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The Xena is alright but there's no rubber coating so you might want to cover it in electrical tape if you like your bike's paint...
Also, as stated earlier, the pvc coating protects the lock from freezing attacks and I'd imagine the alarm could easily be a mighty pain in the arse seeing as how bikes are often nudged and moved when on bike racks.
I'd just go with the Fahg, its lighter than the Xena and is still heavy as f***.
The Xena can also be used without the alarm function so it doesn't go off in your bag. Handy.
Seriously though, anything less than a Abus granit x54 or Fahg is just too much of a compromise.
Bike insurance is usually hundreds of pounds per year in London: a proper lock is less than a hundred.
Anyway, you should be using more than one lock. A fahg or granit along with a evo mini or steel-o-flex should be more than enough to put off but the most determined/tooled-up scum.