I have the castle now good four months and I must say it is really great, it can be opened with the key to easy and is also nice and long. When I wanted to today from school back home and went to my bike, the castle looked very strange, as I then saw it up close I realized one has tried to crack or break the lock using an iron bar to "Rotate". The school has taken the incident with security cameras and the bicycle next to mine were broken and stolen within 10-20 seconds, the ABUS lock was very stubborn and has kept still stand out after about 2 minutes, then the culprit was discovered and is fled. So the lock is indeed back, the armor outside is broken, but the thick braided steel cable inside did his job great. The castle was worth the money more than 100%. Lock broken, but bike safely, very good for the price. :)