, looks good! so anyone know where you can get these other than costco? what about Sams Club or Wally world? We dont have a costco and Im not buying a membership

 

[nighthawk80]

I just bought some of the self adhesive lights at target. They were part of the Christmas clearance. I got a pack of 3 for $2.50. they seem to work well. The target in Greenwood had several packs left last night

 

[Bikerdad61]

ok, looks good! so anyone know where you can get these other than costco? what about Sams Club or Wally world? We dont have a costco and Im not buying a membership

Super Walmart is where I got mine. A pack of 2 lights and the remote switch for under $25.00. They work GREAT!!!

 

[actaeon277]

I bought some strip lights, like for a stereo cabinet.
Mounted them to the inside of the wall with the door, facing in. So you actually don't see the "light" itself.
I use a motion sensor to turn them on. It sees the door open.
Parts from Menards lighting dept.

 

[peberly400]

What a gunsafe!

 

[Mosinguy]

How fancy. I use a Maglite.

 

[pwoller]

I got a couple of those and the batteries that came with them died within a couple hours of use. Since I replaced the batteries they have been great.

 

[oucme69]

I use rope lights in my safe a set along the rear and front lights it up pretty well

 

[illini40]

Thanks for posting - that gives some good ideas. I've always wanted some type of lighting in mine.

 

[HamsterStyle]

It does seem effective BUT I don't see it being inexpensive in the long run. It appears that each one of those lights takes 3 batteries. At 12 lights in that safe, that's 36 AA batteries that are going to need replaced plus whatever the remotes take. The wireless part is nice but that's way too many batteries for me to want to buy at one time.

Here's a wired solution that I picked up a month or so ago. It was $55 shipped and runs on an ac adapter or 8AA batteries. All the pieces plug into the end of the previous strand. Super easy to install and mine also came with an automatic roller switch for the door.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...0-review_lite_tech_led_safe_light_system.html

 

[Springer]

I picked up some motion sensor LED lights on Amazon last year when I got my new safe and they have worked great. They are still on the same set of batteries.

 

[actaeon277]

I picked up some motion sensor LED lights on Amazon last year when I got my new safe and they have worked great. They are still on the same set of batteries.

Could you post the link?

 

[wizardfitz]

man that is idiot proof and so easy

 

[saberstar]

I took an 22inch fluorescent light, bought some heavy duty velcro and hung it to the inner roof of the safe. Ran the wires down the side and you can't really see them. Works very well actually.

 

[skimmer]

um I use a flash light