Except that it is not glass - it's plastic, and you would be hard pressed to break it without shattering the plastic frame, as well as giving this a good whack with a proper hammer. This was another one of my gifts from Dooyoo and is a plastic box made to look like a fire alarm box with a clear plastic cover which reads "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS". however it would be far easier to just twist off the back panel and remove your money or whatever else is enclosed. It also has a hole in the back to mount this on a wall, to make this more authentic looking. I actually am quite pleased that you do not really have to break this to use it. I ...  Read the complete review

Money Boxes are a very easy money-maker for novelty item companies, as generally speaking all you have to do is take a brightly-coloured plastic container and slap "MONEY BOX" or "££££££" or something equally asanine on the side and there you go, a novelty money box! That'll be £4.99 plus shipping please! Thankfully however, Suck UK's Emergency Break Glass Money Box is considerably more innovative than that, and a lot more fun. It mimics the design of a fire-alarm or one of those little emergency hammers you get sealed behind breakable glass compartments on trains for breaking windows in an emergency, except in this case the emergency item ...  Read the complete review

~ My Personal Experience ~ This is one of my favourite money boxes of all time, and yes it's another novelty item, but still when I first saw this online I had to have it, as I thought it would make saving pennies much more exciting! If you think of a fire alarm system and the little red boxes with the writing "break the glass in case of emergency" on them then you will know what these money boxes look like, only you put your shrapnel in them. Sadly when you do try to break the glass, it cannot be replaced and there is no alarm system which would prevent you from taking the money but still the concept of the idea is fun. My only ...  Read the complete review