Physical security - safes

[Guest Stoat]

Hi there,

I'm not sure if this is s suitable forum, if not please forgive me & I'd appreciate a pointer to the right one.

I'm looking for a domestic safe with a max price of around £400.

I did decide on a Chubb Blackbox with electronic locking but I've subsequently found the Burton Safes Torino which also has electronic locking.

Whereas the name "Chubb" carries weight as regards reliability etc. I'm unsure about the quality of Burton's safes & I get the feeling that their Torino model is a resale of foreign manufacture (presuambly Italian with that name).

The Chubb has a cash rating of £2k, the Burton £3k but I don't know if these are just manufacturers recommendations or independantly tested, so I don't know if this is the only indication I need to note.

Stoat

[j.paul]

Safes are given security ratings by several organisations as well as by the manufacturers. These technical ratings are expressed, for convenience, as a maximum overnight cash holding.

It is normal to allow valuables to ten times the cash rating. Thus a safe rated at £1,000 could hold £1,000 cash or £10,000 valuables or a combination of cash and valuables which equates to the cash rating e.g. £500 cash plus £5,000 valuables or £700 cash plus £3,000 valuables etc.

Edit: For the cash rating, safes must always be fixed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.