Solar Group RSKB0000 Curbside Locking Mailbox

by Solar Group

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This Solar Group Keeps your mail safe, protect your identity with the Mailsafe Lockable Post Mount Mailbox. This USPS approved curbside locking post mount mailbox is constructed from steel and high impact polymer for extra security. A concealed locking access door keeps correspondence from being lost or stolen and accommodates incoming & outgoing mail. The extra wide mail slot exceeds postal regulations and accommodates a variety of mail. It fits most mailbox posts, including the Arlington Premium Aluminum Post. The post is sold separately.

Product Description

Lockable mailbox. Full service for incoming and outgoing mail. Extra wide mail slot meets and exceeds Postal Regulations. Slide out mail signal, alerts mail carrier of outgoing mail. Concealed locking access door for easy mail retrieval. Outgoing mail clip for easy access to outgoing mail. Black. Made of plastic and metal. 9 1/2'' H. x 13'' W. x 23 1/2'' D.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 12.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000CSI6ZQ
• Item model number: RSKB0000
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,070 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #26 in Home Improvement > Hardware > Mailboxes > Security Mailboxes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

104 of 104 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Mailbox, but Not Secure, February 19, 2010

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C. MacPhail (Solana Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solar Group RSKB0000 Curbside Locking Mailbox (Tools & Home Improvement)

Length:: 1:38 Mins


It's a nice mailbox, EXCEPT...

1. People can reach through the slot and grab your mail.

2. Large envelopes hang up on the textured bottom plate. Your mail will sometimes be left sitting in the mail slot.

3. You can break the door open with your bare hands. Both the lock tab and hinge are held in place by cheap plastic flanges.

4. You can lift the top off after removing 9 exposed screws.

#1 and #2 are inexcusable because you'll never know for sure whether some of your mail has been stolen.

If you're handy, you can modify the box to solve #1, #2, and #4 -- See below.

Why would something this bad get 3 stars? Because most of the other locking mailboxes on the market are also feeble. The $100-$200 mailboxes are more tamper-resistant, but still somewhat pry-able and fish-able. Most are prone to rust (as is this mailbox), and some of them hold less mail (large pieces don't lie flat) .

The world is still waiting for a well designed, affordable locking mailbox.

Pro's:

Tasteful, clean look
Mail up to 10"x13" will go in flat & lay flat
Holds a lot of vacation mail (11" x 17-1/2" x appx 4-1/2")

Cons:

Not at all secure (See #1-#4 above)
Overpriced for what it is.

Fixes:

1. Attach some half inch plywood to the bottom of the mail slot, reducing it from 1-1/2" high to 1" high. (This disagrees with postal regulations, but it's unlikely they'll gripe. You're probably better off with a no-reach-in box.)

2. Put Plexiglas, aluminum, or varnished 1/4" plywood on the floor of the mail box so that large envelopes will slide back without getting hung up.

3. No easy fix, but fix #1 makes it hard to pull door open with bare hands.

4. Fill the Phillips screw heads with Liquid Nails or similar glue.

Pricing: If you do buy this wait for low tide, around 72. There's an "Online Price Alert" that will email you whenever this or any amazon product dips below your target price. Google it. It's nicely done.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I bought this item, November 18, 2008

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C. R. Starheart "Crystal Spirit" (near Republic, WA or Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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The speed of shipping this item was great, but when I received it I opened it and found a loose screw inside the package, and the hinge pin was coming out about 3/4" on one end. I realigned the hinge and tapped the hinge pin back in and it looked okay, except for a depression in the top black plastic part of the mailbox. In the interior part of the mailbox, the locking door panel appears to have a large gap on the base of the panel, the mail slot for delivering mail into is rather large also and I can place my hand inside quite easily. A childs' hand and arm or teenagers' could fit inside the incoming mailslot quite easily....

All in all, I couldn't find any security mailboxes to look at in the surrounding area and the locksmith I went to didn't have any to look at either,... I decided to keep the mailbox anyway, as I really didn't have time to look around, and the others I found on the internet were even more pricey than this one, even though they were probably more secure ...

.... it is hard to tell from looking at pages on the internet just how cheap something is assembled, and how unsecure it is, until you get it..... but at least it is a little more secure-looking than a regular mailbox if you don't examine it too closely.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Security mailboxes are for deterrent only, November 17, 2011

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Randy M "rdm" (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews

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No security locking mailbox is 100% fool proof. If everything else fails, the mail thief could simple take the whole box off the pole and run away. Locking mailboxes are meant to only "deter" the casual sticky fingered mail thief. And this mailbox does just that. Big, sturdy, comes with 2 keys, side red flag, holes in bottom to mount onto a pole or platform. Nice locking mailbox for the price. Sure... someone could still possibly get your mail, risk getting their hand/arm stuck in the box opening, or use some tool to break open the lock. But no security mailbox will be 100% secure. This locking mailbox is meant to deter the casual walk-by mail thief, or the sticky fingered passer-by kiddie.