An unbolted safe is a strongbox with a handle for carrying it away · review
A fire chest with a handle on it — the one safe on this shelf that is meant to be carried, which is also this shelf's introduction's central warning.
The conclusion An apartment, wide fire chest with a key lock and a handle, for thirty-five dollars — and the width is the point: fifteen inches takes documents without folding them, which the cube-shaped safes in this group cannot. Read the handle honestly. This shelf's introduction above says a safe that is not bolted down is portable, and this one is built to be carried. No fire duration is stated, no internal dimensions, no thickness and no burglary grade.
No fire duration. No internal dimensions. No wall thickness. No anchoring.
Grab bag, or carry-out.
This shelf’s introduction: a safe which is not bolted down is portable, and a portable safe is opened at leisure somewhere else.
This one has a handle on it. That is the right design for taking papers out of a burning house and the wrong one for keeping them from a burglar.
Judge it as fire protection with a lock, not as a safe.
Which is the useful number.
Paper goes in flat. The cube-shaped safes in this group — 9 by 6.7 by 6.7 inches — make you fold it.
Six point three inches of external height leaves perhaps four inside once the lid and the base are taken off.
Which the maker publishes elsewhere.
SentrySafe states UL thirty minutes on the document chest in this group and two hours on the cabinet.
This says fire-resistant and stops. Chests this size are usually thirty minutes. Confirm it if the contents cannot be replaced.
On sale at around $35 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.
Weighed against the median of its own range on this site — not against the security market at large.
| Capacity | 0.25 cubic feet — stated |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 6.3 × 15.3 × 12.1 in — stated as the external size |
| Lock | A key lock — stated. No code, no keypad and no battery |
| Body | A fire-resistant chest, stated. No wall thickness and no rating duration on this listing |
| Anchoring | Not published, and the design argues against it: the safe has a carrying handle. This shelf's introduction warns that a safe which is not bolted down is portable — this one is portable on purpose |
| Grade | Not published as a burglary grade. Fire resistance is claimed without a stated duration on this listing |
| Contents | Not described beyond the chest itself |
| Stated for | Money, jewelry and documents |
| Amazon reference | B008NHKWZU |
| EAN | 0049074032104 |
Both, and this shelf's introduction above is unusually blunt about the second half: a safe which is not bolted down is portable, and a portable safe is opened at leisure somewhere else. A fire chest with a handle is designed to be picked up — by you, in an emergency, or by anyone else at any other time. Judge it as fire protection with a lock on it rather than as a safe: for deeds, passports and a will, in a house where the threat is a chimney fire rather than a burglary, that is a reasonable thing to own.
The listing does not say, which is the gap on an otherwise clear page. SentrySafe publishes durations on its other products — the document chest in this group states a UL thirty-minute classification, and the cabinet states two hours — and this one states fire resistance without a figure. Chests of this size in the maker's range are typically rated at thirty minutes, which is enough for papers in a contained house fire and not enough for a slow-burning one. Confirm the rating before buying if the contents are irreplaceable.
A stack of A4 or letter documents lying flat, passports, a few small valuables, and not much else. Fifteen point three inches of width is the useful figure here: it takes paper without folding, which the smaller cube-shaped safes in this group do not. The height is 6.3 inches externally, so once the walls and the lid are subtracted there is perhaps four inches of depth. This shelf's buying tip asks exactly this question, and this listing is one of the few that gives you the external shape to reason from.
Between security devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Capacity | Dimensions | Lock | Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SentrySafe 1160BLK fireproof chest with carrying handle, 0.25 cu ft | $35 | 0.25 cubic feet — stated | 6.3 × 15.3 × 12.1 in — stated as the external size | A key lock — stated. No code, no keypad and no battery | A fire-resistant chest, stated. No wall thickness and no rating duration on this listing |
| Honeywell 6104 small fire-resistant lock box, 0.17 cu ft | $31 | 0.17 cubic feet — stated. The smallest in this group | Not published, external or internal | A dual locking system with a secure key lock, with two entry keys supplied | Double steel wall construction with fire-resistant insulation between, stated. It is the only small safe in this group built that way; the rest are single-skin steel |
| CDC DIGI 1710-1 digital electronic money safe, 0.23 cu ft | $30 | 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 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 | SPCC steel, stated sturdy and thickened. No thickness figure, despite the word |
| MAESTON 17E electronic coin bank safe for children | $30 | Not published | Not published, external or internal | An electronic password keypad — stated | Not described — no material and no thickness |
Details checked on October 8, 2026.
Documents that must survive a fire and be grabbed on the way out, in a house where theft is not the threat
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 10,000.
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.
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.
≈ $58
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
