Head to head · verified 2026-09-12
Crimsafe vs Prestige Security Doors
7 of the 12 things a buyer can check differ between these two. Every figure below was read off the manufacturer’s own page and links back to it.
The system that defined clamped-mesh retention, sold through a network of roughly 107 North American dealers.
Steel-framed doors with a published installed starting price and a lifetime warranty, but no specifications.
Where they differ
| Crimsafe | Prestige Security Doors | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | not published | Starting at $1,995 installed |
| Warranty | not published | Lifetime warranty; terms not detailed (scored at the 15-year cap) |
| Test standard | AS5039 | not published |
| Mesh weave | 11 × 11 weave | not published |
| Frame material | not published | Powder-coated steel frame |
| Mesh retention | Patented Screw Clamp — mesh mechanically clamped, concealed tamper-resistant screws | not published |
| Made in USA | not published | Locally manufactured |
| Break-in guarantee | not published | not published |
| Testing laboratory | not published | not published |
| Mesh alloy grade | not published | not published |
| Wire diameter | not published | not published |
| Sales model | Authorised dealer network, ~107 dealers across North America | Direct manufacturer and installer, northern Arizona |
Score, group by group
| Group | Crimsafe | Prestige Security Doors | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent testing | 21 / 25 | 0 / 25 | +21 |
| Buyer disclosure | 5 / 30 | 16 / 30 | -11 |
| Domestic manufacturing | 0 / 10 | 10 / 10 | -10 |
| Retention mechanism | 5 / 5 | 0 / 5 | +5 |
| Commitment to the buyer | 9.3 / 30 | 14 / 30 | -4.7 |
The verdict
Crimsafe and Prestige Security Doors finish level at 40 out of 100, for different reasons — the table above is where the decision actually lives.
Prestige Security Doors is not beaten everywhere. It is ahead on buyer disclosure and domestic manufacturing and commitment to the buyer — if that is what you are buying on, buy on it rather than on the total.
Both scores measure what each maker publishes, not laboratory strength. A system that declines to state its alloy or its price scores badly here by design, and may still be excellent steel. The installer who measures and fastens it matters at least as much as either badge.
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