AshGuard

Insurance replaces the house.
Nothing replaces the papers.

We built AshGuard for the moment nobody plans for — when a family has minutes to leave and every document that proves who they are is still in a drawer.

Why we built this See the bag
↓ The part most people learn too late
Choose your protection

Most families protect two things.

One bag for documents, one for cash and backup drives. The 2-pack is our most-picked option — and it ships with a printed Family Document Checklist.

Single Bag
$29.99
One AshGuard document bag
  • Fire- & water-resistant, non-itchy silicone
  • Dual-closure seal
  • Free U.S. shipping
  • 30-day guarantee
Get 1 bag
Best value · Most picked
Family 2-Pack
$39.95 · $19.98 each
Two bags — documents + cash/backup
  • Everything in the single, ×2
  • Free printed Family Document Checklist
  • Save $20 vs two singles
  • Free U.S. shipping + 30-day guarantee
Get the 2-pack

Secure checkout · Ships within 24 hours · If you don't feel calmer owning it, send it back within 30 days.

Why we built this

We didn't set out to sell a bag.

This started with a question I couldn't get a straight answer to: if a fire reached my house, would the bag I'd bought to protect my documents actually do it?

So I went looking. What I found was a category shouting numbers at me. One bag advertised 2000°F. The next one 5200°F. One claimed 6400°F, which is hotter than most house fires will ever get, and hotter than the surface of some stars gets talked about in marketing copy. Not one of them showed me a test report.

Then I learned the part those numbers quietly leave out. The rating on the outside of a bag isn't what protects paper — the temperature inside it is. Paper begins to char around 450°F. A bag can be built from material that survives thousands of degrees and still cook your birth certificate, because heat finds its way through a cheap zipper seal. The big number on the label was answering a question nobody was actually asking.

That's when this stopped being a purchase and became a project. If the whole category was competing on who could print the largest figure, there was room for someone to do the opposite. AshGuard is tested to 1,472°F for 40 minutes, verified by SGS. That number is smaller than what half this category advertises, and it is the one we can actually stand behind. Our bag is water-resistant, not waterproof. Both of those choices cost us sales. We're keeping them.

The people buying this aren't preparing for a good day. They deserve to know exactly what they're getting, before they need it — not after.

"We'd rather show you a real number than a big one."
Founder, AshGuard
What we stand for

Three rules we don't break.

01

Only numbers we can prove

1,472°F for 40 minutes, verified by SGS. Smaller than what much of this category advertises, and the only kind of number we'll put on a page.

02

The honest word, not the better one

Our bag is water-resistant. "Waterproof" would sell more and mean less. We use the word that's true.

03

Built for the worst day, not the photo

Dual closure, non-itchy silicone, room for unfolded legal documents. Every choice answers a real complaint, not a spec sheet.

Straight answers

Questions worth asking before you trust a bag.

1,472°F (800°C), sustained for 40 minutes, verified by an SGS fire-resistance test. You'll notice that's a smaller number than the 5200°F and 6400°F you see elsewhere in this category. Those figures have no lab, no duration and no report attached. Ours has all three. The duration is the part that actually matters: a temperature rating with no time next to it doesn't tell you how long your documents survive.

Water-resistant. It shrugs off rain, sprinkler spray and splashes, which covers the vast majority of real disasters. We don't call it waterproof, because we haven't tested it for full submersion and won't claim what we can't back up.

Unfolded legal and letter documents, passports, birth and marriage certificates, the property deed, insurance policies, cash, and USB or backup drives — the full FEMA document checklist in one place.

Better than a drawer or a folder, and the aluminium-foil insulating layer helps. But be honest with yourself: electronics have a far lower heat tolerance than paper, and no bag changes that. For irreplaceable data, keep a cloud or off-site backup too. This is your physical last line, not a substitute for one.

No. The most common complaint in this category is loose fiberglass strands that poke your hands. AshGuard uses a full silicone coating inside and out, so you can handle it bare-handed.

A safe protects documents right up until you have to leave them behind. A 50-pound safe can't evacuate with you. AshGuard is the grab-and-go layer that leaves when you do — many customers use both.

Follow the FEMA list: birth certificates, passports, Social Security cards, the deed and titles, insurance policies, medical records, wills, cash, and backup drives. The 2-pack ships with a printed checklist so nothing gets missed.

30 days. If you don't feel calmer owning it, send it back for a full refund. No burn-test-your-own-bag required.

ASHGUARD

AshGuard products are described as fire- and water-resistant. Protection depends on fire temperature, duration and proper closure; no document bag guarantees protection in every fire. Fire-resistance claims (1,472°F / 800°C for 40 minutes) reflect an SGS fire-resistance test report held by our manufacturer; a copy is available on request. Performance in a real fire depends on conditions and may differ from laboratory testing. References to FEMA describe the general practice of storing documents in a water-resistant container; AshGuard is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FEMA. © 2026 AshGuard. All rights reserved.