Mesa Safes: All Our Reviews

• Key Facts
• Rating7.3/10
• Why this pickIt's the flagship of Mesa's most searched-for product family (the MGL series), with the largest confirmed capacity of the three MGL sizes, and Mesa Safe Company itself has a real, checkable 45-year operating history behind it.

"Mesa safe company" is the single most-searched term in this cluster at 720 monthly searches, ahead of the bare "mesa safe" at 480 and "mesa safes" at 260. That "company" pattern in the top search term is a real signal worth taking seriously, a meaningful share of this brand's search volume is homonym pollution from Costa Mesa, Mesa, Arizona, and Mesa Airlines, none of which have anything to do with gun safes, and that pollution was excluded from this project's keyword set before writing this page. What remains is a genuine buyer audience specifically looking for the Mesa Safe Company brand.

That company is real and has real history behind it. Mesa Safe Company's own about-us page states plainly: "Mesa Safe Company has been a leader in the safe industry since 1981... Our company was founded, and is still currently operated, by George L. Vicente. He started working in this industry at the young age of sixteen when hired by a local locksmith". That's a specific, checkable founder story, not vague brand copy, a real person who worked his way up from locksmith calls to running his own company for over 40 years.

Everlasting Safes, this project's confirmed multi-brand retailer, carries a real Mesa lineup spanning two distinct product families: the MGL "Gun Lite" series (gun-specific safes) and the MBF "Burglar and Fire" series (general-purpose safes).

The Real Mesa Lineup at Everlasting Safes

Mesa's own product copy for the MGL series confirms all three gun-safe sizes exist as one family: "MESA offers three different types of models including MGL14E, MGL24E and MGL36E," worded identically across the MGL14E and MGL36E product pages.

Our Pick: the MGL36E 36 Gun Safe

The MGL36E is the largest of Mesa's three confirmed gun-safe sizes and the clearest choice if raw rifle capacity matters most. Confirmed at $2,628.46 through Everlasting Safes, it measures 59"H x 36"W x 24"D on the exterior, with a 56"H x 34.5"W x 18.75"D interior, and holds a real 36 rifles. At 572 lbs, it's built from all-steel construction and includes four anchor holes for permanent floor mounting, a genuinely necessary feature at this weight and capacity.

Mesa's own product description positions the MGL series as combining "the security features of a burglar safe with the peace of mind of a fire safe," and calls out that these safes can hold "rifles, handguns, shotguns, knives, and ammunition" beyond just long guns. The MGL36E carries a 1-year warranty, matching the rest of the MGL line but shorter than some competitors in this project's research.

À retenir: The MGL36E is $2,628.46, holds 36 rifles, and weighs 572 lbs, real capacity at a real weight, with a 30-minute fire rating and a 1-year warranty.

MGL14E vs. MGL36E: What the Smaller Size Gives Up

If 36 rifles' worth of space is more than you need, the smaller MGL14E drops the price to a confirmed $1,845.93 and the capacity to 14 rifles, in a considerably smaller 52"H x 20"W x 20"D footprint at 329 lbs. The fire rating, warranty, and all-steel construction stay identical across both sizes, the only real trade-off is capacity and footprint, not a step down in protection. For an apartment, a smaller home, or a first gun safe, the MGL14E is the more practical size; for a larger collection or a dedicated gun room, the MGL36E's extra capacity is worth the roughly $783 price difference and the larger floor footprint it requires.

Mesa's Other Line: the MBF Burglar and Fire Safes

Separate from the rifle-focused MGL series, Mesa also sells the MBF "Burglar and Fire" line for general valuables rather than firearms specifically. The MBF2020E, confirmed at $1,344.28, measures 22.50"H x 22"W x 22"D with a 3.34-cubic-foot interior, a battery-operated electronic lock with a drill-resistant hard plate, a keypad lockout after repeated failed attempts, and a real 2-hour fire rating tested at 1,830°F. That's a meaningfully longer fire rating than either MGL gun safe's 30 minutes, which makes sense given the MBF line's different purpose: protecting documents, cash, and valuables specifically against fire, not maximizing rifle storage.

À retenir: Mesa's MGL line trades a shorter 30-minute fire rating for maximum rifle capacity. Its MBF line trades gun-specific storage for a longer 2-hour fire rating tested at 1,830°F.

Pros and Cons

Confirmed pros:

• Confirmed $2,628.46 price with a real, specific product page
• Real 45-year operating history under one continuous founder, George L. Vicente
• 36-rifle capacity is genuinely large for the price point
• Built-in anchor holes for permanent floor mounting

Real limitations:

• 572 lbs realistically requires professional delivery and placement
• 30-minute fire rating is shorter than Mesa's own MBF line (2 hours) and shorter than several competitors' gun safes at similar prices
• Only a 1-year warranty on the MGL36E, shorter than Gardall's lifetime warranty on a comparable safe
• No biometric or electronic-lock variant confirmed for this specific model

À retenir: Mesa's real strength is rifle capacity per dollar and a genuinely long company track record, not fire-rating depth or warranty length.