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Getting the FACTS right: FOLLOWING CHAINS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED.
Its been said that ALMAX tested the best chains against their own, and theirs won, by some margin.
The test was NEVER like-against-like. None of the chains I've recommended in this thread were tested against.
None of the other chains were 16mm chains either. Here are the chains that Almax tested against:
Squire MC4/6 = 13mm
http://www.squirelocks.co.uk/html/motointro.htm
Abus Granit CityChain X-Plus = 10mm
http://www.abus.de/us/main.asp?ScreenLang=us&sid=7560846211652233004200914925421742&select=0105b02&artikel=4003318286254m
Oxford Monster = 12mm
http://www.oxford-shop.co.uk/item3143.htm
Abus Granite Extreme 59 = 13mm
http://www.abus.de/us/main.asp?ScreenLang=us&sid=7560846211652233004200914925421742&select=0105b02&artikel=4003318248481m
Datatool Python = 13mm
http://www.elitemotorcycleservices.co.uk/page59.html
Luma Solido Kit Duo Chain = 11mm
http://www.saundersonsecurity.co.uk/acatalog/info_KDA110G.html
Oxford Boss Chain = 12mm
http://oxford-shop.com/item3144.htm
Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit Chain = 11mm
https://www.kryptonitelock.com/products/ProductDetail.aspx?cid=1000&scid=1002&pid=1169
I think that from what I have read so far, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to cut a 16mm hardened steel chain link using hand/arm power. An angle-grinder, with enough time, will defeat almost any lock at all. But so far, it appears, that hand-portable bolt-croppers, can't cope with "hardened steel" with a diameter of 16mm or more.