Letter Boxes – Is Bigger Better?

Author: Brian Ashworth December 9, 2021

One of the big signs to potential burglars that there is no one at home is a letter box stuffed with post and junk mail after its gone dark in the evening.

In a  post about letter boxes I talked about minimum sizes.

After seeing a couple of larger letter boxes I can see some real advantages in thinking again about you letter box.

For Instance:

• • • • Not everybody has neighbors, or nearby relatives that can clear your letter box when you are away.
      • Why do most houses still have a tube for the newspaper when most newspapers now get wrapped in clingfilm and thrown from a moving car.
      • A large letter box means that a week or more of post and even junk mail stays hidden and dry
      • Some boxes have spring loaded flaps can trap the mail half in / half out exposing it to the weather, and the gaze of anyone passing by.

  My next mail box is going to be big enough to take several days post and junk mail and have on open slot, with weatherproofing, so the post drops out of sight.

• Perhaps something like the one in this photo.

   

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