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Z.,
Verified Owner
from CA, United States
Written on May 19, 2025
After a few years of keeping this thing plugged in my safe, I can honestly say that it works great.
When you open the safe, you can clearly tell that it's a few degrees warmer inside than the outside, and that's all you need to prevent condensation from forming on any metal or glass parts on the inside.
Obviously, the metal rod is hot to the touch, so that's not recommended. However, it isn't hot enough to damage the carpeting on the interior of the safe or any plastic/fabric parts that may come into contact with it.
So far, so good.
Would recommend: Yes
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Lil Gunner Boy,
Verified Owner
from MO, United States
Written on January 4, 2021
Works great in my gun cabinet. Lowers humidity level and keeps ambient tempature decently warm in relativity to the house temp. I definitely recommend for gun cabinets and smaller safes. Seems there are more practical solutions for larger safes. Also be sure to not keep to close to rubber/plastic butt stocks and it does generate some heat which could cause deformation to parts that are touching or within real close proximity. But, all in all, I'm happy with it, would recommend it, and will buy more for gun cabinets and ammo cabinets.
Pros:
- Price
- Size & Weight
- functional and aesthetically pleasing
Best Used for:
- Gun cabinet
- ammo cabinet
- small safe
Would recommend: Yes
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Les,
from MO, United States
Written on December 28, 2020
Delivered quickly and works as described. Installed easily and quickly. I use it in my gun safe and so far it has worked very well. My husband had several guns and I was afraid someone would steal them as they were in a gun cabinet with glass doors in the basement. Humidity was also a problem. Purchased a good gun safe and my son recommended the Golden Rod as he uses one in his gun safe. Very pleased.
Would recommend: Yes
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Jesse,
Verified Owner
from MN, United States
Written on December 15, 2020
I was really looking forward to not having to recharge desiccant packs, but the rod doesn’t work straight out of the box. I suspect it’s the cheap connector they supply it with, will install a regular connector and, hopefully, get it working.
Would recommend: No
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Shotgunner,
Verified Owner
from MN, United States
Written on November 16, 2020
I use these Golden rods in my safe and find them to be very useful for their intended use.Also I do have a storage area under the stairway going down to the basement perhaps 200 square feet. The larger 36 inch appears to be doing a good job keeping that dry also.
Would recommend: Yes
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C,
from MT, United States
Written on July 19, 2018
You can have polymer touching it and it won’t damage it, it’s hot to touch but not enough to burn. Does the job well. Installation was easy and I had no issues doing it by myself. Well made product. Totally recommend.
Would recommend: Yes
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Fxrgrunt,
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from NY, United States
Written on June 27, 2018
Put this in a huge closet and it has kept my humidity consistently in the low 40's. It is much easier to maintain than a regular dehumidifier, especially because it doesnt require emptying. It does its job and I would recommend go anyone looking into it.
Would recommend: Yes
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Trapguy,
Verified Owner
from NE, United States
Written on March 25, 2018
They work great I havent had an issue. I have had 1 for about 3 years and I just bought a new one for my new safe. They work without needing to be touched no more cooking the silicone packets just plug them in and dont worry
Would recommend: Yes
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Lenny Crosby,
Verified Owner
from WA, United States
Written on December 18, 2017
I was having alot of moisture problems in my safe that i installed in my garage so i purchased one of these and a humidity gauge and set it up in garage where its always cold and the rid keeps it at nice warm temperature not to warm and humidity dropped to normal percent so i could stop worrying about my firearms rusting or corrosion.should measure get right lentgh
Would recommend: Yes
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