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KOHLBURG KB-BS-006 vs ABUS Element 303

Maximum resistance, or the right lock for a low-risk parking spot?

One of these is graded by an outside body. The other tells you, in its own listing, exactly where it belongs.

KOHLBURG Sold Secure Diamond disc lock with red loop cable

KOHLBURG KB-BS-006

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≈ £49 / €48

ABUS Element 303 disc lock in red

ABUS Element 303

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≈ £12 / €13

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Compared on KB-BS-006 Element 303
Certification cited Sold Secure at its highest grade — an independent insurer certifier ABUS security level 4 — the maker’s own scale
Shackle or pin 16 mm manganese special steel 5 mm specially hardened steel
Maker’s stated risk level Not published Stated — scooters and mopeds at LOW theft risk
Reminder cable 180 cm loop cable supplied Not published
Alarm None None
Cylinder Multi-disc, stated less convenient and more picking-resistant Automatic push-button locking

A tick means one listing published something the other did not, or published a better figure. It does not mean the product is better, and the column is not a score out of anything: a maker who says less loses lines here without losing a comparison. The two verdicts below are where the page is settled.

Which one, for whom

Buy the KOHLBURG KB-BS-006

The lock for a machine worth more than the lock. An independent certification at its top grade, with a shackle more than three times the diameter of its rival here.

Buy the ABUS Element 303

The lock its own maker says it is: for a scooter where theft risk is low. That sentence is worth more than any adjective on this shelf, and buying it for a valuable machine ignores it.

What riders ask about these two

Is a house security level worthless?

No — it ranks a maker's own range against itself consistently, which is genuinely useful. It is simply a different kind of claim from an assessment by an outside certifier, and insurers publish requirements against the latter.

Does a disc lock stop theft?

It stops the machine being ridden. It does nothing about it being lifted into a van, which is the method used on anything worth stealing. A chain to a fixed object is what changes that.

The full reviews

  • KOHLBURG KB-BS-006

    Sold Secure Diamond · 16 mm manganese steel shackle · multi-disc cylinder · 180 cm cable

    A disc lock certified Sold Secure Diamond with a 16 mm manganese special steel shackle and a multi-disc cylinder, supplied with a 180 cm loop cable.

    Best for: A machine worth more than the lock, parked where it is left unattended and insured.

    ≈ £49 / €48

  • ABUS Element 303

    5 mm pin · hardened steel · ABUS security level 4 · the maker states it is for low theft risk

    A compact disc lock with a 5 mm hardened steel pin at ABUS security level 4, which the maker states is intended for scooters at low theft risk.

    Best for: A scooter parked where the maker says this lock belongs: somewhere theft risk is low.

    ≈ £12 / €13

Nothing written into the text below is a current price. Where an amount appears in a sentence, it is the reading taken on the day that sentence was written; what a shop is asking at this moment loads beside the product itself, and that is the figure to go by.