Why Steel Safe Boxes Are More Durable Than Other Material Options

The degree of a safe box's durability matters a lot when protecting important items for several years or even decades. Of all the material options available, steel safe boxes are the most durable. Compared to more lightweight and flimsy materials, such as plastics, wood, and metal alloys, steel is much more resistant to total wear and damage and can stand the test of time. Why are steel boxes more durable than the other materials, though? With the help of CEQSAFE branding, let's list the features and standards to answer the question of why steel boxes outperform the other materials when it comes durability.

Physical Strength of The Steel Boxes

Plastic and wood are much more bendable than steel, so the boxes can withstand a lot more and won't warp or crack under pressure. More dense, rigid, materials bend less than the easier to deform ones when put under pressure, so having a box made of metal alloys would also n to withstand the same amount of pressure. A box made of wood would suffer from cracking and bending under pressure as well, which would not happen to a steel box. The longer you have a steel box, even if you bend it a lot, the less likely it would wear down and lose its shape even if you used it a lot. Steel boxes are more unqiquelable as a safe then other materials.

Quality and Thickness of Steel

Quality steel safe boxes, including those manufactured by CEQSAFE, are made of industrial grade, thick steel and even have fully steel construction of the body, door, and the internal components. CEQSAFE uses heavy-duty steel, while cheaper boxes, made of more expensive, flimsy materials, have a shorter lifespan. Plastic containers become brittle over time, wood containers rot, and steel is the only material that holds its shape over time. Steel maintains its strength and shape forever. Steel manufacturing doors have interior reinforced construction and are built with multiple locking bolts which provide additional door structure. These added features of the doors and locking mechanisms keep steel safe doors from sagging and breaking after years of continuous opening and closing.

Durability of Steel Compared to Other Materials

Steel, by far, is more accommodating than other materials to texture and is far the best insulator. Other materials, such as wood and to a lesser extent plastics, become significantly advanced and rustless. Other materials break and from friction alone will show advanced, wear and degradation. Other materials spend more time showing the advanced wear, and cycling friction.

Corrosion Resistance

One of the biggest enemies is durability and steel safe boxes. Steel safe boxes, with the help of specialized treatments and coatings, are greatly resistant to moisture and oxidation which is more prevalent unprotected metal and organic materials do degrade.

Famous brands like CEQSAFE use things like powder coating and galvanization to give their metal safes an anti-corrosive coating. This coating creates a barrier between the metal and the environment. This means moisture cannot get trapped and rust will not develop like with uncoated metals that rust and get pitted. Unlike wood, coated metals do not rot and remain strong for years. Some styles of steel safes use a sealed moisture protective gaskets that greatly extend the safe life.

Durability of stored contents and the safe itself is important while providing moisture and damp protective casings and sealed safes.

Reliable Fire and Heat Resistance

Valuables kept in safes also require that the safe itself be resistant to fire and high heat. With a loss situation that involves fire, many of the materials used to make safes like wood, plastic, light alloys and some metals can burn or collapse. Steel is not only heat resistant, but the safes are also built to withstand high temperatures which is a plus in fire emergencies.

Because of its high melting point (about 1370°C for carbon steel), steel does not melt or deform in an ordinary house fire. When combined with interior insulation (typical of fireproof steel safes), steel safes can keep internal temperatures low enough to protect materials for a few hours. 

In preserving these materials, they are also protecting the valuables inside. This also means the safe can continue to be used after a fire because other material safes are totally useless after a fire. This longevity in the face of unpredictable disasters.

Steel safe boxes are vastly more resistant to forced entry, vandalism, and mishaps than other materials. This means they stay functional even when targeted by thieves or broken by mistakes.

It's hard to think of other materials that can withstand the same level of strength as steel when it comes to the common pentration methods often used on safes like drilling, prying, cutting, or hammering. Take, for example, steel safes by CEQSAFE that have reinforced steel doors as well as several locking bolts that evenly distribute the pressure of outside forces on the vault, minimizing damage on the safe itself and preventing potential break ins. On the other hand, the vaulting plastic safes are able to be easily obliterated with the use of a hammer; the wooden vaults are able to be unscrewed and pried open with a simple screwdriver; and the light weight alloy safes are able to simply be bent or cut with simple tools. In fact, any type of significant unintentional impact such as dropping a heavy object to the ground on the safe isn't likely to cause damage to a steel safe, while other materials like wood would get damaged and cracked or broken during the impact.

This external damage resistance means safe steel boxes will preserve their other abilities and qualities after external exposure. This makes them safe boxes much more real-world durable.

Long-Term Stability Without Degredation

Most materials will eventually break down over time when used regularly, exposed to the sun, or varying temperatures. With steel, it won't happen at all. This means steel boxes will withstand the same use and external exposure over the decades, making these steel boxes vaults very long term durable and a better investment compared to other materials for vaulting.

Plastic safes become brittle and are easily cracked when exposed to sunlight and temperature changes. Other types of safes, such as wooden ones, can experience problems like drying out and splitting, as well as attracting pests such as termites. Lightweight metal alloys can also experience metal fatigue, weakening after lots of repetitive opening and closing. With steel safes, that is not the case. They do not fade, crack, weaken with age, or become infested. At CEQSAFE, we manufacture steel safes that are quality inspected and are made to last for decades to come.

Because of this long-lasting sturdiness, steel safes do not have to be replaced as often as the competition. This makes them a more durable and cost-effective option in the long run.

Adaptability to Different Surroundings

Durability also implies surviving well in a variety of different surroundings. On that note, steel safes and steel safe boxes are really the best ones. Be it a hot hotel, a cold garage, a humid basement, or a dry office, steel will always stay durable while the other materials will fail to perform well in extreme environments.

Wood and plastic safes can’t handle extreme temperatures. Wood changes with the weather. It'll shrink and dry up in the cold. Then in summer with hot weather and humidity it swells up. Then the plastic can become brittle in the cold. But then in the summer it can become soft and lose its shape. Unlike wood and plastic, steel is unaffected by extreme temps, whether that's the dead of winter or a summer heatwave. It also doesn’t absorb odors, stains, or moisture, unlike the other materials. Because of this, steel is great for places like the beach where other materials would erode and the other materials would degrade. A steel safe is also good for the garage because it doesn’t crack with changing temperatures.

Steel safes are placed anywhere, and because of that adaptability, they can last a long time anywhere. This makes them outclass rival materials in almost any location.

Steel safe boxes also have to meet more strict standards when it comes to durability compared to the other materials, because of the other standards in boxes like plastic. Because of that, safes meet tighter standards when it comes to strength, long lasting, and how they will perform. Organizations like UL, EN, and RoHS set the standards, and because of them we can trust that steel safes will last a long time.

Steel safes with EN 1143-1 Grade III certifications and UL72 certifications are the safest options available. These certifications mean a safe has to be hit tested many times, burnt, and corroded to be considered safe and fireproof. Safes made of wood and plastic wouldn’t have to go through these tests because steel safes are the only ones that will continue to function even after

Compliance to these standards speaks to the steels durability. Safes will truly last decades.

Conclusion

Steel’s ability to side the most rigorous standards and still function at the highest levels of performance trumps all other materials. Everyday steel maintains it strength and fire and corrosion resistance making it the most reliable choice. Plastic wood and even some metals will fade and sustain damage over time and will not be able to maintain the standards. Steel safes will always outperform.

CEQSAFE and other brands have built on these features to design long-lasting protective steel safes. Their safes are made from premium industrial steel, have anti-corrosion treatments, and reinforced building structures. They have met several international standards on safety and quality, and their safes have proven to last longer than other materials in every attribute that correlates to safety."

When buying a value containing safe box, looking for a durable one should not be optional, it should be a given. The box should be made from steel; all other materials do not have the reliability to be guaranteed to last, and the safety box significantly outlasts every other. Home, office, or business, the durable steel safe box will last the user a long time, and provide quick easy and long-lasting safety.