My old safe was bought before the arrival of the internet, and so needed to give some fire protection for financial documents. When it finally failed I had to reassess what I needed from a safe and concluded it was just a budget safe that provided somewhere convenient and secure to store items like passports and driving licences, whilst being large enough to take a laptop or computer back-up drive.

The Burton Standard Size 2 ticked all the boxes. It wasn’t the cheapest for this volume, but beat the competition by having fast free delivery, a 5 year warranty and a basic insurance rating as well. And as it seems to be aimed at the hotel market it comes with a master code and a guest code, which might come in useful, as well as a key for opening the safe in an emergency.