Safe

Good product that will keep a small amount of important records safe from fire and water damage.
I have another larger safe that has about twice the room but it isn't made as well as this one.

Damp and Mold formed on passport

Read the reviews and just stay away from this box. I put lots of things in this box and months later, everything was damp. Mold actully formed on my passport. They should refund everyone who wasted their money. I'll never buy anything again from this company!

Useless and desctructive, your documents will be covered in mold.

I bought this fire safe box in 2008 to protect my most important documents such as the title to our cars, our passports, social security cards, birth certificates, and my certificate of naturalization. Luckily I had to go renew my I9 form today and caught the mold starting to develop all over these documents. Our American passports were just covered in brown mold (although my Canadian one barely had any, which is interesting). The title for my car, my social security card, and some cash we store for emergencies was also covered. My certificate of birth and naturalization were starting to get some mold on the edges. If I hadn't caught the mold today I fear it would have been much worse in a few weeks or months when it would have likely devoured the flimsier paper items like the car titles and birth/naturalization certificates.

Nothing in the documentation said this would happen or ways to prevent it, and I even kept a couple silica desiccant bags in there to be safe. I was foolish enough to trust everything that establishes my citizenship and identity in this destructive box and I'm writing this review as a warning to others so that they avoid this product like the moldy brown plague that will inevitably be contained within it.

Would Not Recommend

At first glance, this appeared to be a wonderful solution for protecting important papers and cash in the event of fire. As others have noted, however, mildew is a major, major problem with this unit. It seems that the waterproof seal does such a good job of making the box airtight that even the slightest amount of moisture whatsoever inside the unit will multiply quickly into damp, smelly mildew. And I'm talking about even the moisture from a human hand.

We tried everything in the world to prevent mildew from forming. Before placing items in the box, we insured their moisture-free condition by drying them in a warm oven and then wearing latex gloves to place them in the box. Didn't work. We dumped baking soda in the box. Again, no good. We scattered a bag of silica gel in the box. Again, mildew formed quickly.

Finally, we got rid of the box and voilà: no more mildew! This firebox seems like a great idea and appears sturdy and well built, but mildew issues make it impractical for storing anything except moldy cheese.

Mold!

I bought the Honeywell 2037.I wish I had read reviews before I bought this piece of crap. MY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ARE COVERED WITH MOLD!! Seems solution is to put those moisture absorbing packets inside. No thanks! It's going in the trash. I wish I had saved my receipt! Didn't buy from Amazon. DON'T BUY THIS!!!!