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	Have you ever arrived home and realised you havent got your house key ?
	Did your children arrive home early and are waiting outside in the cold ?
	Fed up with constantly having to get new keys cut ?
The solution : The key safe

Our Key boxes are the simple and cost effective solution for many people.

The key safe was designed to keep your house key safe and secure until the time when it is required to access to your home. The original wall mounted keysafe was designed to be attached to the outside of a building. Although many variations now exist such as the magnetic keysafe and the padlock key safe, the original wall mounted models remain the most popular. Recently certain models have also been installed within the letter box or milk box. It is attached using strong glue, so no need for tools !

The key box is particularly popular with :

Families with school children. In our experience school children often forget their keys especially if they have to change school bags ... and receiving a phone call from your child who can not enter the house can create a real problem ... especially in winter.
Home care workers. Most home care companies now insist that a key box is installed at the property as key management for these companies can be extremely complicated otherwise.
The cleaning lady. If you have someone regularly visiting yout home but do not want to give them a key (which they could lose) ... then the key box is a good solution.
People working at a property. This could include the plumber, the electrician or similar.
Rental properties. Having a spare key easily accessible at a rental property can have numerous benefits and grreatly simplify passing keys between people who need them. For my families holiday home no one had the key. You simply arrived, took the key from the key box, opened the door then returned the key to te key box. The keys for the property were on a hook inside the house and were used by everyone with the main key staying in the key box.

All of our key boxes are completely mechanical. This is very important for three main reasons.

A key box is an insurance .. so it must work when it is needed. It may be needed many times a day, once a month, once a year or even less frequently. No matter how often it is needed, it must be ready. If the key box had a battery, then this could fail. If the key box was connected to the power supply, then it would not work in a power cut.

As the key box does not require power, it can be fitted much more simply than if electricity is required. All it needs is four screws or if installed in the post box or milk box, some suitable strong glue.

Electronic devices generally need to be updated. They also susceptible to viruses or other forms of attack. Mechanical devices do not have these issues.

So the mechanical solution, whilst possibly a little old fashioned is perfect for this situation. In addition, all of our key boxes have security codes which can be set by the owner. With all models of key box, changing the code is very simple.

We offer you many different types of key safe. Some are to be mounted on the wall, some use a padlock sytem for attaching to a rail or similar, some are magnetic while other still can be fixed with glue inside the post box.

Whilst the number and type of key boxes have increased they still all adhere to the basic principal for which they were created.

A key box give you a simple, yet secure and elegant solution to help manage your keys.

There is a Keysafe for every need and every situation.

Order your keysafe today !

Key Safe Switzerland
Brendan Collis Vy d'echallens 6 1040 Villars le Terroir Vaud
E-mail : coffre-a-cles@ec-suisse.com Tel : (0041) 076 285 2362
Opening Hours (by appointment) : Weekdays : 7h30 – 22h30 Weekends : 8h30 – 20h30

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With many different models of key safe available, how doe you choose the correct one for your needs ?

We stock all levels of key safe from budget models to the very best. The price variation across the product range is not that large (from 65 to 160 francs) and for long term use we advise buying the best key safe your budget allows.

In general the level of security increases with price. It is also very noticeable how the weight also increases.

The most secure key safes are generally those from Supra.

Key safes have either wheel or push button combination. Wheel combinations can be more difficult to use when it is very cold especially if the wheels are close together.

The Yale 500 has its combination wheels set as far apart as possible.

If the keysafe is to be used in an exposed position where snow and ice often form, the selecting a keysafe with a full cover (such as those from Burton or Supra) will give the key safe the maximum protection from rain (and subsequently ice) entering the mechanism.

Since Supra's first secure key safe came to the market in the late 1960s, many other manufacturers have entered the market.

The main manufacturers remain American companies, with Supra (also marketed under the names GE and Kidde) and Masterlock, the two leading manufacturers.

Many other companies have now copied these two market leaders, but are these key boxes as good as the originals?

In some cases, yes, in some cases, no. While many cheaper key safes have entered the market, Supra / Kidde and Masterlock remain the leading manufacturers. Other well-known companies, such as Yale, have a small presence, but most other brands, mostly Asian copies, rely on price differentiation.

As with most manufactured goods, there are differences between market leaders and other manufacturers who are following the market with cheaper products.

Market leaders tend to protect their reputation and are therefore generally more expensive. Other manufacturers entering the market and are trying to differentiate their keysafe by price, almost always leads to a differentiation in manufacturing quality and the cost of materials used.

Materials: The best secure key box manufacturers like Supra use strong metal alloys to ensure the security of their code key boxes. Some copies are much more fragile to hammer or blunt instrument attacks.

Quality: The quality of manufacture and longevity of the secure key box can be very different. The major manufacturers in the market are again protective of their reputation and their key box are generally very reliable.

The original key safe was developed to be fixed to a wall. This wall key safe had a removable door which allowed access to four fixing points where screws could be used to firmly attach the key box in a secure manner.

The wall key box was the only type available for some time but eventually the need arose, mostly from the real estate market in the united states, for a less permanet way having a key box at a property.

This led to the developement of the padlock style key box. This could be deployed when a property was for sale, then easily removed when the property was sold without any remedial works being necessary. Designed to be fitted to a railing or door handle, the padlock key box is very popular for temporary use.

As the key box became more and more well known, other situations arose where people wanted to use a key box for convenience. Tow examples of this are the car key box and the magnetic key box.

The car key box is generally a standard wall key box but with a special fixing bracket designed to fit over a car window. To install simply lower the window, hook the key box over the window and close the window. The key box is then securely installed and ready for use.

The magnetic key box is a slightly different concept. Designed to be used where a traditional key box can not be installed, the magnetic key box is small, lightweight with a 3 digit code and a strong magnet. It is designed to be concealed and to offer a basic level of security.

Other adaptations over recent years have seen the rise in popularity of the post box key safe. This is the use of a wall key box installed on the inside of large letter boxes using strong glue.