First Decision
PRIMARY PROTECTION

The most important decision is deciding what type of safe you require, this is determined by what items you need to protect. The table below is designed to give a brief guide to safe suitability.

Second Decision
LEVEL OF PROTECTION REQUIRED

Security Safes

Security Safes are tested and rated according to a given Cash Rating – this indicates the most monetary value insurers suggest can be stored in that safe overnight.

Chubb’s premier safe range includes safes with cash ratings of:

Secureline is Chubb’s value brand. It offers cost effective safes ideal for the home or business with the same degree of quality and reliability as the Chubb range. The cash ratings available in within this range are: 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k and 10k.

Valuables
As a guide, insurers typically give up to 10 times (for the residential market) the cash rating for valuables. For instance, a 2k cash rating will give up to 20k for valuables.

Although security safes mainly provide protection against burglars, due to their construction (body thickness, infill material) higher grade cash safes do usually offer the minimum 30 minutes fire resistance.

Fire Protection – Document Safes

A fire document safe is designed to protect all kinds of paperwork from fire. This is achieved by maintaining the inner temperature of the safe below 175 degrees Celsius.

Secureline has developed many types of fire protection safes in order to meet a wide range of requirements from portable safe storage units to larger cabinets and everything in between.

Securelines fire document protection safes fall into time periods of 30, 60 or 90 minutes protection.

Fire Protection – Data/Media Safes

Data/Media safes are specifically designed to protect media from the damaging effects of heat, dust, water and light, all of which affect the durability of your data. For instance whereas paper chars or combusts at 177 degrees, media begins to corrupt at 52 degrees Celsius.

The time periods available for Securelines data safes are 60 or 120 minutes

Third Decision
LOCK TYPE

Most Chubb and Secureline safes offer the option of either key lock (supplied with two keys as standard), or electronic locks. Which one you choose is down to personal preference.

Refer to Digital Locks for available digital locks and specifications.

Final Decision
SIZE

You will need to consider both the internal and the external dimensions, in order to ensure that the safe will fit into its designated space. You also need to consider the amount of internal storage space required. For this reason, it can be helpful to have the measurements of the largest item you will place in the safe in order to get a sense of the minimum dimensions you will require.

Chubb and Secureline ranges come in a variety of sizes in order to best meet the size of safe you require. For instance there are usually 4 or 5 sizes per model type.