Secret Safes: 7 Products Where You Can Stash Your Cash! 

With how popular Spam is in hawaii, You can't have that Spam Can safe in the islands. It will be gone in seconds. LOL

My issue with the clock isn’t about “is it a safe”, my issue is, is that that could be an item targeted to steal. So if the clock is stolen... there go the valuables.

My dad was a master carpenter. When he built our house, he designed one window with a window ledge that lifted. When the window ledge was lifted, a narrow metal box was hidden in the wall. No one knew this existed until the will was read. He never told anyone, which is the secret to success. It was held in place so that even if wiping it down, it didn't move.

I bought that screwdriver safe at a Goodwill store last year. I thought the empty handle was for storing your screws so you don't lose them. It's a great light duty screwdriver. Even when I'm using a different screwdriver I put all the screws in that one so I don't lose them.

Or someone might wanna steal that clock and end up getting more than they initially thought haha

A good bonus video would've been to have the twins try to find the hidden items.

Back in the 70s my parents had a fake ac outlet they used. Just cut a rectangle in the wall and drop it in. Pretty convincing. Had a lot of space in it.

A friend of mine owns a used book store. He gets people selling off their deceased relatives books by the box full. He has found two booksafes in boxes. Long after the person dropped them off. Also people have just put large denomination bills in the books between pages. Occasionally a customer would be looking through a book and a large bill would fall out. The customer would tell him about it and he'd let them have it. Of course the customer would start flipping through several books hoping to find more money. On the food safes. After my Mom passed away last year my brother and I went through her food to donate to a food bank. Now I know that she didn't put anything in foodsafes because I was taking care of her for several years. But I can definitely see that if someone passed away and stashed valuables in those and their relatives were going through their stuff a lot of valuable stuff will either be thrown away or given away or sold at a garage or estate sale.

Another flaw with the screwdriver is if someone uses it unknowingly to take a screw out of something, then that thing is going to open up and spill its secrets. Unless you hide the screwdriver somewhere anyway, in which case why a screwdriver as the 'smokescreen'? I would also say, if you do use any of these for coins, or anything else that could rattle around, stuff the thing with cotton or similar filler to keep things from shifting around, and giving away the stash.

As someone trained in home security, books are the first things people check for valuable items, the last place anyone would look is feminine supplies of some kind, being tampons or pads.

this man is just living his dream nowadays

The can stashers are made by cutting the top off and sealing a glass jar in the centre using plaster. hence the white powder.

Good. Now I can get rid of the spare key under my door mat, and put it in the hairbrush, and leave that next to the doormat

"Let's just pretend those are high denomination bills" Hey James, that's what I do each day with what's in my wallet! 😕

I had a small desk lamp that had a removable metal plate on the bottom. I removed the screws and realized I could fit 2500 in large bills inside. Nice

All of this stuff gets sold at the "Estate Sale" Garage Sale for $1.00 and someone wins the jackpot.," There was CASH IN THE BOOK I BOUGHT!

The clock should have a secret pin of some sort to activate before face will open And the fake food items should be something that's not likely to draw attention You might be having a party with alot of guests you my not know and they love spam or peanut butter and go for it Would be better as a fake can of comet cleanser or Scrubbing Bubbles or can of peas

My concern is with the barbasol can. Someone could be like oh this is empty and throws it away.

I love how thorough you are with the products and don't just try and figure out how they work.

The issue with the clock is, it looks decent enough to steal in it's own right.

James got you covered for all your stash needs. Thanks James, 420 will never be the same!

That hair brush would be no good for your house if you have pictures of yourself around. "Burglar: "Wait, This guy has no hair but he owns a hairbrush?" *Starts investigating it*.

The lid on the book made it almost the worst choice, why couldn't they have made it a click fit?

I once bought a sleeve of 200ct paper plates and painstakingly hollowed out the middle 150 with a boxcutter. I forget the diameter, but the cavity was huge. I then filled the cavity and re-sleeved it and closed it with a twist tie. It was a weird time in my life and I was living in hotels and extended stay hotels and needed somewhere to hide an uncomfortably large amount of cash where housekeeping wouldn't find it. It worked like a charm. Not once did I ever feel like anyone was gonna take my sleeve of paper plates while I wasn't there.

The one time my grandparents got their house broken into, it was some drug addicts looking for food, so the kitchen ones would probably be terrible for them.

Love the Salvador Dali framed painting in the corner. I have the same picture framed along with a few others. I love Dalis work.

Catching your video on my lunch break is just what I needed! Thanks James!😊👏👏👏

Put your valuables in a Ziploc bag, put that in a half-empty real JIF jar, and fill it back up with more peanut butter. Ultra-secure. :)

Very good, creative review. It has never occurred to me in my life to get a secret safe, or as you mentioned, give one as a gift. Great idea!

Freaken Reviews: “I looked through comments for all the legal reasons people used these devices for” Me: but that’s not the point 😂😂😂

Plot twist, if you twist James's right ear counterclockwise, it will actually reveal a tiny hidden compartment on top of his head. It's been hiding in plain sight this whole time!

I like the hairbrush idea for travel... Purely to store hair clips, hair ties etc 😊

I’ve always wondered about these. Thank you.

You should use a barcode scanner to scan the barcodes on all of the items made to look like retail products like the shaving cream can. I wonder if it would link back to the real product.

Loved the video; your sneak peek video had me very intrigued as to where this one was going.

The real con of the book is reading the existing pages, getting into it, and then boom you hit the safe pages.

Thank you.. very helpful🙏🏼

Funny story - my families cabin got broken into years ago and they actually stole the clock that was on the wall. We're talking cheap cheap wall clock and they took it....🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ glad we didn't have valuables hidden inside...besides the battery I guess

The brush would be SO much better if it had inverted threading. So if someone suspects that it's a cap, you need to twist it clockwise to open and with that, you deter 99% of unauthorized openings.

My dispensary sells the jif and Barbasol and all sorts of secret stash containers. I have a Pepsi can for my dry herbs lol ☺️

with a little creativity, there are many spots one can hide stuff. empty dvd cases, between fake plants and pots, taped to the back of paintings, stuffed animals, pillows, a vase filled with sand, between trashbag and can, in the freezer/fridge, candles, figurines, toys, dolls.... i think its better to hide it in something emotional valuable for a better chance of not throwing it away by accident.

Love the picture of the mandelbrot set in the background. Love the way to describe what it is. Here is your task....build a fence around your house with poles. You have unlimited poles, but you have to use them all. What will the fence look like? Introducing..the Fractal.

So easy to make your own book safe from any old book. Yep, Dollar stores sell books for $1. Just use a utility knife or X-acto type scalpel to cut out an area inside half of the pages. Glue the pages together... or don't... maybe just a bit of tape through the sides of the hole. Also, those can openers that cut the side of the can, instead of the top, leave the lid intact and basically turn canned goods into stash cans. You can glue a few small magnets to the lid of the can, and a few to the insides (at near where the lid will be) to make quite a nice stash can. Filling the leftover empty space with a rag will prevent things from rattling around. . This can work with the giant 6 pound cans of tomatoes or whatever that you might find at Costco. If you don't want to mess with making a stash can, just find another grocery item such as Argo corn starch, that has a screw top lid. So many grocery item containers are very cheap, and look real because they ARE real. Cheaper and better to make your own. Thinking about this for a few minutes will lead to a better result than buying something ready made.

Books make bad safes, as people tend to grab them and open them. Also, hollowing out a Terry Goodkind book, is the best use of his writing.

If you use any of these hiding places please tell a trusted family member. A friend of mine was helping her fiance after his elderly mother died. She was going through the clothes to make sure they were in good condition to donate to Goodwill. In the pockets of almost every item she found cash. By the time she was done she had found several thousand dollars. She asked her fiance if she could keep anything she found or wanted, he said sure. She said I don't think you understand what you just agreed to. She gave him the money. It was enough to pay for his mother's funeral and then some. His mother found a way to avoid inheritance tax. Another friend, her fiance's father had been hiding money in and around the house for his entire life. Their home had been in the family for several generations. The fiance was digging in the garden and found a Mason jar full of cash, then another, and another. He found hidden money all over the house too. My friend had a dream at the house where the late father said he adored her and hoped his son would finally marry her soon, and he had a gift for her. He told her this odd dollar amount, and that it was hidden in a box in the back corner of the attic under some magazines. She woke, told her fiance, they went looking, found it, was the amount, and exact location, so he said it was hers, his father obviously meant it for her. A cousin bought the house and land next door. The old man's children thought he was rich in cash. Went through his belongings, didn't find cash, sold house with contents. The old guy had a collection of collections. Worth hundreds of thousands at a quick auction. If my cousin would have done the research, and taken the things to a reputable auction house, he could have made over a million dollars. The old man knew history and the value of things. He bought low to sell high to support his old age, he just died before he got a chance to sell. People born before the great depression don't trust banks, and taught that to their children. You may not want your grandparents valuables, but go through everything before selling or donating the items. You never know what you may find. Some things should be kept to hand down to the next generation though.

Cool thing about the book is if you have another hardcover book of the same size you could swap out the jacket, obscuring your stuff from robbers who might recognize common secret safes.

AWESOME REVIEW!! I agree with the book as number one... it holds a lot and can be put anywhere. I think i missed something.. does the shaving cream work as shaving cream like in Jurassic park?

There used to be a show called it takes a their and the book would suck as when someone is looking for stuff to steal they toss crap all over the place so as soon as they book gets tossed accessed the room and all your goods fall on the floor it has been exposed.

I used to have a 3 number combo lock gas cap for my suburban. It had a screw out on the underside with enough room for a spare door and ignition key! Good if you are prone to lose your keys! I had a door key in it and a $100 bill, just because I was prone to lock my keys in the truck!

Can the Barbasol hold dinosaur embryos, though?

You could make that booksafe with any old hardcover book. (You can even pick up something at a dollar store, they usually sell off remaindered books) Just grab a ruler and an x-acto knife or boxcutter and hollow out the inside. Then you'll have like, and extra $15-17 to put in the booksafe! You can also make any can a safe with one of those edge-cutter can openers. They may not stand up to as much scrutiny, but if you put it in your fridge, no one is going to think it's anything but a can of pop.

I remember seeing a fake book at the tool supply that was about metallurgy. I think the attempt was to make it too boring to want to pick up but it would be the first book I would reach for. I like the idea of an unsavory contents box. I think something like 12 month blood and fecal samples for infectious bacteria and tapeworm might work. A little studio blood and Nutella on the box just for good measure.

I would think the brush and shave cream can would be good for traveling (extra cash, jewelry, etc). Especially when a room safe isn't available.

Pretty cool ideas. :) tyfs!

Another home run by my favorite freakin' reviewer!

Omg. Terry Goodkind is my favorite author. What a find! 😍

Great video as usual. One of the problems with that barbasol can is that the places I shop do not carry that can size anymore so not sure if it is still available in stores.

As for the white powder in the shaving can (i assume it's shaving foam? ours don't look like that in the UK) I think it's too absorb moisture so you can hide it in your bathroom maybe?

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Great video Ty. No Bailey though, bummer! 👾

Regarding the "4 stars or higher" -system, could be cool to do a video once for items that got 2 or 3 stars and see why they got so bad review.

Yes, that is a real book. I have that whole book series, lol. Nice!

Love the videos 🔥🔥

Not a new concept... People have been stashing their weed in these "safes" for years. I mean... Passports. Stashing their passports. Yeah... Passports.

The easy way to tell that the peanut butter is a safe: no one buys extra crunchy peanut butter. Homemade safe: empty mayo jar, slosh white paint inside, empty, let dry. Store it in fridge.

I can't wait to watch this ive seen tyoes of these on another channel and loved it.

This was a better episode than I thought it was going to be.

Thinking on this a bit further, yes I feel necklaces and / or bracelets would fit within the screwdriver safe

I love how the explanation of what each item is represented as is at the end of the video lol. I can tell which one you recorded first.

Great vid! I was thinking that you could put a used shaving cream nozzle on the safe and that would also add to the "look" of the safe. As for the clock, I wonder if you could Drill a hole from the back and put a screw (Or something....) that would reach to the door of the clock...,? I was also thinking that you could put something in the book compartment that would stick the lid more tightly closed like a magnet, or something sticky that would keep the door closed better...

I feel like the white powder could be there so it sounds like a real one if you pick it up and shake it to make anyone looking for a hidden stash quickly think it's just another can of shaving cream.

A box to keep people from finding your valuables being disguised as a Terry Goodkind book is just so fitting, especially considering the way Faith of the Fallen turned out.

I'm also liking the clock, but you're right, there should be a switch in order to open it.

trouble with things like the hair brush, if you put coins or keys in there, sure they fit but you gotta hope they don't pick them up or move them, or else they'll hear the item rattling around inside!

Hey James! Love your videos

My friend has a barbasol safe his can actually spray a good amount of real shave cream. like Jurassic Park. LOVE that spam safe !

I like the jiff, book, and the spam oh the clock!🤗

Thank you for making these videos. I know its probably alot of work and money but I love them. So ... Thankyou ... :-) And to comment .... some of these things may seem obvious but when robbing a place I doubt they would sit there and analyze things in the house.

Rumor has it, the Barbasol cans are filled with cocaine, shipped through the US, then the cocaine and cans are sold separately.

The clock is nice but it needs something like a hidden magnetic lock, that unlocks when you hold a magnet in a certain spot

I think the best place to hide things might be hidden compartments in heavy furniture like a TV stand with an internal drawer hidden inside or a push to open drawer on a bed frame that's against the wall no burger is gonna take the time to hoist a mattress and maybe a box spring up and move the bed frame from against the wall to see if there's anything behind it. Those places help keep party guests and children from finding or throwing away your safe as well. I'd imagine those you would have to have one made or do it yourself though.

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My fear in owning one of these is dying and my family not knowing about it.

The Barbasol one is old. All you need is to use a can opener on the bottom of can and glue a baby food jar inside and the lid on the bottom. I did that in grade school.

I think for traveling and leaving valuables in a hotel room, the brush, shaving cream, and book could work. The screwdriver would work for an expensive necklace, bracelet, earrings, rings, etc...not to travel with though. lol For any covers that don't stay shut use my go-to, museum putty. I use it for everything!

I think the hairbrush one is a really good idea actually. It can hold bobby pins and hair ties and stuff like that 🤷 very useful imo

"You put your weed in there..."

Most the smaller stuff you showed you can find at our local head shop right along with the smoking paraphernalia so that should tell you what the real intended uses are for lol I have a fake book myself and it locks.

That lava lamp behind you can store some stuff in. The cap can store some extra money for emergencies. That screwdriver can hide a usb stick, and maybe some diamond earrings.

And now....every thief knows to look in your bookshelf, clock mantle, and cupboard of food for all of your valuables lol.

In my experience, burglars will open up everything that can hold things. The the clock is a waste of time. They will check everything if given enough time. My advice is a good safe bolted down

If the book has some form of lock mechanism on the cover piece it would be great because if someone picks it up and shakes it the way it's currently designed, everything is falling out.

You should review hidden nanny cams there are so many different ones on Amazon it’s hard to figure out which one is the best

The screw driver was probably made to store recreational substances...

The Jif one is super obvious! And I am not a fan of Jif, but on its own, yes, not distinguishable. The hairbrush and spam can one I liked best. For the book, it needs to be more pages deeper, but then you can’t fit much.

Nice review.

I think someone bought terry gookind book from the discount shelf and made it into a safe. As a fantasy book fan I think it’s a good use for trash although I would have used those books for kindling.

I liked the fake bill with your face on it lol :)

I think the white powder for the barbasol is to maybe imitate the feel of the shaving cream inside a regular can when you shake it. Might not convince someone if you keep your coin collection in it but bills or social security might work

I assume the powder is in the Barbasol can to give it weight and make it feel more realistic when it is shaken.