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(More customer reviews)I've been using a smaller PacSafe portable "safe" for several years. It has become so worn that the steel mesh is wearing through the fabric and the some of the strands in the steel cable are broken which regularly poke my fingers. It looks like it's falling apart but it's still just as secure as the day I bought it. These things are tough. It's a great feeling to lock up expensive items and not worry about them. I know four people who bought PacSafe bags after I showed them how well it worked.
PacSafe has made some improvements. The steel cable used to pass through the top of the steel mesh under the fabric. This could invisibly break or fool thieves into thinking they could just cut the fabric around the cable. Now they wind the cable through ten external steel-reinforced holes which makes the cable completely visible and more intimidating to a thief with a knife or scissors. It also puts no strain on the internal mesh and the fabric when pulling the locking "nut" through it. Also the locking "nut" embedded in the cable which the system completely relies on is now steel instead of nylon which makes it harder to damage with a tool or simply melt off with a lighter.
One added feature is straps with snaps that keep the bag "deflated" for storage or transportation. The steel mesh will want to expand the bag to its maximum size and these straps will keep it compact.
The only missing feature is a hole on the bottom to attach the free end of the cable to. With older smaller bags this turned the cable into an uncomfortable but usable shoulder strap with a sliding fabric sleeve so you wouldn't have the cable cutting into you (so much). I was also able to use this hole to attach a much more comfortable camera strap which turned it into a camera bag. With this model, the steel cable just dangles uselessly whenever the bag is open. There is no handle or strap which makes it very awkward to lift and carry with heavy contents. Even a simple handle would have made this a five-star product.
One thing they didn't improve is the protection of the ends of the cable. They still use rubber shrink tubing which will eventually expand and tear, exposing the end of the cable which has pointy strands.
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