diff --git a/lib/adapters/redis2.js b/lib/adapters/redis2.js
index 2dd4893d..53215b0f 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/redis2.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/redis2.js
@@ -175,34 +175,59 @@ BridgeToRedis.prototype.defineForeignKey = function (model, key, cb) {
 BridgeToRedis.prototype.forDb = function (model, data) {
     var p = this._models[model].properties;
     for (var i in data) {
-        if (p[i] && p[i].type.name === 'Date') {
-            data[i] = data[i] && data[i].getTime ? data[i].getTime() : 0;
-        } else if (p[i] && [
-            'String', 'Text', 'Number', 'Boolean', 'Date'
-        ].indexOf(p[i].type.name) === -1) {
-            data[i] = JSON.stringify(data[i]);
+        if (!p[i]) continue;
+        if (!data[i]) {
+            data[i] = "";
+            continue;
+        }
+        switch (p[i].type.name) {
+            case "Date":
+                data[i] = data[i].getTime ? data[i].getTime().toString() : "0";
+                break;
+            case "Number":
+                data[i] = data[i].toString();
+                break;
+            case "Boolean":
+                data[i] = !!data[i] ? "1" : "0";
+                break;
+            case "String":
+            case "Text":
+                break;
+            default:
+                data[i] = JSON.stringify(data[i]);
         }
     }
     return data;
 };
 
 BridgeToRedis.prototype.fromDb = function (model, data) {
-    var p = this._models[model].properties;
+    var p = this._models[model].properties, d;
     for (var i in data) {
-        if (p[i] && p[i].type.name === 'Date') {
-            if (isNaN(parseInt(data[i]))) {
-                data[i] = new Date(data[i]);
-            } else {
-                var ms = data[i];
-                data[i] = new Date();
-                data[i].setTime(ms);
-            }
-        } else if (p[i] && [
-            'String', 'Text', 'Number', 'Boolean', 'Date'
-        ].indexOf(p[i].type.name) === -1) {
-            try {
-                data[i] = JSON.parse(data[i]);
-            } catch (e) {}
+        if (!p[i]) continue;
+        if (!data[i]) {
+            data[i] = "";
+            continue;
+        }
+        switch (p[i].type.name) {
+            case "Date":
+                d = new Date(data[i]);
+                d.setTime(data[i]);
+                data[i] = d;
+                break;
+            case "Number":
+                data[i] = Number(data[i]);
+                break;
+            case "Boolean":
+                data[i] = data[i] === "1";
+                break;
+            default:
+                d = data[i];
+                try {
+                    data[i] = JSON.parse(data[i]);
+                }
+                catch(e) {
+                    data[i] = d;
+                }
         }
     }
     return data;