Hmmm, good question right?  You will often find that Home Safes are in two catagories. Factory Rated 1 hour fireproof home safes or UL listed 1 hour fireproof home safes.  Factory rated means that the factory has designed the safe for what they think it would take to pass a UL test or had a less reputable testing facility test the safe. 

The guys at Underwriters Labratory are the most abusive on a product.  I have seen some factory rated products pass at half the “factory rated time!”  Such as a 2 hour rated safe lasting for only 1 hour. 

I have also seen some companies that make a fireproof home safe sent to UL for testing then get passed at 1 hour. The design gets sent off to an ultra cheap overseas manufacture facility that cuts corners and doesn’t produce the safe properly so it would never pass the UL test again.  I often find these in the big box retailers.  I challange them to take one off the shelf and get it retested and see if it passes.

Always get the advise of an expert.  Start with your local locksmith and work your way out from there. Remember, even my opinion is just that…an opinion.

The ES-031D and the SS-031D are the largest in 1 hour fireproof home safes that is made by Cobalt Safes.  Has good pry resistant locking bolts on the door opening side and a staionary locking bolt on the hinge side. Just in case the hinges  are cut off with a grinding tool or torch. 

Es-031D comes with an electronic lock that is one of the better import keypads on the market today.  Non volitale memory so it will not loose the combination if batteries go dead or are removed.  There is also a “lock out” mode on the keypad if the wrong combintion is entered more than 5 times.  It will stay in lock out mode for 5 minutes and then reset itself. (You cannot reset the timer by removing the batteries)

The SS-031D comes with a combination dial and key.  Yes, it takes both to open the safe.  The dial must be unlocked and then the key is used in place of a handle to retract the bolt.  Many folks open the dial in the morning and use the key to get in and out of the safe during the daytime.  Then lock the dial when they are finished using the safe for the day

1 Hour fireproof protects against most fires (but its not good enough if you live in a wildfire zone in California…try two hour in those areas) Also has center bolt down hole and comes with bolt down package.  Which we recomend you bolt down your safe. 

Pull out drawer located at the top of the safe and 1 removable shelf comes with the safe.  No option for more shelves on this model.  To view more safes like this model or to purchase this model. View Home Safes.

ES-031D

Outside Dimensions

Height: 20 1/2″ Width: 16 1/8″ Depth: 17 1/2″

Inside Dimensions

Height: 16 1/2″ Width: 11 3/4″ Depth: 12 1/2″

Weight

132 lbs.

1 hour fireproof Pre-drilled anchor hole (2) 6 number digital lock (1) steel pull-out tray (1) adjustable steel shelf 1 1/2″ wall thickness 2 1/2″door thickness (2) 5/8″ solid steel chrome plated bolts (1) stationary hinge side bolt (4) AA external batteries Non-volatile memory