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A thief would have your stuff before you could say "knife ".
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Originally Posted by Dodger
A thief would have your stuff before you could say "knife ".
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I know cases of whole bmw panniers beeing stollen in seconds. I better pay attention rather than trust a locked pannier only because it's locked.
I'm happy with my bags, as most of us are with ours, soft, hard or whatever
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Metal Fool
MM have an advert at the top of this page - presumably they cared enough about their product and image to pay for it to be there.
Yet they have not the interest or concern to respond to my post numbered 8 on the first page in which I reported my experience with their expensive product.
Says a lot doesn't it?
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I know cases of whole bmw panniers beeing stollen in seconds.
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Ha ha ,that's really no surprise !
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As the OP for this thread I just want to say that no one should apologise for expressing their opinion about the boxes/bags they prefer,I originally asked about Alu boxes but after receiving some posts concerning the merits of soft luggage it was me that encouraged the debate,I have found it very useful to hear the pro`s & con`s for both types & hopefully others will find these posts useful too.
To have first hand accounts of peoples experiences & how they came to prefer one luggage style over the other has been invaluable,exactly what the HUBB is for I believe. 
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has posted on this thread.
By the way after leaning very heavily towards Happy Trails Teton panniers I am now seriously considering Steel Ponys Gascoyne bags,the jury is still out at the moment though
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This Hard V's Soft debate is great.......
A bit like the "which is the best tool in the box" debate - Surely it depends on the job you are doing..... A screwdriver is no use if you want to loosen a nut!
I'm just wondering at what point Godwins Law is going to kick in......
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