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Targus PA400U DEFCON 1 Ultra Notebook Computer Security System | 
| Brand: Targus
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $24.44
You Save: $25.55 (51%)
New (27) Used (2) from $20.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 1.3 x 2.2 x 4.8
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: PA400U
Model: PA400U
UPC: 092636988074
EAN: 0092636988074
ASIN: B00000J3UJ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand NEW, factory-sealed, perfect! Exact item as pictured. Ships fast, well-packed.
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| Features:
| • | Easily Attaches to Your Carrying Case, Luggage, or Any Notebook with a Security Lock Slot | | • | Retractable Steel Cable Retracts Into Plastic Housing At The Press of a Button | | • | Re-Settable 4-Digit Combination Lock - Up to One of 10,000 Unique Combinations Available | | • | Led Indicates Alarm Status | | • | Alarm Is Activated When Cable Is Severed or When Motion Sensor Is Armed and Triggered |
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Product Description
Now you can prevent notebook theft, the fastest growing fear among mobile professionalstoday. With the Targus Defcon 1 on guard, you can relax in airports, restaurants, and other public places. This revolutionary anti-theft system guards your notebook in more locations and situations than any other device you can buy. In fact, it's the only system that combines stainless steel cable with motion sensor technology to create a combination locking system that easily attaches to your notebook or carrying case in any setting. Defcon 1 is compact, lightweight and easy to use. You just attach it to your case or notebook and turn it on. If someone tries to steal your case or cuts the cable, a 110-decibel alarm will sound to let you and everyone else know that Defcon 1 is on alert.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Has anyone tried to simply break it off ?? May 1, 2008
I bought a SIMILAR lock about 2 years ago. (It MAY have been this exact lock... it had 4 digit combo... and the name is very familiar... i just cannot say for sure) I was curious about whether a thief attempting to break it would succeed and also damage the slot. I gave it a quick twisting/bending motion with, i would say, less than 75% of my strength. I broke right off without damaging the slot !! It took 1 second. I M fairly strong... but c'mon! I am desperate for a real security solution but now have no confidence in this type of lock... unless someone can enlighten me as to how strong this item really is. Furthermore, most people (except the ones who actually cut the lock or the cable) here merely speculate that it's strong. I was in a hardware store looking at a (much thicker) 3/16th" galvanized twisted steel security cable. The workers there seemed to disagree on how EZ it would be to cut the cable with a simple pliers-like tool. The opinions ranged from "very easy" to fairly difficult. Not one thought very difficult.
Missing Features that are present in cheaper locks April 4, 2008
I'm using the cable for about a month now and haven't encountered (yet?) the dreaded "sudden change of lock combination" so many people here encountered. Yet, I am missing a feature that I had in a cheap clone lock looking almost similar to the Targus Defcon CL. See the black bulk that closes the cable loop ? On the clone it was actually a metalic disk with a hole (similar to the one you find in the laptop). This allows you to lock the cable to itself when going away with the laptop. You might think noone would steal a lock cable because they don't know the combination and would be useless, but it happens (especially because they get a better chance to steal your laptop later on). This forces you every time you need to walk away with your own laptop to have to carry the cable lock with you.
 Heed the warnings! March 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I set the new combination. It worked fine twice. The third time it got stuck in my ibook. I had to cut it off. Do not buy this lock.
Do Not Buy! March 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Heed the warnings from the reviewers that indicated "mysterious combination changes", especially if you own an Apple laptop! I bought this for my son to use in college and after one week of use he called to tell me that the combination no longer worked!!!!
Do not buy February 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just purchased the lock recently. The lock is very hard to put on and take off. Even with the right combination on you have to pull a bit hard at the cable. Which makes it pretty hard to take off. The price of the lock is cheap, but you are better off buying a more expensive one.
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