BedBunker Gun Safe Offers Stealth Storage
Here’s a new gun storage vault with an innovative “stealth” design. The “BedBunker” from Heracles Research Corp., provides secure storage for up to 32 rifles and 70 pistols, in side-by-side locked steel compartments. BedBunker modular safes are designed to replace the box spring under twin, queen, or king size mattresses and are compatible with most standard bed frames. The BedBunker is equipped with eight 1″-diameter threaded legs for height and leveling adjustments. NOTE, the weight of the BedBunker is supported by the eight metal legs, NOT by the bed frame.
Pros and Cons of BedBunker Design
The patented, under-mattress design of the BedBunker has many benefits. Number 1, the safe is in a “stealth” location that thieves may ignore completely. The best gun safe is one that doesn’t call attention to itself. Second, an installed Bedbunker is very large and would be difficult to move. Third, Bedbunkers use floor space that is otherwise wasted.
What are the negatives? First, BedBunkers are very expensive. The $4200.00 Cal-King-size BedBunker is more than twice as expensive as a typical gunsafe of equal (1500 lb.) weight. The $2200 twin-size BedBunker is more affordable, but the $3700 price of the Queen Double-safe unit will easily buy you two (2) conventional large safes.
We also have concerns about the Bedbunker locking system. We don’t think the key locks are as secure as a typical UL Group II (or better) safe lock and we don’t think the vertical lift doors (with small cross-bolts) would withstand a pry-bar attack as well as a premium gun safe equipped with multiple, large-diameter cross-bolts on all door sides.
For more information, visit www.bedgunsafe.com, or call Heracles Research Corp. of Spokane, WA, at (509) 624-2555.
The Locks on the BedBunker are the same locks that are used in the Pentagon and many other high security Federal Buildings. They are UL437 locks that are California Dept. of Justice approved.
There is a 3/4 solid steel beam on the inside of the doors that folds behind the hinges when the door is closed. So good luck with the prying and achieving anything by cutting of the hinges.
Thank you,
John Adrain
They should have made it as a drawer. Imaging trying to sneak out for an early shoot and having to move the mattress with the wife still asleep on it
I could see this system being a great thing for those with space issues, but I am in and out of my safe too often to want to lift the mattress, and untuck my wife’s bed skirts and what nots to get my rifles.
Would be a great place for someone with valuable rifles not often shot, but don’t underestimate the thieves not finding it. I would put more on the fact they probably won’t be able to move it. One of the first things they do is toss the bed and look under it. Ask anyone who has ever had their house broken into.
A good box spring can add a lot of comfort to a bed. With a steel safe under your mattress you’re not going to sleep as well. How many mattress companies market a solid steel box in place of springs ?
Also, you better have a master bedroom downstairs or a single story home. I can’t imagine someone trying to carry one of those to a second story bedroom.
Not a well thought out option.
I can’t imagine someone trying to carry one of these OUT of the second story bedroom, primarily: thieves, unless they also brought 7 guys along as the installers probably will!
I like how the legs looks like IKEA furniture legs- helps it blend right in. The mattress slides over, you don’t have to ‘toss’ it, ala a DEA raid. The mattress looked like it slid right off in their video. Maybe trade in the 240lb wife for two 120 pounders…
I would imagine you could even put a fitted sheet on it, which would slow down YOUR access time, but would help disguise it further. If you’re going to buy a $4k safe, you could also spring for a seamstress to sew the bed skirt to a fitted sheet, and REALLY camouflage it big time. Hmm, good idea for an accessory…(Hear that one bed bunker guys? You can make the royalty checks out to me directly.)
I wondered if a person might stub their toes on this solid steel box that’s under their bed in the middle of the night. I sent an email and asked about a padded side curtain, and they sent me a snarky and rude response, complete with profanity, about how only a “blind, Danny Devito hobleg” would stub their toes on it. Extremely unprofessional, and I can only imagine the kind of customer support they would give.
I would wonder about putting 1500 lbs. + guns on a wooden structural floor. I would hate to have my bed fall through the ceiling one night while me and the Misses are in it.
I think gun safes are best bolted to nice solid concrete floors. Let the crooks figure out how to move that one.
Thank God that the no it all morons that spend time on the internet don’t have the money to buy a quality safe.
No one said that we would live in a bright world
I came across this site while looking for reviews of the BedBunker for my new house, but after seeing the condescending, unprofessional attitude from John Adrain (the owner of the company) he just lost a customer.
Guess what John, these morons on the internet may have more money than you think, and word spreads quickly. You may want to hire someone with some people skills to represent your product.
I agree with Jack. John Adrian’s unprofessional attitude just stopped my research on the bed bunker.
I like the space saving idea. i do know most box springs don’t have springs plus i have a really nice foam mattress.
I would like to see some fire testing or at least how they get their rating. How many BTUs? any fire board?
When posting things on the internet, it is not always necessary to spell words correctly. However, when commenting on your own website, please either consult a dictionary at the start of every word or simply leave it to the KNOW-it-all morons who do this sort of thing more regularly than yourself.
Hi, Just a note and a Thank You. I didn’t want to post anywhere our residence could be traced on line, so I decided to email you directly. I wanted to tell you how pleased we are with the bed bunker. It took six men, a furniture dolly, and sliders to get it up the porch stairs and into our room, but it proved easier than my husband imagined, (his words.) As for me, I chewed my nails the whole time thinking it would fall and crush someone. I had tried to persuade him to get a professional safe mover but you know men.
Now for the good part. WE LOVE IT!
I had worried I would have to make the bed every time we had to get into the safe (if I could get into it.) Not so. The mattress slides easily, and you don’t have to slide it very far since you usually open only one side at a time. I can do it without as much as causing a wrinkle to a made up bed. I even put a bed skirt over the safe under the mattress and the bed skirt slides back into place just as easily as everything else.
As for not having a box spring… this of course is something people have to decide for themselves. I thought we had the mattress pretty well supported, but I realized the first night the bed bunker made the bed more comfortable for us. We’re pretty hefty people, though. A box spring is usually made so the bed gives a bit, but in our case it caused sagging. We have a pillow top mattress so it makes the bed a little high, but I still love it.
I read a review somewhere that talked about the exposed hinges. The guy didn’t do his research. You can cut off the hinges and the safe still won’t open. My husband explained this to me… something about a bar across the opening that slides into place so you can’t open the safe if you cut off the hinges. Sounds good to me. The safe displays excellent workmanship and is very solid. We’ve seen on the news where intruders have hacked open the side of a gun safe or even carried the whole thing off. I guarantee you, after seeing this thing, that is not going to happen with this safe.
Anyway, the hardest part about owning it is not being able to show people how cool it is. My husband was always talking about a gun safe but there was no room and I had no plans for featuring a safe in my decor. This was the perfect solution. Thank you so much.