Kanu Lock Lockable Tie Down Straps 3.5m

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You will find this important information in your car handbook - please check this before using your snowchains! Charges may apply to island/remote destinations like Cyprus, parts of Greece, Malta, Canary Islands etc. A thief cannot simply walk off with your board or kayak, the buckles can be locked securely by a key, your board or kayak cannot be slid out, the straps are reinforced with stainless steel cables and can’t be cut by a knife.

Browse their ingeniously innovative products above or read on to find out more information about the brand. With regular tie down straps, kayaks and boards can be taken from your car in just 10 seconds without attracting any attention, but thankfully Kanulock have produced a safe and secure alternative in their lockable, uncuttable tie down straps which provide the ultimate level of security for your equipment. The buckle can only be opened using a key while hard-wearing webbing hides three stainless steel cables that are impossible to cut with a knife. The costs of sorting this out are yours, not ours, and you may also have difficulties with your insurers. Obviously they wont prevent concerted efforts with a blade to cut the straps, although they apparently have strengthening within the strap itself to reduce this as well.We know that this has happened with almost every brand of roof bar, and regardless of whether the kayaks are on a special carrier or just strapped to the bars. Over the years we have tested many locks for straps and find that the locking mechanism can vary by manufacturer, or even by batch of the locks received.

KanuLock Lockable Tie-downs are so simple to use – they work exactly the same way as a regular set of tie-downs, with the added benefits of being able to lock and being uncuttable by knife. There are a surprising number of vehicles that cannot use traditional snowchains, the types that put chain on the inside of the wheel as well as on the tread. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.With regular tie-downs anyone can walk up to your car and take your board within 10 seconds, without any tools and without attracting any attention.

I previously used regular style cam straps but found myself rather paranoid when parked at services or restaurants on journeys.If there is a disaster and the kayaks end up on the road, separated from the vehicle, then you were not using tie downs and you have subjected the roof bars to forces for which they were not designed. Tie down straps offer a great solution for holding things together or tying down items, but they can be easily untied or cut.