An unbolted safe is a strongbox with a handle for carrying it away · review
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).
The conclusion An honestly described basic safe from a serious manufacturer. Buy it for the build, not for a grade it does not claim.
BURG-WÄCHTER’s own listing calls this basic valuables protection, and that is the most useful sentence on it.
The company makes certified safes — units rated against European standards with published resistance grades, at several times this price. Calling this one basic draws the line clearly rather than blurring it, which is the opposite of what most listings in this category do.
Read it as a well-made steel box from a company that makes safes, and not as a certified product.
One skin of steel, no insulating layer, therefore no fire protection. A fire safe is two walls with fire material between them. Documents in this one would not survive a house fire, and the fireproof boxes in the neighboring hub are the answer to that entirely different problem.
Manufacturing rather than certification: the door fit, the bolt work and the lock mechanism from a company whose business this is. Whether that is worth the premium over a general-brand safe of the same size is a judgment, and it is a defensible one.
It is a furniture safe. It must be bolted into the furniture or the wall behind it, or it is a box somebody carries out.
A household that would rather buy from a safe maker.
On sale at $140 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.
| Dimensions | 200 × 310 × 200 mm (7.87 × 12.2 × 7.87 in) (H × W × D), that is 7.87 × 12.2 × 7.87 in |
|---|---|
| Lock | Self-programmable electronic |
| Construction | Solid single-wall body, described as basic valuables protection |
| Type | Furniture safe |
| Amazon reference | B00J95WM6C |
| EAN | 4003482357804 |
Because it is honest about where a single-wall furniture safe sits. The company also makes certified safes rated to EN 1143-1 and its own grades, and describing this one as basic distinguishes it from those rather than blurring the line. That candour is worth something.
Partly. What you get is a company whose entire business is safes, with the manufacturing and the mechanism that implies. What you do not get is a certification — and if a grade is what you need, this is not the model, and the price of one that is certified is several times this.
Correct. Fire protection requires two walls with an insulating layer between them, and a single-wall safe has one skin of steel. Documents in it would not survive a house fire; that is what the fireproof boxes elsewhere in this catalog are for.
8.1/ 10
An honestly described basic safe from a serious manufacturer. Buy it for the build, not for a grade it does not claim.
Between security devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| BURG-WÄCHTER Favor S3 E | $140 | 200 × 310 × 200 mm (7.87 × 12.2 × 7.87 in) (H × W × D), that is 7.87 × 12.2 × 7.87 in |
| KESSER Electronic Safe 35 × 25 × 25 | $170 | 35 × 25 × 25 cm (13.8 × 9.8 × 9.8 in) |
| Amazon Basics 50SAM steel home security safe, 1.8 cu ft | $105 | 13.8 in wide, 13 in deep, 19.7 in high — stated as the external size. No internal dimensions are given, and this shelf's buying tip asks you to subtract the door and the walls before believing a capacity |
| AONBNOCT EJ 3.4 cu ft digital security safe | $99 | Not published — neither external nor internal. It is the only safe in this group with no measurement at all, at the largest claimed volume |
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.
A household that wants a safe from a safe manufacturer rather than from a general brand.
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.
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14 L · digital keypad · 2 override keys · concealed anti-pry hinges · adjustable shelf · 4 × AA
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Best for: The default household safe: big enough for documents, small enough to bolt into a wardrobe floor.
≈ $58
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