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@hermanf
An Axa Defender is a serious enough lock to prevent opportunistic thieves from breaking it in the spot. It really needs some serious tools. I worked in a centre for addiction psychiatry and always just placed my bike in front of the building. Since I was too lazy to use my chain + discus lock I only used my frame lock. At one point presumably one of our clients had aquired some taste and had set his eye on my rusty bike. When I wanted to drive off I was there with empty hands. That was not a very nice situation and I thought I had lost my trusty bike forever. But there is was, 25 meters away, parked nicely to a wall. The thief realized there was no point in carrying a locked bike all the way with him. So the frame lock certainly can work. Also, a when you use a frame lock a thieve knows that when he manages to cut your chain he still is not able to immediately run off with your bike, which might make for a psychological effect.