| Safe Guide Content |
Types of Safe
Cash and Valuable Ratings
Attributes
Warranty Information | Related Products
Top Selling Safe Brands
Common Misspellings
Further Resource
FAQs
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| Introduction to our Safes Guide |
| A Safe is a good way to safeguard your home or business and to preserve important data or documents. Different types are available depending on your needs, from fire safes and security safes to burglary safes and data safes. Types also vary between electronic safes, digital safes and combination safes. Euroffice stock a range of all of the above, and this guide will help you deciding on the best safe for you. |
| Types of Safe |
| Click here to view our entire range of safes. |
Burglary Safes These are storage safes designed for home or office use. They can be easily secured to either walls or floors, and usually extra protection to protect against drilling or cutting attacks. View our range of Burglary Safes. |  | | Cash boxes These are general purpose cash boxes usually containing a drawer and a pull out tray. They can be used to store things such as petty cash and small valuables, and are locked using keys rather than any electronic mechanisms. View our range of Cash boxes. |  | | Data Safes These are commonly used for the safe storage of computer discs/CD’s etc. They are designed to keep the internal temperature as low as possible in a fire, since computer media is largely made of plastic and burns at a much lower temperature than paper. View our range of Data Safes. |  | | Deposit Safes These are designed in a way so that money can be deposited inside the safe without the need to open it, giving added security to the users. Money safes or cash safes are loaded into the top or top-front of the safe, and either a rotating drum or a tilting plate places the money inside the safe and seals it all in. View our range of Deposit Safes. |  | | Fire File Cabinets These are similar to standard filing cabinets in size and shape, but are designed to protect the contents in the case of a fire. They usually come with separate locking mechanisms or lock safes, for each compartment and have fire protection times of between 30 and 90 minutes. These are often considered office safes. View our range of Fire File Cabinets. |  | | Fire Safes These fire proof safes are designed to protect the contents in the event of a fire. They will all come with a fire protection rating which is explained here. View our range of Fire Safes |  | | Hotel/Home Safes Designed for homes, businesses and hotels, these safes are solid and secure, and come in a variety of prices and types, ranging from fire protected ones with electronic locks to small key safes for documents. These are usually small safes. View our range of Hotel and Home Safes |  | | Cash and Valuable Ratings | | Safe guides will usually show two separate ratings, cash and valuable. | | Cash Rating This is the amount of cash contained in the safe that insurance companies will cover for, although the safe must be installed to manufacture instructions. Generally, the higher this rating, the more secure a safe is believed to be. |  | | Valuable Rating This is the financial amount of valuables you can store in a safe that insurance companies will cover for. It is usually ten times the cash rating. For example, if the cash rating is 10,000, (meaning you could store £10,000 cash in the safe) the valuable rating would probably be 100,000, meaning up to £100,000 worth of jewelry, items etc could be stored in the safe. |  | | Please remember cash and valuable ratings are only there as guides, and you should check with your insurance company before storing anything of value in the safe. | | Attributes | Fire protection This is the length of time a safes contents would be protected for in the event of a fire. It is measured by placing the safe into a furnace which is then heated to certain temperatures to see how the contents react. | Standard Locking This is the method the safe is locked by. The most common ones are key, combination lock or electronic lock. | Fixing This refers to whether or not the safe can be easily attached to floors or walls. Ones that can come with pre-drilled holes. | |
| Warranty Information |
| All Phoenix Fire Safes come with a Free lifetime 'after the fire' replacement warranty and a full two year materials and labour warranty. Insurance cover will vary due to location and circumstances, please check with your underwriter. |
| Related Products |
| Cash Trays - Spare cash trays for safes or cash boxes. Safes UK- View our full range. |
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| Top Selling Safe Brands |
| Phoenix Safes 
| Helix Safes 
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| Common Safe Related Misspellings |
| Burglary - Burgalry Extinguisher - Estinguisher Phoenix - Pheenix |
| Further Resources |
| Follow the links below to find more information about Safes: Wikipedia - 'The biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet.' Which Safe - 'Security Safe Information and safe test results' |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Safe Types General |
| What type of safe is best for storing my home valuables in? |
| Burglary safes are best for storing home valuables. Home safes are good for general storage, but for storing expensive items such as jewellery burglary safes offer a higher level of protection. You can purchase them here. Back to top |
| What type of safe is best for storing office documents in? |
| Data safes can be used to store a range of computer media and office documents. If you will just be sorting documents, then a burglary safe will suit your needs, but for added flexibility a data safe is the best choice. You can purchase them here. Back to top |
| What type of safe is best for storing deposits in? |
| A deposit safe is best in this situation. They are widely used by banks and building societies, but also by an increasing number of medium business firms. They allow for the safe storage of money, as well as added security during the actual deposit. You can purchase them here. Back to top |
| Cash and Valuable Ratings |
| Safe guides will usually show two separate ratings, cash and valuable. |
| Cash Rating This is the amount of cash contained in the safe that insurance companies will cover for, although the safe must be installed to manufacture instructions. Generally, the higher this rating, the more secure a safe is believed to be. |
| Valuable Rating This is the financial amount of valuables you can store in a safe that insurance companies will cover for. It is usually ten times the cash rating. For example, if the cash rating is 10,000, (meaning you could store £10,000 cash in the safe) the valuable rating would probably be 100,000, meaning up to £100,000 worth of jewellery, items etc could be stored in the safe. |
| Please remember cash and valuable ratings are only there as guides, and you should check with your insurance company before storing anything of value in the safe. |
| What does 'fire-protected' really mean? |
| Whilst nothing is fireproof, fire protected safes can help keep documents safe during a fire. They are put through a rigorous test in varying temperatures in order to work out their fire protection rating. This is usually in the basic form of a number, which is the length of time the safes contents will be protected against fire. View all Fire Safes View all Fire File Cabinets Back to top |
| How are safes tested for strength? |
| To be listed as fireproof, as well as taking the fire protection test, safes also undergo impact testing. Safes are usually heated up to the fire protection temperature and then dropped from various heights to reflect them falling from high floors in buildings if supports give way in a fire. Back to top |
| Does a UL tested safe guarantee me security? |
| Not always... a safe that has passed a UL test will have met strict standards and will be secure. However many manufacturers try to sell their product as 'UL tested'. Please note tested doesn't mean that it passed the test. You should check this with the manufacturer before purchase. You can find a list of manufacturers contact details here. Back to top |
| Other questions and enquiries? |
| If you have any other questions please click here and fill out our online form. We will get back to you within 48 hours with the answer, plus we will also update our website with your question. Back to top |
