Designed especially for outdoor situations, the CKE has a rugged and stylish glass-reinforced polyamide housing with stainless steel bolt. Fitment is either plugged M5 bolts from the front or from the rear with M5 bolts into integral tapped bosses.

Operation of the CKE is simplicity itself, with a special Elesa design key system offering either a red fold-away key or more conventional ball head key. The bolt is simply pushed into place until it "clicks' and is released by insertion of the key, which does not even need turning. The finish is in black so that it blends into the equipment environment. When open, the bolt - in red - is easily seen, as a reminder to secure the equipment.