Metal file cabinet will be the best preference to keep your important documents. Instead of plastic file cabinet and wooden cabinet, it has higher durability. Besides, it is also flexible to be placed in your office or your home. Since many companies have manufactured this product, there will be a lot of models of metal file cabinet you can choose.
You can find metal file cabinet in many sizes and styles. Based on the drawer’s size, it could be divided into two sizes: letter size and legal size. If your document consist of both legal-size and letter-size paper, it is better for you to get legal-size metal file cabinet. Legal-size paper is bigger in the measure than letter-size paper. Therefore, you won’t be able to keep your legal-size paper in letter size file cabinet.
Furthermore, based on the style, metal file cabinet is divided into two categories. The first is lateral cabinet and the second is personal cabinet. Lateral file cabinet usually has two or more drawers and could keep both letter-size and legal-size papers. In contrary, personal metal file cabinet are smaller and hold only letter-size paper. Usually, it is also less expensive than lateral metal cabinet.
However, you also have to be careful in using metal file cabinet. Do not fill up the top drawer while leaving the lower drawers empty. It creates unbalance condition where the metal file cabinet might be falls against you.
So have you decided which metal file cabinet product you are going to buy? If you still confuse in choosing, this review might help you to get the right product to keep your documents.
Hon 310 Series 5Drawer Letter vertical Metal filing cabinet
This metal file cabinet belongs to vertical cabinet features 26-1/2” deep files with label holders. All the drawers have thumb latches and steel ball-bearing suspension so you can easily pull the drawers. This cabinet has been certified by CSC of fulfilling the requirement of specific indoor air quality emission. So, you don’t need to doubt about its quality.
Sentry 6000B 17-1/4 by 23-1/4 by 28-Inch Fire-Safe 2-Drawer Insulated Vertical File, Black
This metal file cabinet will be a solution if you are afraid that fire will destroy your documents. In its endurance test, this product is ordered to be placed in 1.700 Degree Fahrenheit of fire. It shows that the product has high durability. It is available in legal-size and letter-size. Again, if you have a lot of documents in different size, it is better for you to choose the legal-size metal file cabinet.
Besides, this metal file cabinet product is weight to prevent tipping. Therefore, it won’t lose its balance and falls against you. To ensure the data privacy, it is completed with lock so that only the owner of they key could open the drawers.
36” Wide Lateral File Cabinets, Two Drawer, Black
This is a metal file cabinet with two 19-1/4” deep drawers. It is completed with side-to-side hang rails to hold letter/legal size hanging files. To gain the security of the saved documents, single lock system secures all drawers. This cabinet is available in black. As well as previous product, 36” Wide Lateral File Cabinets has counter weight for safety.