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Best pistol safe for a nightstand

Updated: 16 October 2026

You want a best pistol safe for a nightstand, filed under grade 0 gun safes. If you may lawfully keep the item in a portable lock box, two of the five rows have review text you can compare. If the job is a firearm certificate, or a safe that names EN 1143-1, leave the set. Our [grade 0 gun safe comparison](/hub/safes-and-secure-storage/grade-0-gun-safe) lists the five amazon.co.uk rows and does not turn a star rating into a certified grade. The Products Compared editorial team used listings captured for 15 October 2026. Reviews are almost all from the United States. We did not test the boxes. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want a best pistol safe for a nightstand, filed under grade 0 gun safes. If you may lawfully keep the item in a portable lock box, two of the five rows have review text you can compare.

Our top picks

Genie Hand Genie Hand W90

Best overall

Genie Hand Genie Hand W90
4.1/10about £280
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BILLCONCH BILLCONCH BG-J11

Rank 2

BILLCONCH BILLCONCH BG-J11
8.2/10about £134.43
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TOPMEDA TOPMEDA GS202

Best value

TOPMEDA TOPMEDA GS202
6.3/10about £133.98
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On this page
  1. 1.The job this page will answer
  2. 2.Two reviewed pistol boxes
  3. 3.The rows you cannot score
  4. 4.When the set is the wrong shop

The job this page will answer

A nightstand pick here means a low box, about 8 cm high, opened with a fingerprint or a code and tethered with a cable. It does not mean a grade 0 gun safe. None of these five listings cites EN 1143-1 or BS 7558. Gun Safes rank, where a page prints one, is a catalogue position. Silence on the rows without written reviews is missing evidence, not a hidden score.

Two reviewed pistol boxes

The TOPMEDA GS202 is 3.99 kg and 8.4 cm high, with a cable, four screws and two keys, at 4.6 from 212 reviews. The title says four pistols. The bullet says one large, two standard or three small, and US reviews mostly report two. The file includes fingerprint loss, a beeping first unit, and a locked lid that opened when the box was dropped. The USB cable is not in the included list. One US fire comment is not a fire rating. The BILLCONCH BG-J11 is 3.8 kg and about 8.2 cm high, with fingerprint, PIN, app, a key and a cable, at 4.7 from 2,525 United States reviews. An optic cuts the four-handgun line to one full-size pistol plus magazines. A poor manual, a close-range app and one ribbon-cable short are in the same file.
Genie Hand Genie Hand W90

Testsieger

Genie Hand Genie Hand W90
4.1/10about £280
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The rows you cannot score

The KEhtu case is £192.82 and about 4.31 kg, with two pistols claimed and an interior of about 26.9 × 16.0 × 6.7 cm. There is no star line and no stated fixing. Unlock time is printed as 0 to 3 seconds in the title and within 1 second in the bullet. The TOPINCN box is £143.66, 3.32 kg and 41 × 25 × 14 cm, with screws named, no count and no reviews. Its item type says Cabinet Safes while the title says a portable box. The Genie Hand W90 is a free-standing 25-litre time-lock safe at £280, and its United Kingdom review is about habits, not a firearm.

When the set is the wrong shop

A new cabinet in the Firearms Security Handbook is BS 7558 and fixed to the building. A cable looped to a bed frame is a snatch delay. Steps are on the anchoring page. These boxes run from 3.32 kg to 10.6 kg. Burton states about 65 kg for a certified Grade 0 example. The Magno-Safe M 540 E listing text says EN 1143-1 grade 0 at £735.11. The Brattonsound ST5 is £270.55 with a BS 7558-style claim. If the gun is on a certificate, use the buying guide and the certificate page.

Common questions

Which box is the nightstand pick, and for what job only?
Start with the BILLCONCH BG-J11 if you want the larger review file and an app, and assume one full-size pistol once an optic is fitted. Start with the TOPMEDA GS202 if you want four screws as well as a cable, and measure against the bullet rather than the four-pistol title. Both are about £134. Neither is a Grade 0 safe, and neither is a certificate cabinet.
Why is the cheapest box not automatically the best value?
The TOPMEDA is £133.98 and the BILLCONCH is £134.43. That is 45 pence. The TOPMEDA title says four pistols and the bullet says fewer, and a US review says a locked lid opened when the box was dropped. A few pence do not repair that. The TOPMEDA is the value choice only when you want the screw kit and you have read those limits.
What did buyers actually fit, against the four-pistol titles?
US reviews of the TOPMEDA mostly report two pistols, against a title that says four and a bullet that says one large, two standard or three small. US reviews of the BILLCONCH say a light or optic cuts the four-handgun line to one full-size pistol plus magazines. Those texts are not labelled United Kingdom. Measure your pistol, including any light, against the interior before you trust either title.
Does the Genie Hand W90 belong in a gun-safe ranking?
Not as a gun safe. It is a free-standing time-lock safe, 25 litres, 10.6 kg, at £280, with a timer, fingerprint, code and key. amazon.co.uk shows 5.0 from two reviews. The United Kingdom review is about habit control, such as smoking or dieting. Gun Safes rank is a catalogue position. The listing does not cite EN 1143-1 or BS 7558, and it includes no bolt kit.
When do you leave this set for a certified cabinet?
Leave when you need a BS 7558 cabinet, fixed to the building, for a certificate at home. Leave when you need the words EN 1143-1 Grade 0 on a listing you can tie to a certificate. These five boxes are 3.32 kg to 10.6 kg and cite neither standard. Named examples outside the set include the Magno-Safe M 540 E at £735.11 and the Brattonsound ST5 at £270.55. They are not rows on this comparison.

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Sources

Public UK sources and dealer pages used for this comparison, last checked on 16 October 2026.

  1. Firearms Security Handbook 2020 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  2. Firearms licensing: statutory guidance for chief officers (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  3. BS EN 1143-1:2019, BSI catalogue entry (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  4. EN 1143-1:2019 public preview table (30 resistance units) (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  5. Secured by Design: home safes (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  6. Storage of air weapons in England and Wales (circular 005/2023) (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  7. PSNI Firearms and Explosives Branch (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  8. Burton Grade 0 home safe (seller cash line) (retrieved 16 October 2026)