alarmed disc locks

bigdom86 · Traffic Copper Joined: 17 Jul 2015 Karma :

are any alarmed disc locks actually any good? I have had two xena xx6 disc locks and dropped both and both decided to alarm continuously so now I just use them as non-alarmed disc locks. obviously an alarmed disc lock isnt going to save your bike from a committed thief but just wondering if there are any decent ones about these days

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barrkel · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jul 2012 Karma :

I've had two and sooner or later they just turn into a nuisance, always going off for no reason. I don't think the motion sensors they come with are resilient to inevitable rough handling while transporting.
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Orennayar · Scooby Slapper Joined: 08 Apr 2014 Karma :

Same here, I got a xena14 alarmed disc lock and ended up taking the battery off after a month as it was constantly going off.
Still a decent disc lock though.
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talkToTheHat · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Karma :

Is this like the nodding thread?
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ThatDippyTwat · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Aug 2016 Karma :

Scrotes know if they walk past, set it off, and walk away, for a few nights in a row, you'll leave it off instead of coming out to reset it, or your neighbours will bitch.

Use one without, better yet, use a couple without.
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OmegaA · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 22 Apr 2018 Karma :

I had Xena alarm lock. It worked with huge chain as well, so I could carry only one lock
Great idea, but the alarm would go off when it rained. I tried making it waterproof, but it didn’t work out
Don’t know if they fixed the issue - I bought mine about 12 years ago, sold with chain about 3 years ago
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GPZ-Bob · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 28 Sep 2018 Karma :

I have the Oxford boss. Pretty sure midges set it off Laughing

MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

TLDR.

What were the disc locks alarmed about? Thinking

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grr666 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2014 Karma :

New batteries for the Xena units are not cheap either. Just ordered one last week. £8
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bigdom86 · Traffic Copper Joined: 17 Jul 2015 Karma :

grr666 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2014 Karma :

Sits under my seat in a sock, prison style. Mad

Rarely gets used. Battery needed replaced after 4 years of it sitting
under my seat in a sock, prison style. First on my ER6 and then the current bike. It's been on both bikes maybe
3 times in that time. It's literally carried in case I want to leave the bike somewhere unattended for longer than it takes
to pay for fuel , which rarely happens. The key for it lives in the same sock, so I have it handy if necessary. I have no
fob on my bike key at all. I did have it armed while in the shed when I first got it and never had a false alarm, but the
bike is out of the wind in the shed. The large dog has that covered now. My rides are get bike out, ride it somewhere, fill
up on return journey at garage half a mile away so its parked full, then go home. Hobby rider.
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