Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo Reviews

Review score: 8.4/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £64.98 (RRP: £64.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo worthy of a review score of 8.4 out of 10.

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• Brand – Oxford
• Videos
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Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Locks. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Locks. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Locks. Brands like Oxford are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Locks category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Locks.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £64.98 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Locks

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Locks.

We found 108 in the Locks category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £41.36, making it above average at £64.98.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Locks. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £169.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £5.99.

With 108 products available we worked out that 20 cost more than Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo and 87 were cheaper.

Cost of Oxford products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 27 products from Oxford, of which 12 were in the Locks category.

For now though we’re looking at Oxford branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £18.61 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Oxford product we found was £1.49 and the highest price we could find from them was £64.98.

Of the 27 from Oxford, 0 were more expensive than Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo and 26 were cheaper.

How much are Oxford Locks?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Oxford products that are listed in the Locks category.

The average price of the 12 products that match this search was £24.60, with the cheapest coming in at £7.99 and highest price was £64.98. With the average being £24.60, Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo and 11 were cheaper.

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Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Locks category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo or another similar product, like Oxford Anchor 14 Bolt Down Anchor for Bike Lock reviews or Oxford GP Chain Lock reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Locks.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Locks. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Oxford, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.4/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010787967
• Product ID 2: 522470UK
• Brand: Oxford
• Model number: LK357
• RRP: £64.99
• EAN: 5030009096570
• Description: Oxford Alarm-D Max DuoOxford’s Alarm-D Max Lock is a premium quality, high security lock. With a Sold Secure Silver rating, it provides the highest level of security for your bike. A 14mm hardened steel shackle accompanied by an uncomfortably loud, 120 dB alarm effectively deters any would-be thieves.The Alarm-D Max lock is constructed from high quality materials to provide an extremely high level of protection. The weatherproof alarm is powered by a long life lithium battery and has an output of 120 dB, which is at a similar level to the siren on a fire engine or a chain saw. With a high tech, pick-resistant locking system, it will be very difficult to infiltrate this lock.Oxford’s Alarm-D Max comes with three keys and a replacement key service is available through Oxford.The Alarm-D Max Duo set includes an additional cable, which is ideal for securing the wheels to the frame.Features: Large D lock with loud, weatherproof 120 dB alarm Sold Secure Silver rated, providing the highest level of security 14mm hardened steel shackle Pick-resistant locking system Supplied with 3 keys Carry bracket allows lock to be mounted to frame Includes 1.2m x 12mm cable, for additional security Measurements: 320mm x 173mm x 14mm (lock), 1.2m x 12mm (cable)Buy Oxford Accessories from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Accessories > Locks
• Size: Sold Secure Silver Rated
• Unisex
• 0.01
• Adult

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Other options for Locks

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Locks. 108 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Oxford Alarm-D Max Duo included,
Kryptonite Stronghold Ground Anchor Lock reviews, Kryptonite Evolution Series 4 1055 Chain Lock reviews, or we really liked the look of Kryptonite Evolution Series 4 1090 Chain Lock reviews as another alternative.