The conclusion A children's coin bank with an electronic keypad, and the title says so without pretense. It is a reasonable thirty dollars for a money box that teaches a child to set a code. On a shelf of home safes it publishes almost nothing — one of the five things this shelf compares — and the same thirty dollars buys a 0.23 cubic foot steel safe with two bolts and fixings elsewhere in this group.
What the maker puts in writing
Small safe box for kids
Electronic password coin bank
Mini money safe
No capacity. No dimensions. No material. No thickness. No anchoring. No grade.
The title is honest
A coin bank, and it says so.
Small safe box for kids. Electronic password coin bank. Mini money safe.
It is a money box with a keypad, and nothing on the page claims otherwise.
One of five columns
What this shelf compares, and what this page gives.
Stated grade. Body and door thickness. Anchoring. Lock type. Usable internal
space.
This publishes the lock type, as the word electronic.
What thirty dollars buys instead
Three safes in this group cost between twenty-five and thirty dollars.
Each is 0.23 cubic feet of steel with two locking bolts, pre-drilled mounting
holes and expansion bolts in the box.
If the requirement is a coin bank, this is the object. If it is somewhere to put a
passport, it is not — and the money is the same.
Availability
On sale at around $30 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 October 8, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
What reassures, and what does not
Strengths
The listing says plainly what it is: a coin bank for children
An electronic keypad, which is the part a child enjoys
Thirty dollars, which is coin-bank money rather than safe money
Small enough to sit on a shelf in a bedroom
A password a child can set and change teaches something worth learning
Nothing about it pretends to be a security product
Compromises
No capacity, no dimensions, no material and no thickness
No anchoring, no grade and no fire rating
It is not a safe, and should not be used as one
Nothing on the page describes the mechanism beyond the word electronic
The other ten products in this group are security safes
Thirty dollars buys a 0.23 cubic foot steel safe elsewhere in this group
Specifications
Stated for
Children, stated in the title: a small safe box for kids and an electronic password coin bank. It is the only product in this group not sold for documents or valuables
Lock
An electronic password keypad — stated
Capacity
Not published
Dimensions
Not published, external or internal
Body
Not described — no material and no thickness
Anchoring
Not published, and a coin bank is not meant to be anchored
Grade
Not published
Contents
Not described
Amazon reference
B0F98ZD7P4
EAN
0716597157804
The questions we are asked
Is this a safe?
No, and the listing does not claim it is: the title reads small safe box for kids, electronic password coin bank, mini money safe. It is a money box with a keypad. This shelf's introduction above is about bolting safes down and reading stated grades, and none of that applies here — there is no grade, no anchoring, no thickness and no capacity published. Treat it as a toy that teaches a child to set a code, which is a reasonable thirty-dollar purchase and a poor place for anything that matters.
What would thirty dollars buy instead?
A 0.23 cubic foot steel safe with two locking bolts, pre-drilled mounting holes and expansion bolts supplied — there are three of them in this group at between twenty-five and thirty dollars. Those are small, but they are steel boxes that bolt to a floor or a shelf and resist a hand. If the requirement is a child's coin bank, this is the right object; if it is anywhere to put a passport, it is not, and the same money buys something that is.
Does it publish anything at all?
A price, a name, and that it has an electronic password. Of the five things this shelf's introduction says this shelf compares — stated grade, body and door thickness, anchoring, lock type and usable internal space — this listing publishes one: the lock type, as the word electronic. That is less than any other product in this group, and consistent with what it is. The honest reading is that the page is a toy listing and the shelf it landed on is a shelf of safes.
Against the rest of the home safes
Between security devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
Model
Price
Stated for
Lock
Capacity
Dimensions
MAESTON 17E electronic coin bank safe for children
$30
Children, stated in the title: a small safe box for kids and an electronic password coin bank. It is the only product in this group not sold for documents or valuables
Office, hotel and business use: jewelry, cash and firearms
A keypad with a covered override key, stated. The listing gives a four-step setup: remove the override key cover, open with the key, fit the batteries, set the password
0.23 cubic feet — stated
9.06 in wide, 6.69 in deep, 6.69 in high — stated as the external size. No internal dimensions
A digital keypad, programmable, with two emergency keys supplied. A magnetic lock is stated to re-lock automatically
Published twice and the two do not agree: 0.23 cubic feet in the title and 0.2 cubic feet in the second bullet. A 13 per cent difference on the figure the shelf is organized by
External 9.05 × 6.69 × 6.69 in, internal 6.29 × 8.9 × 5.12 in — both stated. It is one of three safes in this group to publish an internal size, which is what this shelf's buying tip asks for
Documents, personal items, passports and cell phones, at home, in an office or traveling
A dual locking system with a secure key lock, with two entry keys supplied
0.17 cubic feet — stated. The smallest in this group
Not published, external or internal
What separates the models, in security devices
If price decides: this model, at $30.
What this one costs among home safes
Details checked on October 8, 2026.
The buyer this one serves, among security devices
A child learning to save, and nothing that an adult would call a valuable
What buyers actually choose
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 200.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Sources
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.
14 L · digital keypad · 2 override keys · concealed anti-pry hinges · adjustable shelf · 4 × AA
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.
Best for: The default household safe: big enough for documents, small enough to bolt into a wardrobe floor.
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Best for: A household that wants a safe from a safe manufacturer rather than from a general brand.