Home Improvement Pick

Steel Parcel Drop Box With Locking Door, Black

A parcel box that lives beside the front door and takes the delivery so it is not sitting out on the step. Packages go in through a hopper style flap at the top, which tips inward and drops them into the compartment below, and that compartment is closed by a separate door on a pry resistant three point lock with three keys. The body is cast aluminum and galvanized steel under a powder coated finish, so it stands up to rain, snow and sun without the surface going chalky. Inside there is a shock absorber to soften the drop, which matters when what is being posted through is fragile. The storage area is deliberately oversized, so it can hold several large boxes at once rather than filling up on the first delivery of the day.

What you're getting

• Hopper style top flap tips packages down into the locked compartment below
• Pry resistant three point lock on the lower door, with three keys
• Cast aluminum and galvanized steel under a powder coated outdoor finish
• Internal shock absorber softens the drop for fragile deliveries
• Oversized storage area takes several large boxes at once

Why we picked it

The whole design turns on the hopper door. A box goes in from the top and falls through into a compartment that has no opening from outside, so there is nothing to reach into and nothing to lift out. A plain lidded bin only delays someone. The shock absorber is the detail that shows this was built for real deliveries rather than as a mailbox with a bigger body, because a drop box without one is fine until the first thing posted through it is glass.