It’ll be cooler down near the floor, where you keep your safe. A house fire can peak at about 2,000 ☏, but this kind of heat occurs at the highest points in your home, namely the attic or at least the ceiling. The Honeywell 1114 Lightweight Fire and Waterproof Chest is independently verified by the safety organization Intertek to keep personal items safe during a fire for up to an hour-twice as long as the competition-in conditions as hot as 1,700 ☏. Plus, according to a fire expert we spoke to, their two-hour-plus protection ratings offer diminishing returns since most house fires are out within about an hour. For starters, they cost at least three times as much as our top pick (and often several times more), and they weigh so much (at least 100 pounds) that they’re difficult to move once in place. It’s important to note that although there are safes that offer a greater degree of fire protection, they aren’t designed specifically for documents as our picks are, and they have other disadvantages. That means it has the greatest potential among document safes we’ve seen to keep your stuff-including irreplaceable documents, photos, and essentials like passports and birth certificates-secure. It’s independently rated to last longer in higher-temperature fires than other safes of its size, and it will keep its contents dry longer when submerged in water. We’ve tested more than a dozen safes over the years, even burning five of them in a controlled fire, and we’re sure Honeywell’s 1114 Lightweight Fire and Waterproof Chest is the best document safe you can get for your home or office. But if the time comes, chances are, the safe will be worth far more than you paid. Call one of our expert staff at 1-80.A fireproof safe is the kind of thing you buy hoping its capabilities are never put to the test. Please watch our informative videos from Dye the Safe Guy, who explains the important of considering UL ratings when buying a safe. In addition to excellent burglar protection, the high security safes we offer come with factory or UL fire tests certifications, and provide between one and two hours of protection while maintaining less than 350 Fahrenheit inside. As an additional defense, some safes include relockers, which actively seal the bolts into the door frame if the safe is attacked. To gain access to a high security safe, a criminal needs to be an expert who knows exactly where to attack the safe with highly specialized tools, and be willing to spend hours assailing the safe's defenses. TRT元0X6: net tool contact time and torch resistance on all six sides of the safe.T元0X6: net tool contact time of 30 minutes on each side of the safe.TL-30: net tool contact time of 30 minutes.TL-15: net tool contact time of 15 minutes.The UL ratings for our highest security safes include: Tool latency counts the total contact time tools have with the safe, not the total time required to break into the safe, which can take hours for even the most experienced safe-cracker. TL stands for "Tool Latency" and represents the amount of time it takes to open the safe with these tools. To earn any of these ratings, a safe must endure severe attacks by expert UL technicians wielding powerful and specialized safe-cracking tools, including sledgehammers, power saws, drills and carbide disc cutters. The high security safes we offer all have UL ratings of TL-15, TL-30, T元0X6, and TRT元0X6. If you need the latest possible protection for your valuables against rising incidents of fire and theft, these safes are for you.Ī safe's security rating is its most important feature. Capable of withstanding concentrated attacks from expert safe crackers, such safes also provide protection from fire. A high security safe is the ultimate in protection-an incredibly burglar-resistant unit designed to protect content valued between $30,000 and $1,500,000.