An unbolted safe is a strongbox with a handle for carrying it away · review
A 14-liter steel safe with a digital keypad, two emergency override keys kept separately, concealed hinges described as anti-pry, and a removable adjustable shelf. It runs on four AA cells.
The conclusion The sensible default. Enough capacity to be used, small enough to hide, and it needs bolting like everything else here.
If a household buys one safe, this size is usually the right one.
Below about ten liters, a safe holds a passport and some cash and then becomes an irritation — documents have to be folded, nothing stacks, and the shelf is in the way. At fourteen, with a removable adjustable shelf, it holds the household’s papers, some jewelry and a camera, sorted rather than piled.
It is also still small enough to bolt into the base of a wardrobe, which is where it should go.
Exposed hinges are a route: cut the pins and the door leaves from the hinge side while the bolts are still engaged. Concealing them inside the body closes it. Amazon Basics states them as anti-pry, and it is a feature cheaper safes still omit.
Two, and they open it completely. They belong outside the house — a relative, a workplace, a bank box. A set in the bedside drawer means the keypad is decoration.
Steel thickness, and any security grade or fire rating. This is a deterrent safe rather than a certified one, and it should be read as protecting against opportunism.
Most households, once.
On sale at $60 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on September 2, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Capacity | 14 liters |
|---|---|
| Lock | Electronic keypad with 3 status lights |
| Override | 2 emergency keys |
| Hinges | Concealed, anti-pry, stated by the manufacturer |
| Interior | Carpeted, with an adjustable removable shelf |
| Power | 4 × AA cells, not supplied |
| Amazon reference | B00UG9HB1Q |
| EAN | 0841710101973 |
Because exposed hinges can be attacked directly: cut the pins and the door comes off the other side, regardless of the bolts. Concealing them inside the body removes that route. It is a basic feature that cheaper safes still leave out.
For most households, yes — passports, deeds, jewelry, a camera, some cash, with the shelf separating them. It is the size at which a safe stops being a box for a passport and starts being usable, and it is still small enough to bolt inside a wardrobe.
Bolted through the base into a solid floor, inside a wardrobe or a cupboard, at the back. Concealment and anchoring together are worth more than either alone: something that cannot be found is not attacked, and something that cannot be carried is not taken.
8.1/ 10
The sensible default. Enough capacity to be used, small enough to hide, and it needs bolting like everything else here.
Between security devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Capacity | Lock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Basics 25EI | $58 | 14 liters | Electronic keypad with 3 status lights |
| Locksworth ET521 safe, 0.6 cu ft | $55 | 0.6 cubic feet — stated, with external dimensions of 13.8 in wide, 9.8 in deep and 9.8 in high | Two methods: enter the password and turn the knob, or insert the key and turn the knob. Four AA batteries power the keypad and are supplied |
| SentrySafe HD4100 fireproof and waterproof file box, 14.3 × 15.5 × 13.5 in | $68 | Not published as a volume. The listing says instead that the interior fits hanging file folders — passports, birth certificates, insurance records and legal paperwork are named | A key lock with two keys, stated to keep the lid closed during fire events. That last clause matters: a lid that springs open in a fire is a fire box that has failed |
| SentrySafe 1160BLK fireproof chest with carrying handle, 0.25 cu ft | $35 | 0.25 cubic feet — stated | A key lock — stated. No code, no keypad and no battery |
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on September 2, 2026.
The default household safe: big enough for documents, small enough to bolt into a wardrobe floor.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 3,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for home security products and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Book-shaped diversion safe · 3-digit combination · fabric cover and spine · for a bookshelf
A diversion safe shaped like a book, with a fabric cover and spine and a three-digit combination lock. Amazon Basics states it is meant to sit between other books on a shelf.
Best for: Concealing something small in plain sight, in a house where nobody is looking hard.
200 × 310 × 200 mm (7.87 × 12.2 × 7.87 in) · self-programmable electronic lock · single-wall body · basic valuables protection
BURG-WÄCHTER describes the Favor S3 E as basic valuables protection: a single-wall body with a self-programmable electronic lock, in a furniture safe of 200 × 310 × 200 mm (7.87 × 12.2 × 7.87 in).
Best for: A household that wants a safe from a safe manufacturer rather than from a general brand.
≈ $140
A5 documents · 3–8 digit code, silenceable · manual override · 1 mm (0.04 in) walls, 3 mm (0.12 in) door
A furniture safe for A5 documents with a freely programmable three-to-eight digit code, a silenceable keypad and a manual override. HMF publishes the steel thicknesses: 1 mm (0.04 in) walls and a 3 mm (0.12 in) door.
Best for: A hotel-style installation in a cupboard, where the published steel thickness lets you judge it honestly.
