I have a side gate that was built too close to the block wall and I can't get a lock into the hole under the latch to secure that latch from possible intruders. All locks were too bulky to work. This was the cure!  The flexible cable slid thru it nicely and now it is secure.  I recently had a pool man just start heading into my back yard and my dogs alerted me that someone was on the side of my home.  Thing is;  I don't have a pool!!!!  He was sent to the wrong home by his company.  However if I didn[t have my gate secured, that man could have helped himself to my back yard and possibly my 3 Chihuahua's could have gotten out and lost and I would never have known what happened.  Thank Goodness for this product to finally secure my gate.