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Steel cable Multicombiloop 210
Bicycles aren’t the only things that need to be secured. With the flexible Multicombiloop steel cable, you can secure helmets, strollers, skis, and much more. At home and on the road.
The steel cable for all cases
Protect your bike helmet, stroller, grill, and many other items from thieves. The Multicombiloop 215 offers the solution.
Many remember to secure their bike, but not the accessories or other items. But thieves can strike anywhere. The practical and flexible steel cable can be used to secure many objects thanks to its length of 1.85 meters. It even allows a double loop, through which you can attach several items at once. The plastic coating prevents scratches on the objects to be secured. If you want to secure your accessories, for example a helmet or skis, on the road, you don't even have to think about a key. The lock opens by means of an individually adjustable numeric code. This way, you also protect yourself from casual theft.
Technology:
- 5/16" strong premium steel cable
- Synthetic coating to prevent damage to the bicycle‘s paintwork
- Integrated adapter in the body for a conversion from one loop to a double-loop cable
- Individually settable code
Operation and use:
- Good protection at low theft risk
- Recommended for securing entry level bicycles or high-value accessories
- Multi-purpose application for garden, home, leisure activities and work
- Through variable adjustable loops, the attachment on stable objects or the connection of various objects is highly flexible
Tips:
- Cable locks stand out due to good flexibility and quite low weight
- Thanks to the flexible and adjustable loops, the total length of about two meters can be ideally used and adapted to different objects.
Manufacturer Resources
Product Specs
- Product Group:
- Other / Miscellaneous Hardware
- Product Subgroup:
- Padlocks
- Product Type:
- Padlocks
- Subcategory:
- Lockout Devices
- Commercial/Residential:
- Commercial
- Product Model:
- 210/185
- Product Category:
- Other / Miscellaneous Hardware
- Product Substrate:
- Steel
- Department:
- Door Hardware
ABUS 210/185 C – Frequently Asked Questions
1) Is the ABUS Multicombiloop keyed or a combination lock?
Combination, and the code is one you set yourself rather than a factory number you have to keep track of. No key to carry or lose, which is the point of it for anything you are locking up away from the shop. If you are trying to bring a padlock onto an existing key system instead, this is the wrong tool, and a keyed padlock like the Sargent 758 or the Schlage KS23D is what you want.
2) What diameter is the ABUS 210/185 cable, and will it fit through a standard hasp?
The cable is 5/16 inch premium steel with a synthetic jacket over it. That is the same 5/16 inch shackle diameter carried by the Schlage KS23D and the Medeco 54515G XT padlocks, so anything drilled or slotted to take a common 5/16 inch shackle will take this cable. The plastic coating adds a little over the bare steel, so a hole cut exactly to 5/16 with no clearance is tight.
3) Is a cable lock like the ABUS Multicombiloop secure enough for a job site, or do I need a hardened padlock?
ABUS positions the Multicombiloop 210 as good protection at low theft risk, recommended for entry level bicycles and high-value accessories. A flexible steel cable buys you reach and light weight, not resistance to a determined attack. For a gate, a conex box, a tool crib, or anything where an attack is likely, go to a solid-body padlock: the Medeco 521 G8R has a solid stainless steel body, and the Sargent 82-856 uses a 2 x 2 inch brass case with a stainless shackle. Use the cable where the job is deterring casual theft and nothing heavier will physically reach.
4) What can be used instead of the ABUS 210/185 C when the item has to be locked to a fixed hasp rather than looped around it?
The ABUS 210/185 C is a Multicombiloop steel cable lock with a 1.85 meter, 5/16 inch coated cable and an individually settable numeric code, so it secures by wrapping and looping through an object. When the opening is a conventional hasp or staple that takes a rigid shackle, a shackle padlock is the substitution. The Schlage KS23D/KS23F is a brass padlock with a 5/16 inch diameter shackle, matching the 210/185 C cable diameter while presenting a fixed shackle instead of a cable. The Sargent 758 is a key retaining standard padlock in a US4 satin brass finish. Both are key operated rather than combination operated, so the crew carries a key instead of remembering a code.
5) What padlock has the same 5/16 inch diameter as the ABUS 210/185 C cable but works on a keyed system?
The ABUS 210/185 C uses a 5/16 inch premium steel cable with a synthetic coating and opens on a set numeric code. Two keyed products share that 5/16 inch dimension at the shackle: the Schlage KS23D/KS23F, a brass padlock with a 5/16 inch diameter shackle, and the Medeco 54515G, an XT electronic indoor/outdoor padlock that is non-key retaining with a 5/16 inch shackle diameter and is supplied with a cylinder. The Medeco 54515G belongs to the System Series. Matching the 5/16 inch dimension matters where the hasp eye is sized tightly; the difference is credential type, a code on the ABUS versus a cylinder on the keyed units.
6) The ABUS 210/185 C cannot be tied into a facility master key system - what padlock can?
The ABUS 210/185 C opens on an individually settable numeric code, so it stands outside any keying system by design. Where a facility needs its padlocks keyed alike or keyed into an existing system, the Sargent 60-858-2 is a removable core padlock with a 2 inch stainless steel shackle from the 758/858 Series, and the removable core lets the facility rekey without replacing the lock body. The Sargent 82-856 is a non-key retaining padlock with a 2 inch by 2 inch brass case and a stainless steel shackle in the KESO Series. The Medeco 5260 is a brass body padlock in the 52 Series with a 7/16 inch shackle diameter and M3 key technology, in satin chrome.
7) What is a better choice than the ABUS 210/185 C for an exposed exterior gate or yard enclosure?
The ABUS 210/185 C is a coated steel cable lock described for good protection at low theft risk and recommended for entry level bicycles or high value accessories, in garden, home, leisure and work use. For a permanently exposed exterior point, the Medeco 521 G8R is a weather-tight padlock with a solid stainless steel body, supplied less pop-out cylinder, in the G8R series. The Medeco 54515G is an XT electronic padlock rated for indoor and outdoor use. Both put a solid metal body at the opening rather than a flexible cable, and both are keyed or credentialed rather than code set.
8) Can I use the ABUS Multicombiloop as a lockout device on equipment?
It is carried as a lockout device, and the flexible cable is what makes it work where a rigid shackle will not, wrapping a valve handle, a lever, or a cord run that a solid padlock body cannot span. Set your own code on it. Understand what it is though: it is a combination cable rated by ABUS for low theft risk situations, so treat it as a procedural lockout and tag point rather than an attack-resistant lock.
9) What is the difference between the ABUS Multicombiloop and a removable core padlock like the Sargent 60-858-2?
Two different jobs. The ABUS 210/185 is a self-set combination cable, 1.85 meters of 5/16 inch coated steel, with no cylinder at all, so it never touches your keying. The Sargent 60-858-2 is a removable core padlock with a 2 inch stainless shackle, meaning it takes an interchangeable core and drops into a master key system you already run. If you are standardizing a facility on one key, the removable core route is what you want. If you want something a crew can use without issuing a key, take the cable.
10) Can one ABUS Multicombiloop secure two items at once?
Yes. There is an adapter integrated into the lock body that converts the run from a single loop to a double loop, so you can pass the cable through two items, or through one item and a fixed anchor, and close it on the one code. That is how it gets used on a helmet plus a frame, or a pair of ladders to a rack.
11) Is the Medeco 5260 a drop-in alternative to the ABUS 210/185 C where a 5/16 inch opening is involved?
No, the dimensions differ. The ABUS 210/185 C runs a 5/16 inch steel cable, and the Medeco 5260 is a 52 Series brass body padlock with a 7/16 inch shackle diameter and M3 key technology in satin chrome. A hasp eye or gate ring that just accepts the 5/16 inch ABUS cable will not accept the 7/16 inch Medeco shackle. Where a keyed padlock has to pass through the same 5/16 inch opening, the Schlage KS23D/KS23F carries a 5/16 inch diameter shackle in a brass body.
12) If the ABUS 210/185 C is being replaced with a keyed padlock, should the key stay captive while the lock is open?
That is the key retaining decision, and the ABUS 210/185 C does not raise it because it opens on a numeric code with no key at all. Among the keyed alternatives, the Sargent 758 is a key retaining standard padlock in a US4 satin brass finish, so the key stays in the lock while the shackle is open. The Sargent 858 is non-key retaining with a stainless steel shackle in the same US4 satin brass finish, and the Sargent 82-856 is likewise non-key retaining with a 2 inch by 2 inch brass case and stainless steel shackle. Key retaining suits lockout and staged tool cribs where a wandering key is the failure mode; non-key retaining suits routes where one tech opens many locks in sequence.
13) What alternative to the ABUS 210/185 C fits a lockout program that needs an electronic credential?
The ABUS 210/185 C is a steel cable padlock listed for commercial use as a lockout device, and it is opened by an individually settable code shared with whoever needs access. Where the program needs an electronic credential instead of a shared code, the Medeco 54515G is an XT electronic indoor/outdoor padlock in the System Series, non-key retaining, with a 5/16 inch shackle diameter and supplied with a cylinder. The tradeoff is scope: the ABUS cable wraps around valves, rails and irregular anchor points at 1.85 meters, while the Medeco 54515G is a fixed shackle lock at a single point.
14) Will the ABUS 210/185 cable scratch what I lock it to?
No. The steel cable is jacketed in a synthetic coating specifically so it does not mark paint or finish, which matters when it is wrapped around a powder-coated rail, a stroller frame, or equipment you do not want chewed up. A bare chain or a steel shackle bearing directly on a finished surface will mark it; this will not.
15) Is the ABUS Multicombiloop steel cable rated for outdoor use?
The cable is steel with a synthetic jacket over it, and ABUS lists it for garden, home, leisure and work use, so outdoor duty is within what it is sold for. It is not built the way a dedicated weather-rated padlock is. Where the lock lives outside permanently and gets weather and washdown, a body built for it does better, such as the Medeco 521 G8R weather-tight padlock with its solid stainless steel body, or a stainless shackle padlock like the Sargent 858.
16) Which padlocks pair with the ABUS 210/185 C when standardizing a mixed property on one set of hardware?
The ABUS 210/185 C covers the flexible points: it is a steel cable padlock whose 1.85 meter length converts from a single loop to a double loop through an integrated adapter in the body, so one unit can bind several objects together or wrap a stable anchor. Fixed hasps on the same property take a shackle padlock. The Sargent 858 is a non-key retaining padlock with a stainless steel shackle in the 858 Series with a US4 satin brass finish, and the Sargent 60-858-2 in the 758/858 Series is the removable core version with a 2 inch stainless steel shackle, so a property can hold one Sargent family across doors and gates while the ABUS cable handles the irregular anchor points.
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