On occasion, I find a product that claims to do more than what seems to be true. We’ve all heard the old adage, “too good to be true.”
The Vault, at first sight, would seem to be exactly that. The Vault claims to be smellproof, shockproof, slashproof, crushproof, impactproof, and waterproof. It also has a lifetime guarantee.
So what do you do with a stashbox that claims to be nearly impenetrable?
Well, you throw everything you can at it. I will preface all of this with one very important piece of information – I am not a scientist.
For the first test, we loaded The Vault with the legal limit of 4 ounces of ripe, pungent, aromatic cannabis. Then shut it in the car and left. Tight or confined spaces tend to lend themself to quickly testing whether or not something is truly smellproof. 24 hours later, and the car still smelled like the little tree air freshener that hangs from the rearview mirror.
Next up, we stuffed The Vault in a small locked cabinet, after another day the cabinet smelled no different and no one who entered the room seemed any the wiser of the box or its contents.
For the final smellproof challenge we removed the flower, loaded the box full of bacon bits, hot dog, and treats – zipped it up, and threw it to the dogs. While our four-legged friends seemed interested at first they quickly wandered off. Aside from a few scuffs that wiped off and some slobber no damage. We cracked the zipper a bit, then brought the bag back and the interest level was clearly reignited.
To test the claims of shockproof and impactproof we loaded the compartments with shot glasses then proceeded to yeet The Vault from location to location – off walls, from the top of a ladder, down more than a few sets of stairs. And to my surprise – nothing broke. The case was once again a bit scuffed and dirty, but nothing inside, nor the case itself had any real damage.
Onward!
Crushproof is where I thought we would find a true vulnerability. I filled The Vault with candy and assorted snacks and took out the Louisville Slugger and prepared to make it rain. It didn’t. No busted seems, no separation at the zipper, a few dents and depressions but again – no damage to anything inside.
For waterproof we did find some minor vulnerability, but the context for that is rather impressive.
We started by filling the boxes compartments with tissue paper, then sealing the bag with the zipper. We proceeded to pour a gallon of water over The Vault, everything inside was completely unaffected. From there we ran water over The Vault from an open tap, again everything inside was untouched. After briefly submerging The Vault completely (less than 5 seconds), the contents remained dry. We proceeded to up the ante running a hose over The Vault and finally submerging it in a filled tub with water actively running over it. After everything we threw at the Vault we did manage to get some results, the paper on the perimeter, closest to the zipper did sustain some damage, and the box itself held some water in the soft fabrics around the zipper and closest to it, but the items at dead center seemingly remained untouched. It’s also important to remember that we had pretty heavily abused The Vault by this point.
An important note that the slash test was performed after the water testing, and while the promotional materials made no claims of being penetration proof we thought we’d give it a try. The box is susceptible to being stabbed with sharp objects, as are most things.
An incredibly impressive performance from The Vault. I can’t imagine anyone ever putting the box through more damage and strenuous circumstances in real life, but it may be susceptible to some leakage if completely submerged for a period of time. So if you take your medicine with you while camping, floating, or other outdoor activity we give The Vault a resounding endorsement.
What do you think?