Southwest Specialty Products 60005S Double Book Vault, Book Titles Vary

I bought one of the single-book safes years ago. They sent the "Millionaire" title mentioned in some of the other reviews, which I could not get to blend in my library. I returned it and received another safe with a blessedly boring title and cover. Was so pleased with product that I ordered several more to give as gifts. The booksafe is a big hit every time. Last week I ordered a two-book safe for my own use. One of the titles is by Karl Rove. Taking special care to restrict my comments to the effectiveness of the product, I would like to reiterate a point echoed by so many others (plug your ears): THE USE OF POLITICAL TITLES OR AUTHORS CREATES AN AVOIDABLE AND UNNECESSARY RISK OF LIMITING THE UTILITY OF THE PRODUCT FOR ITS SUGGESTED PURPOSE. The item I received may as well holler "YOOHOO! Hullo? HULLO! Pick me up to see if I'm 'for-real'!" Forget blending -- I'd have to keep this thing under the bed for it to escape notice in a bookcase in this house. As a diversion safe, the item I received fails utterly. I'm disappointed and don't know if I'll exchange (again) or just return it. How hard can it be to find neutral titles and authors for a product like this? What if I draw the same short straw as the reviewer who received a 2-book safe consisting of two identical books glued together (I mean, really...)? This whole situation is unnecessary on so many levels. I'm annoyed.

I love the idea of a safe (or, since they don't actually lock, maybe we should call it a "hiding place") that is discreetly made out of a real book. This is an excellent spot for someone to hide things, especially if they have a large book collection. I, also agree that sending out different book titles on every shipment is a great idea...that way even if someone else may have a book safe of their own at home, they may not think that you also have one, because the title of theirs isn't identical to the one you have. However, like most people are saying, I am not happy with the titles sent being so completely different from anything else that I would ever have on my bookshelf. I think a great suggestion would be to have different genres to choose from when ordering the book safes, such as "history, classical, educational, fiction, mystery, biography, political, religious"...something like that. Then the book safes would be more personalized, therefore fitting in to each customer's book shelves more discreetly. I haven't found this to be an option anywhere that these book safes are sold, but I believe this option would eliminate most every bad review I have read on this product so far. Other than that, the product is great, the price is great!

Ok so the book tittles are random, but here is some common sense for the people who make these gems, especially this two book one, the books should match genres and should be alphabetical, so that if some one is hiding them on a shelf that they have taken the time to put into order like most people with a book shelf and the time to keep books will. Also I got an Oprah book which is something people who know me, would know I would never buy, it really stands out as a different book, the books should match in subject at least and should not be chick books, as any guy who buys them will be in trouble. It may be worth you while to have a female version and a male version so that you can have more accuracy in them being able to fit in on a book shelf.Plus side my other one I threw away had a felt lining which got ruined, and did not hold up well, this has a plastic insert which will hold up much better no matter what I choose to put into it.

I got this as a gift for my husband thinking he could keep his LCP-9 in it beside the bed but it's too small to hold this particular gun. If you have a super-compact, maybe. Definitely not my Ruger 9. Small jewelry, maybe some cash but that's it. Since they choose the books you may get something you would never read in a million years - we got an Oprah book. It's the only one in the entire house that's not a murder mystery or science fiction so that would definitely stand out. If they would let you chose at least the genre of book used that would be a big help.It is a hardback book(s) and when closed you cannot tell that it stores stuff inside so that was good. Shipping was fast and there was no damage to product.

Let's face it: politics is a personal topic for ALL of us.And the issue is twofold:1) Wanting something that feels "normal" to look at2) If the title is a total mismatch to the rest of the household, it stands OUTAnd I sympathize with the seller: there are only so many books that probably "fit the bill" in terms of size.But let's face it: the idea of political books is just a BAD idea.Hey, I'm not especially liberal OR conservative.But do I WANT The Clinton Tapes and Barbara Walters interviews?No, not really. And more importantly, they're conspicuous and feel wrong in my place.Want my advice? Stick to classic literature, dictionaries, and the safest titles possible.

Bought this for my girlfriend, who has suffered from break-ins at her house in the past. The books are glued together, then hollowed out. The "top" book will have a few loose pages left inside the front cover to conceal the plastic cover for the storage space. Be warned that you may get book titles that might not fit in with other titles on your bookshelf (my girlfriend likes fantasy fiction and Oprah, so the two books that were used to make her safe won't stand out too badly in her collection). Storage space is deep enough to hold some emergency cash and antique jewelry -- she loves it!

I noticed other reviewers mentioning the book titles were not boring enough. They were right. While this product does live up to what is advertised, the books I received were far too interesting for what should be a diversion safe. The two books I got where a book about Willie Mays, and a book written by Karl Rove. Either of these books would appeal to the average sports fan or political junkie. I'd much rather get books that are completely random novels or something that nobody would want to pick up.