An unbolted safe is a strongbox with a handle for carrying it away · review
The longest fire rating on this shelf at two hours — on a listing whose title names a reference that is not its own.
The conclusion Two hours of fire rating is the longest on this shelf and the whole reason this safe costs two hundred and fifty-nine dollars — paper chars long before a house fire burns out, and a thirty-minute chest is a different promise. The rest of the page is as thin as the rest of the shelf: no internal dimensions, no wall thickness, no anchoring, no burglary grade. And the title names a reference that is not the one being sold.
No internal dimensions. No wall thickness. No anchoring. No burglary grade.
And it is a real one.
Paper chars at about 180 °C (356 °F). A house fire runs far hotter and burns for longer than most people assume.
Two hours is the longest figure on this shelf — the maker’s own document chests here are rated at thirty minutes.
It is also a FIRE rating, not a burglary one. This shelf’s introduction keeps those apart, and so should an insurer.
STW123GTC in the title. SFW123GDC as the product code.
Three characters apart, and both look like real SentrySafe codes. SFW is the fire and water line; the suffix describes the lock.
The title also says digital keypad and 1.2 cu ft, which agrees with SFW123GDC.
Confirm on the order page: the same body is sold with a dial under a nearly identical code.
A measurement of the inside.
No internal dimensions, no wall or door thickness, no anchor holes mentioned.
A safe at this price publishes one figure about its construction, and that figure is a time.
On sale at around $259 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.
| Grade | A two-hour fire rating, stated. It is the longest fire protection published on this shelf, and it is a FIRE rating rather than a burglary one — no UL 1037 or UL 687 grade, no EN 1143-1 class and no cash rating appears, as on every safe in this group |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 1.2 cubic feet — stated |
| Lock | A digital keypad — stated. The maker also sells the same body with a dial combination |
| Dimensions | Not published as external or internal measurements on this listing |
| Body | Not described beyond the fire rating. No wall or door thickness |
| Anchoring | Not published |
| Reference | The title reads STW123GTC and the product reference is SFW123GDC. Those are two different codes in SentrySafe's own system, and nothing on the page reconciles them |
| Stated for | Documents and valuables, by the fire rating |
| Amazon reference | B005P12C5A |
| EAN | 0049074018771 |
That the safe held its interior below a stated temperature for two hours in a furnace test, which is the protection papers actually need: paper chars at around 180 °C (356 °F), and a house fire runs far hotter. Two hours is the longest figure on this shelf — the maker's own document chests here are rated at thirty minutes — and it is the reason to buy this safe rather than a cheaper steel box of the same size. What it is not is a burglary rating, and this shelf's introduction is careful about that distinction.
The listing gives two. The title reads STW123GTC and the product reference is SFW123GDC — both real-looking SentrySafe codes, differing in three characters. In the maker's system SFW is the fire and water line and the suffix describes the lock. Since the title also says digital keypad and 1.2 cu ft, the SFW123GDC reading is the consistent one. Confirm it on the order page, because the maker sells the same body with a dial lock under a near-identical code.
Digital here, and the maker sells the same cabinet with a mechanical dial. The trade is simple: a keypad is faster and needs batteries, and a dial is slower and needs nothing. In a fire the difference is immaterial; in a power cut or after five years in a damp cupboard it is not. If the safe is opened weekly, take the keypad; if it is opened twice a year and holds deeds, the dial has one less thing to fail. Either way, write the code down somewhere that is not the house.
Between security devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| SentrySafe SFW123GDC 2-hour fireproof safe, 1.2 cu ft | $259 | Not published as external or internal measurements on this listing |
| KESSER Electronic Safe 35 × 25 × 25 | $170 | 35 × 25 × 25 cm (13.8 × 9.8 × 9.8 in) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Details checked on October 8, 2026.
Papers that must survive a house fire, where two hours is the requirement and burglary is the second question
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 1,000.
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
