Self-Storage Warehouses Help Clean The Mess In Your Life

| Wednesday, June 8, 2011
By Cindy Cortney


The self storage concept entails renting out segmented spaces of a huge warehouse to customers for any time span that suits them, no matter how short or long. Customers are enjoying better facilities offered by storage companies, as the companies compete with each other to satisfy the rapidly growing demand in the industry. Through greater use of technology, these firms have immensely increased the scope and efficacy of self storage.

Technology was introduced by self storage companies after they realised that their clients' valuable items should be shielded from thefts and burglaries and also from unfavourable climatic conditions, which can harm some items. The storage and recovery procedure too was made technologically progressive at a later stage to make sure customers don't face any problem in the procedures.

CCTV cameras are installed in all good storage facilities these days to make sure of foolproof security. Constant surveillance of the interiors of a warehouse is enabled through this system, which can effectively avert any act of theft or burglary inside the premises. Besides, with other technologies like electronic door access and door alarms installed, any trouble inside the storage premises is easily detectable.

These days, the conventional locking system has paved way for access cards which clients are expected to carry inside the warehouse to access their storage units. There are also biometric access systems in place in some facilities that use the hand scanning technology at major doors. Such facilities are ideal for those who desire to store high worth or confidential items.

Then there are some companies that use sophisticated radio frequency technology for ultimate protection of your articles. In this technology, a very small RFID tag, which is barely visible to the bare eye, is stuck to each one of your articles. Immediate identification of these tags by door scanners enable discovery of any illegal shifting of your items, which if happens will cause the scanners to set off an alarm.

Many people want to store precious items made of wood or paper. Such items are highly prone to damage if the weather conditions are fluctuating. In a similar way, hi-tech appliances and pharmaceutical goods may not be able to survive high temperatures. Climate control technology is a good answer to this problem, and any good warehouse will have this technology installed to keep temperature and moisture levels within safe limits for long term storage of your articles.

Besides these, there are a host of other technologies with attractive aspects that are increasingly being used by self storage firms. This has meant that your items are now more secure than ever before, while the price of using the service is decreasing very fast.




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