If so, can you recommend some? Kinda want a small one for my room or office but then I feel like it'll just be a target in the event of break in...

Or should I just dig a hole under my carpet or tile somewhere in my house for valuables?

Lag it to the floor in a closet. You can cut into any safe (unless you get a real one for like 8500 bucks) but it will stop the average dinger and protect in a fire for however long it's rated for. It is not hard to lag stuff to the concrete

Yeah I figured that. Unless the safe is one of those giant ones but still, it's a target

The main reason for a safe is to protect the stuff from fire damage if the place ever went up in flames, hence you need a safe designed for that. Burglars would just steal the safe too unless it's bolted to the ground, preferably a concrete floor in a basement with a big safe that would be a huge pita to carry out even if they broke the bolts.

Otherwise, you're better off keeping the stuff hidden in less obvious, more cryptic places within the home like you mentioned. Or better yet, move to a good neighboorhood where chit like home invasions are very uncommon.

I live in a good neighborhood $800k+ houses in FL

I wouldn't worry about it too much, then. The odds that a burglar enters your upscale neighborhood at all are low, and far lower that they actually pick you. Unless it's someone you know, and not just a random hit.

You'd be better off putting in good locks, cameras, and door alarms that go off if an introduer breaks in. Srs

i have several. most safes are just glorified fireproof boxes. I store my guns, silver, personal effects like pictures, cash, etc... in them

if you have anything really important, a safe deposit box is a better idea.

No, I don’t have anything valuable lol. The most expensive thing in my apartment is probably my couch srs.

I have a cannon brand safe for my guns and ammo. I have it tucked away in a closet where it'd be difficult to pry on to get in to. Will it prevent an expert safe cracker or a guy with cutting tools? No, but it'll prevent most smash and grab guys from getting it.

Uhhhh most safes are bolted to the concrete/slab of the house from the inside.
A quality safe is a lot more expensive than most people think. But worth it to me to keep my bug out cash, physical gold, guns, ammo and crypto wallets along with important docs
Bought for of course theft but more important.....fire.

I have 3.

Take the safe and bolt it to both the wall and the floor, and it won't be going anywhere.

This. A good safe is about $10k and they arent that big at that price. Dont think the ones you buy at Academy are going to do anything other than deter a non-professional criminal

Brad Pitt was correct in Fight Club.

Too much stuff is a bad thing. Clutter clutters your mind and is more to worry about. Minimalism is the way, nesting is for women.

With a simple circular saw you can cut into floor standing safes in under 5 mins.

Gun safe in the basement bolted to the floor

yeah yeah you can cut into it, still better than no safe

I live in an unannexed city in a big city. Its 2 miles by 2 miles and we have so many cops that are paid by our tax dollars that they know us all by name and address. I chose this on purpose.
On the rare occasions where I have tripped an alert to the police, they have been there in 2-4 minutes.
My house is gated....has cameras surrounding and I always practice situational awareness. Being that I have a few cars that on more than 1 occasion someone tried to follow me home for (more to see what kind of house i lived in and not to rob me) if I saw anyone that was trailing me in from the highway I typically circle around until nobody is behind me.

If they broke into my house while I was there I would hit my panic button, open the safe and allow them to take what they want. I know the cops would be there within a few minutes.