Customer Reviews

First Alert 2074F Top-Opening Anti-Theft Drawer Safe, 0.35 Cubic Foot, Gray

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

This safe does the job better than a metal box you can buy a Home Depot. The metal casing is thin but the door is very heavy with most of the safe's weight. It is more of a lock box than a true safe. Actually you never have to even use the key pad combo as the keys always work. The materials and workmanship are are medium to low quality. I just removed the "Made in China" sticker from the bottom. There is evidence of cheap, shoddy workmanship throughout. Such as the Honeywell emblem on the front being crocked! The small shelf bracket is useless. The cloth strip meant to cushion the door doesn't even cover its entire length and is cut uneven. There is also a square piece of cushioning that is supposed to stick to the bottom of the safe that looks like it was cut out by a first grader with ADD. When you take the factory sticker off of the handle you are left with a sticky mess that will not come off. All said it is useful as a lock box and has holes drilled to secure it to the bottom of a drawer. For the price though I am slightly disappointed with the overall quality and workmanship.

If you need the 4 inches of interior height stated in the Product Description, be advised that only about a third of the floor area in the safe will hold 4-inch high contents. The useful area that will hold an upright 4-inch high object is 11-3/4" wide x 5" long by 4-1/8" high. In the rest of the safe, the usable height is reduced to 2-3/4". That is because there is a box attached to the underside of the lid that houses the locking mechanism, batteries and the on-off switch for the interior light. This box is shown in the mouse-over photo of the wide-open safe. If you use the protective floor mat, the height dimensions stated above are all reduced by 3/4 inch. If the object is not fragile, most of the 3/4 inch can be regained by compressing the floor mat when you close the lid. The manufacturer's web site, a reasonable source for dimensional information, lists the interior height of the SKU# 2074F safe as 4.12 inches without qualifications.

Safe worked great for several months. Then one night I heard a noise and tried to get into it. It would not accept my code (the small lights wouldn't even light up), and then it locked me out for a while. Got into it later with the key. Found the batteries were good, but replaced them anyway. Same problem again. So I left the top open for the rest of the night, only to find that the safe would emit random beeps during the night. If this safe always worked as good as it did in the beginning, it would be great, but this problem is unacceptable.

This thing is great. I keep it in my closet and put my jewelry and cash in it. So nice not to need a key! I'm sure an experienced burglar with tools could crack it, but I am just looking to ward off sticky fingers from like a cleaning lady or houseguest.

The design of the safe is ok but it goes through batteries like a kid eating candy. I have to changed them every two weeks. I even pulled the little light bulb and that didnt help. Its a good thing there is a backup key to get into it.

I was looking for something to hold medications that would fit inside of a drawer. This Drawer Safe fit inside of our large bread drawer perfectly. It holds a 4-times-a-day, 7-day pill holder along with over 12 prescription bottles. The larger bottles will need to be laid down on their sides, but the average/small-sized prescription pill bottles will stand upright. I love this product, and would highly recommend it to anyone.

This is a good drawer safe, although it did not fit my standard sized desk drawer. I had to put it in a filing cabinet sized drawer instead.

I got this to keep personal items in at work. I do wish that you could turn off the key pad's "beep"; it just seems loud in a quite office at work.

I used this box to store medicine for a visitor who was under my care in my home. When I was away the box was broken open using only household tools.

nice safe for storing valuables and other items you dont want in the hands of little ones or intruders.
can be bolted or can slip into drawers as well. Good buy for the money.

Its not the best, nor the worst but it serves its purpose for the money. Quick keypad access to whatever you want to keep away from children, domestic help, contractors (like painters, etc). Best used for passports, jewelry, and other medium sized objects, a bit tight for a pistol and such.
The latch release is a bit sticky in the beginning but loosens up with use.