Bikehut 90cm chain and padlock review

Bikehut 90cm chain and padlock review

Simply not man enough

Our rating

1.5

49.96
30.00


Our review
The BikeHut chain is just not tough enough for a bike chain

At first glance this lock appears to be the same as the Squire DCL1/J13 and, at £10 cheaper, we thought we were onto a potential bargain.

The padlock looks very similar – although visually the metal isn’t quite so bright, but that seemed to just be a matter of finish – and it's a similar weight.

However, we were disappointed: we cropped through the BikeHut’s links in just 10 seconds with our short bolt croppers – a poor performance compared with the Squire version or other chain links of a similar size.

The material in the links seems to be the problem: it’s soft and compresses easily, like a steel alloy that hasn’t been hardened.

It has the look of a tough, high security product and is relatively cheap, but the sad truth is that it isn’t a bargain, as you’ve got the inconvenience of a heavy chain to lug around if you use it out and about, but without the strength of a quality chain.

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