Brabantia B110 Postbox - Black

We've got a dog that used to bark at anyone passing outside the house and grab post and newspapers as they were posted through the letterbox. When we got a puppy to keep him company his behaviour got more extreme - I think he thinks he's protecting the house from invaders - and he gets really agitated and tries to destroy anything posted through the letterbox.I decided to buy an externally mounted postbox to protect the post and also to defuse the worst part of the dog's behaviour problem - attacking stuff that enters the house via the letterbox.I did some research and was initially put off by the cost. Then I found this Brabantia B110 on Amazon listed at a great price as a Used item under their Warehouse Deals outlet. I've bought from Warehouse Deals before - they are usually items that have been returned to Amazon and then quality checked before being sold as used. I've had no problems with the quality of Warehouse Deals items I have bought in the past and this time was no exception - there was very slight cosmetic damage to one corner of the packaging, but the postbox itself was in pristine condition.This weekend I mounted the postbox to the right of our front door. All of the fixings you need are supplied apart from a drill, a 6mm masonry bit and, if you want to do a good job, a spirit level. The rear of the packaging functions as a template for drilling 4 x 6mm holes into your wall - take care to get them level.It was a straightforward job to mount the box on my own. The only fiddly bit is threading the top 2 screws through rubber bungs into the wall while balancing the box on the bottom screws - it would have been a quicker to have a second pair of hands to hold the box steady while threading through the top screws. That said, it took 10 to 15 minutes to mount the box on my own.There is a flap that goes over the posting slot at the top of the box. It should provide protection from water ingress. I mounted mine in a position where it is also protected by a porch over our front door.I have to say that I'm delighted with the box. It does exactly what I wanted, it looks the business and it wasn't expensive. And, I am glad to say, we received mail yesterday that hadn't been franked at the canine sorting office.

This is a nice, sturdy post box. I sought advice from our postman about which boxes work best, and he replied that "top loading" boxes, like this, were best, since it's not necessary to bend A4-size post to get it in the box.The finish on this unit has a high quality appearance. The front, locking door fits well, and the top flap, where post is inserted, has a good seal on it and so should be reasonably weather tight. The top flap is soft-closing so closes silently. You may need to persuade your postman to push it down firmly to ensure the weather seal is made properly.Because of the sizes and folds, the metal on the front door, sides and top flap feels sturdy. The rear seems to be of the same thickness but because it's a flat plate, it feels a little more flimsy, and when mounted using the (supplied) rubber spacing bungs that put about 1 cm between the wall and the box (to allow the top flap to open fully), there's a little bit of flex in the overall mounting. But it's a post-box, not a safe, and if you're worried about people crow-baring the box off your wall, then you probably need a very different solution in any case.One star deducted from an otherwise flawless impression because the torx tool supplied to fit the four torx screws that hold the box to the wall, doesn't actually fit the torx heads properly! (It's slightly too large). Fortunately I had a proper torx set and found a head that fitted properly. But beware, if mine is representative of the product overall, then you may have difficulty tightening the screws down fully.

Having decided to make the switch from a conventional letter cover in the door to a dedicated wall-mounted box, this seemed to be the best of the bunch of those on offer from Amazon.On first inspection, the box appeared well-made with an attractive finish. Certainly subtle and stylish. However, upon lifting the lid, immediate concerns with the size of the letter slot soon proved correct as my wife (average hand/wrist size) could easily pick out items of mail from inside without even unlocking the front door! Fine if you live in a zero crime area, but as we certainly don't, we decided without any hesitation to return the item to Amazon. So come on Brabantia, this is a potentially good product, but your design team needs to address the unfortunate realities of modern living, so security needs to be taken to the next level!

Our old letterbox was leaky and always made the porch very cold and damp. I looked into replacing ti but as per usual in my life the letterbox was non-standard and I couldn't find an equivalent so I filled it in and bought one of these. Brabantia are a good brand and their stuff is always good quality soI paid the little extra over other similar products. The box is very good in terms of build quality and was very easy to deploy on the front wall of the house. It comes with a decent sized slot in the top which has a cover on it, which is 'cushioned' so it doesn't make any noise when being allowed to drop back into place. I can usually pick up ny Amazon DVDs and parcels around the A4 size with some ease, and newspapers also seem to fit OK. I'd say that any parcel that wouldn't fit my old letterbox would not fit this so I've not lost any capacity. It is also completely waterproof and I've not yet retrieved a single soggy letter unless Postie left it out in the rain or at the top of his/her bag.In theory a child could get their hand in the top and get your letters/parcels, but just set it to a decent height and that's also mitigated asa threat. You get two keys with it as well, and the box provides the template you need for the hole drilling. It took less than 10 minutes to put in place. In fact it's very hard to find any fault with this product.