Yale Value Safe YSV/200/DB2 review
By Tom Calder
Priced and built as exactly what it is: a lockable steel box with a keypad and an emergency override key, carrying no fire, burglary or cash certification of any kind. Yale's 'Value' and 'Standard Security' labels are marketing tiers, not tested classifications. It does ship with wall and floor fixings, and at 3.6kg those fixings are the entire security proposition — unbolted, this is a container a thief carries out under one arm and opens later.
- Best for
- Keeping spare keys, a little cash and medicines out of casual reach in a shared house or holiday let — bolted down.
- Skip it if
- Anything going inside is irreplaceable or needs to survive a fire
as of 4 Nov 2026, 23:07 GMT · Details
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What we like
- A modest outlay buys a keypad-locked steel box with 16mm bolts and a physical emergency override key
- Ships with wall and floor fixings, so it can be anchored properly from the start
- 8.6 litres is enough for keys, cash, medicines and a passport in a small cupboard
Worth knowing
- No certification of any kind — no fire rating, no burglary grade, no cash rating, no named standard
- 3.6kg, so unbolted it is a carry-out job: fitting it properly is not optional advice here
- Zero fire protection, so anything irreplaceable inside is lost if the house burns
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Who shouldn't buy this
Skip it if anything going inside is irreplaceable or needs to survive a fire — a certified fire safe such as the Yale YFM/352/FG2 is the right box for documents.
Key specs
| Type | Budget electronic strongbox — no fire rating, no grade |
| Certification | None — no fire, burglary or cash certification of any kind |
| Lock | Digital keypad, auto-lock, override key, 16mm steel bolts |
| Capacity | 8.6 L |
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, 23:07 GMT · Details
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