Bosvision Cable Combination Padlock for Bike, Ski Equipment, Stroller with 90cm / 2.4mm (Diameter) Steel Retractable Cable

I recommend this item for anyone who travels with luggage. The item itself is easy to work with. Not heavy, but sturdy. Setting up your numbers is straight forward. There are a few buttons to get the hang of, but it's easy. Besides the good quality of the product, why do I recommend this?I travel by train regularly, normally with a huge suitcase. Unfortunately you can't always keep your suitcase in eye shot when travelling by train, and even if you can, some person will still try to steal it, as happened with me. I was sat very close to my suitcase, and this person knew it was my suitcase... and yet still tried to walk off with it. The train stops, I'm reading a book, and as I look up to see the view, a thief is literally just about to step off the train with my suitcase. I jump up and corner him so he can't get off, whilst telling him loudly exactly what I thought of him as he looked very sheepish and embarrassed in front of the whole train, unable to get away. But it still upsets me now some very sentimental stuff was almost gone forever.Whilst not foolproof, it's a deterrent. I lock my suitcase to the luggage rack. I was and still am concerned with what staff may say but so far no problems. I've also heard some funny comments about it, but I couldn't care less. Not knowing who the suitcase belongs to, I've heard 'who on earth would lock their suitcase like that tut tut tut'. They soon shut up when I speak up and say 'you would do it too if you saw someone attempt to audaciously steal your stuff in front of you'.This is not for high risk stuff, and it won't turn your item into an impenetrable fortress, it's not designed for that. As I say, someone may try to steal your stuff regardless of this and if they are determined this won't stop them. But, for certain situations it may work as a deterrent or a surprise. It may turn off the opportunist.

Its about the size of a king size pack of cigarettes but marginally thinner.It wouldn't stop a determined thief with some time on their hands but its not designed to.A very useful thing to carry around to temporarily secure stuff via the extendable cable lockWorth the money and I'm happy with it, one star off as I expected the body to be a bit smaller but maybe that's unfair

Very good value for the price. Lightweight and seems to be sufficiently strong and secure for what I use it for: anchoring a bag to a cafe table to avoid casual theft when I get up to go back to the counter for a refill etc, or securing my bike when I leave it very briefly to go into a shop (provided it's not in a high-risk area: this Bosvision lock isn't intended to be high security.) It's easy to set and change the combination, and I've had no problems so far with any part of the mechanism. (The spring for retracting the cable is quite strong, so be careful to avoid injury with this.) I can't yet comment on long-term use, but if any problems arise I'll add to this post.

I'm not dissatisfied with this weedy lock. I bought it to have something extremely light and compact which fits in a small bag and gives me extra peace of mind if I stop at a café or shop for 5-15 minutes. So far it has filled that brief adequately.The mechanisms of the lock - dials, retracting cable button, unlock button - work well and give a positive user experience.It does feel like a single quick yank on the few-millimetre-thick wire would free your bike to an opportunistic criminal, though. A lock for those who dare to live dangerously.

Works well for my skis

As anybody who's owned (and lost) a bicycle will know, combination locks aren't secure. The codes can be cracked within minutes, or even seconds with some. I won't explain the technique here because Amazon will ban this review but it's very common knowledge. I thought this product, with four digits and a modern design, might have overcome this. Nope. Not at all. I was able to open it within minutes without looking at it using the techniques mentioned above – and I suspect a thief will be able to do it in maybe 10-20 seconds. I bought this device to secure my suitcase when travelling by train but simply can't trust it. I struggle to see how this could be useful anywhere, to be honest. It's security theatre. It looks secure, but it really isn't.I know all security products of this kind are no block for a determined thief, but wow, I expected better than this.

This is a useful piece of kit. It's well made and easy to carry and use. Fed up with carrying a heavy lock I bought it for 'cafe-stops' when out on bike club rides. It's just about ok for that but I would always use something more substantial if the bike were out of sight or in a 'tricky' area. However, for securing things like suitcases or anything left in a public area like train or bus luggage spaces it is perfect for deterring the opportunist thief. Keep it in your rucksack or even pocket - it's light and compact enough.

Effective item.Ordered last minute to take travelling and came in good time.Used this to lock lockers, secure my bag to the bed and locking the rucksack shut as a deterrent. Simple to use but will need to keep instructions to remember how to reset the lock combination.