3/8/2005: Great security glass ad

Undertoad · 03-08-2005, 12:10 PM

I forget who sent this along but I notice it was also on Boing Boing. What an outstanding idea to promote their safety glass! It turns out that the bills on top are real but the rest fake... nevertheless, all advertising should be so clever.

wolf · 03-08-2005, 12:12 PM

You can't really tell from that shot, but the glass looks pretty thin. I wonder if we can get this at work ... is it bullet resistant too?

Beestie · 03-08-2005, 12:16 PM

There's a big-ass security camera with a security station across the street just in case anybody gets any ideas, though.

I think that's up in Canada somewhere.

wolf · 03-08-2005, 01:26 PM

I couldn't find anything on the 3m website about this product, but did notice that for the most part they make security films (basically big scotch tape to keep the window from shattering) rather than making the glass.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-08-2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

There's a big-ass security camera with a security station across the street just in case anybody gets any ideas, though.

I think that's up in Canada somewhere.

It was Vancouver, Broughton and Pender.
Think storm windows and cat burglers not commandos.

I think Wolf's right about 3-M films.
Oh...I believe the bus stop it's attached to is covered with the same material.

Sweets · 03-08-2005, 07:27 PM

Whoever thought of that idea for an advertisement is a genius.

jaguar · 03-08-2005, 07:42 PM

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You can't really tell from that shot, but the glass looks pretty thin. I wonder if we can get this at work ... is it bullet resistant too?

I've come across similar stuff used in secure bank sections, it's designed to withstand 2 hours of being battered with a sledgehammer and point-blank 30.06. I don't think this is quite the same though but I somehow doubt that's household glass.

blase · 03-08-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

I've come across similar stuff used in secure bank sections, it's designed to withstand 2 hours of being battered with a sledgehammer and point-blank 30.06. I don't think this is quite the same though but I somehow doubt that's household glass.

On mythbusters they shot at the 2" stuff you'd find in most convenience stores and such...they couldn't get a handgun to break through but that 30.06 went through with ease.

I'm kind of suspect of their test because they shot at the same piece repeatedly. As in first tried a 9mm, then a 45... It would have been more scientific to use a fresh pane every time. But nonetheless, handgun after handgun failed...the 30.06 was the last gun tried so maybe it was just weakened.

zippyt · 03-08-2005, 08:13 PM

.06 AP ( armor piercing ) rounds would have been fun to try on that , but .50 cal AP rounds WOULD go thru it , and YES those are comercialy available from Cabels ,
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...712&hasJS=true

mrnoodle · 03-09-2005, 09:34 AM

Yay Cabela's! The other notable point is that if you shot that display with a .50, you would not only break the glass, but have money flying around for 3 miles before it got cleaned up. I vote for a bulldozer.

CharlieG · 03-09-2005, 10:31 AM

No, the average rifle WILL go through the 2" stuff at fairly short range

This is one of the reason the NRA gets their shorts in knots whenever someone proposes a law against "ammuntion that can penetrate a bullet proof vest". Almost ALL rifles will do so, including 99% of those used for deer hunting (older lower velocity deer rounds might not - say 30-30 (maybe) and 45-70). What that law does is effectively outlaw rifles. A good idea, but a flawed way to do things

russotto · 03-09-2005, 07:21 PM

Most security coatings lose their effectiveness under UV light. Probably not a big problem in a Canadian winter.

IMO, it wouldn't be sporting to prosecute anyone who broke it, but they probably would anyway.

03-08-2005, 12:10 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	3/8/2005: Great security glass ad I forget who sent this along but I notice it was also on Boing Boing. What an outstanding idea to promote their safety glass! It turns out that the bills on top are real but the rest fake... nevertheless, all advertising should be so clever.

03-08-2005, 12:12 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You can't really tell from that shot, but the glass looks pretty thin. I wonder if we can get this at work ... is it bullet resistant too? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	There's a big-ass security camera with a security station across the street just in case anybody gets any ideas, though. I think that's up in Canada somewhere. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-08-2005, 01:26 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I couldn't find anything on the 3m website about this product, but did notice that for the most part they make security films (basically big scotch tape to keep the window from shattering) rather than making the glass. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-08-2005, 08:13 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	.06 AP ( armor piercing ) rounds would have been fun to try on that , but .50 cal AP rounds WOULD go thru it , and YES those are comercialy available from Cabels , http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...712&hasJS=true __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-08-2005, 07:27 PM	#6
Sweets Because someone has to EAD Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cauliflornia, USA Posts: 35	Whoever thought of that idea for an advertisement is a genius.

03-09-2005, 09:34 AM	#10
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Yay Cabela's! The other notable point is that if you shot that display with a .50, you would not only break the glass, but have money flying around for 3 miles before it got cleaned up. I vote for a bulldozer. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-09-2005, 10:31 AM	#11
CharlieG Hoodoo Guru Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 301	No, the average rifle WILL go through the 2" stuff at fairly short range This is one of the reason the NRA gets their shorts in knots whenever someone proposes a law against "ammuntion that can penetrate a bullet proof vest". Almost ALL rifles will do so, including 99% of those used for deer hunting (older lower velocity deer rounds might not - say 30-30 (maybe) and 45-70). What that law does is effectively outlaw rifles. A good idea, but a flawed way to do things

03-09-2005, 07:21 PM	#12
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Most security coatings lose their effectiveness under UV light. Probably not a big problem in a Canadian winter. IMO, it wouldn't be sporting to prosecute anyone who broke it, but they probably would anyway.

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