As a postwoman, there's not much I don't know about letter boxes...I've dealt with them all and this is the best. Firstly, it's a top loader which allows for 'flats' - that's magazines, brochures, Do Not Bend envelopes and anything of A4ish format. Front loaders, more often than not, are plain useless in this regard. This Brabantia box also features a generous slot enabling small parcels to be deposited too - a real bonus. It's the postie's choice and was the only box I considered when buying. Indeed, my own postie gave me a wink and a thumbs up when he first saw it.

The Brabantia box is really well made (I've seen ones years and years old that still look like new), easy to fit and cavernous - just choose your colour and buy it...you may think it expensive but I promise you, this is real value for money.

First of all, the safe shop is excellent in regard to dispatching orders. So they arrive quickly, and they're well packaged.

The letter box is very sturdy. It has a flap on the top to keep the weather out, and the hinges are strong. This covers the hole where the post goes through, which is wide enough for cardboard covered A4 sized books, which we have had delivered.

The internal of the letter box is spacious enough for the A4 cardboard covered books plus the usual mail, and then some.

The front opening door is hinged again with metal hinges which are again very sturdy.

It comes with two keys.

We didn't want a letter box in our new door, as we have a dog that jumps up and scratches. So we had to have our post in an external box. I was worried about people being able to gain our details and steal our identities, so I needed to get a good strong box, and it needed to look great against our new front door.

I am impressed with this letter box, and I would recommend it.

We are exceptionally pleased with the new post box. Having had soggy mail for quite some time, it's really pleasant to collect clean, dry mail plus it's large enough to accept small parcels.

The assembly/fitting was simple too, my husband had it up and ready in no time at all.

Having had issues with 2 previous mail boxes, we asked our postman's for any recommendations and this is the one he suggested. It was a little more expensive than others available, but I am a great believer in you get what you pay for.

Thanks a million

The Masters Family

Very good, robust and easy to use, but definitely not impressed by the hinges for the top flap which don't live up to the rest of the finish and otherwise good build quality

There are far cheaper equivalent items on the market; they look equivalent. Only a trial would confirm this. Fixing was quite reasonably easy and the spring effect of the rubber washers is a strong point. Cheaper models may well bolt straight to the wall and be rigid, trap moisture and corrode as a result. For receiving newspapers, especially more than one, this box is strictly minimal in size; even an extra 10% in every direction would accommodate this minor irritation. Equivalent models tend to be smaller! The lock and key appear top be of high quality so security is OK. Stuff cold be thieved with a pair of tongs from the top opening. A side opening would be preferable