Phoenix Dione SS0311E review
Phoenix Dione SS0311E Electronic Security Safe
By Tom Calder
We no longer recommend this model, so it no longer appears in our buying guides. In its place, we now recommend Phoenix Vela SS0803E Electronic Security Safe in our Home safes guide.
Key specs
The maker's figures.
- Type
- Electronic hotel/laptop safe — no fire rating
- Certification
- None — no fire or burglary certification, no certified cash rating
- Lock
- Motorised electronic lock, key override, 2× 20mm bolts
- Capacity
- 35 L
Phoenix designed this as a hotel safe, and that shows in the one genuinely useful dimension: 520mm of internal width takes a 17-inch laptop lying flat, which almost nothing else at this price does. What it does not have is certification of any kind — no fire rating, no burglary grade, and a '£1,000 cash' figure Phoenix itself only describes as what the safe is 'recommended for'. At 13kg with a 4mm door and a 1.5mm body, the supplied fixing kit is the security here, not the steel.
- Best for
- Keeping a laptop, tablet and paperwork out of casual reach in a home office or holiday let, once it is bolted down.
- Skip it if
- The contents need to survive a fire
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Researched, not used. We haven't used this product. This review is built from the maker's specifications, owner reports and our own sizing.
What we like
- 520mm of internal width swallows a 17-inch laptop flat — rare at any home-safe price
- Motorised high-security electronic lock with two user PINs, a master code and backup override keys
- Back and base come pre-prepared with a DIY fixing kit for brick walls or concrete floors
Worth knowing
- No certification whatsoever — no fire rating, no burglary grade, and the £1,000 figure is a Phoenix recommendation, not a rating
- 13kg with a 1.5mm steel body: left unbolted, one person picks it up and carries it out
- Not fire-rated at all, so passports and deeds belong in a fire safe instead
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Who shouldn't buy this
Skip it if the contents need to survive a fire — a Yale YFM fire safe or the Chubbsafes Executive 40K is the right box for documents.
This is a Researched review: we haven't used this product. We check every specification against at least two independent sources, re-check the UK price on a schedule where we can track it automatically, and say plainly who it isn't for. Commissions never change a rating.
If this isn’t the one
Best for Anyone who needs a cash or valuables rating their home insurer will actually recognise.
Best for Households who want fire certification from two named independent bodies, with room for four lever-arch files.
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Best for Households that want an independently graded home security safe for cash and valuables, at a more modest cash rating than the Burton.
as of 4 Nov 2026, 19:07 GMT · Details
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