American Fishing Wire Mighty Mini Snap Crane Swivels - 100% Stainless Steel, 3X Stronger Than Brass, Up to 600lb Test - Essential Fishing Gear for Every Tackle Box - Ideal for Any Fishing Line Leader

These snap swivels have amazing strength for their size. Their secret, that's not so secret, is that they are 100% stainless steel. The stainless steel bodies on these instead of brass bodies like on other "stainless steel" swivels is what lets them be so strong and yet so small.As an engineer who deals with different types of materials regularly, I was somewhat baffled as to why most stainless steel swivels had such a low breaking strength rating. As I researched and found that most of them use brass bodies, I guessed that there may be some ultra premium swivels out there from manufacturers who had built the tooling to deal with the more difficult forming of stainless and were likely charging 10x the price or more for their products. I am often using stealthy presentations where smaller hardware is a definite advantage, so I was entirely willing to spend a lot if I could find snap swivels made of 100% stainless so they could be both strong and small.I found the products that I was looking for from AFW and they aren't much more expensive than the run-of-the-mill swivels that claim to be stainless but are partially brass so they have to be larger and weaker. These swivels are absolutely outstanding. Being a skeptical engineer, I did test the strength on a couple of each size. Every single one was at least as strong as their rating. They are so strong that my challenge in testing was trying to fit something through the tiny eyes on the swivels that would be strong enough to not break before the swivels broke.I am sure that there's a very slight risk of the line being tied to these swivels breaking a tiny bit sooner due to being tied around smaller wire on these swivels than on other, larger swivels with similar or lower breakage ratings. That's physics within the line material, though, not a fault with these swivels. If that concerns you, just use a bigger size. For whatever physical size you choose, these swivels will be stronger than any others. My only possible complaint would be that the wire used here is so strong that it's more difficult to get the snap opened and then closed again compared to other snap swivels of the same size. I have relatively large hands, so this can be a challenge for the smallest sizes of these. Small needle nose fishing pliers exist for a reason, though, and I'll gladly use them in return for having a product that's smaller and stronger.With over 30 years of engineering experience and over 40 years of fishing, I can say it's rare to find a product that is just superior to others for nearly any use case. This is one of those products. Unless you absolutely must have a chrome finish, there's no reason to use snap swivels other than these.

While I'm sure these are great for fishing, they are also perfect for swivel connections when building clapton wire. The rotation is very smooth so no risk of it binding and snapping the wire. I'm using two of the size 5 swivels and it's compact but big enough for the task. I would not get something smaller than size 5, and a larger size would be fine as well.I've tried the cheaper swivels and, while they could be fine for fishing, they don't stand up to the rapid rotation they are subjected to when wire building. These are a little more expensive, but are well worth the cost in terms of durability.

There are not that many 500lb or larger snap swivels on Amazon. In fact I only found two. So I purchased both the Dr. Fish (500lb) and the American Fishing Wire (600lb) units.These 600lb snap swivels utilize .086" diameter wire that is so stout I almost had to use a pair of pliers to unhook the snap. Wow, the snap part of this snap swivel is awesome. However, the barrel swivels are identical in size and shape to my 350lb Sea Striker BCBS40 Size 4/0 swivels. The difference is in the materials. AFW uses all stainless steel and the Sea Strikers are made of brass.The back of the AFW package says that their stainless steel snap swivels are 3X stronger than brass. I don't know about 3X, but I am staring at two identical looking swivels and the AFW rating is 1.7 times better in the same size. Wow!So how do the AFW snap swivels compare to the Dr. Fish snap swivels? Well, there is a 100lb test difference so the Dr. Fish only uses .080" wire, and the snap is significantly longer, which combine to make the snap easy to open with your hands. Also Dr. Fish utilizes ball bearing swivels.I frankly like both units and cannot decide which is better, so I made half a dozen leaders out of 49 strand 7x7 stainless 600lb cable I also got from AFW and I am going gator hunting. We will soon know who is the master of 500lb plus snap swivels.

These appear to be well made and strong- i tied it off and pulled it as hard as I could and it didn't break so I would safely assume they are rated to proper class.The size is VERY small for the class- they appear to be at least 30% smaller than my other Tsunami swivel clips at same class (88lbs actually) -Kind of un-nerving as they look like 30 lbs class swivel clips, perhaps smaller.I paid 5 bucks recently for a 8 pack of the previously mentioned 88lbs class so this is an absolute bargain. I bagged a few up to give to my buddies as an inexpensive gift seeing as ho w I have a BIG bag of little clips. For what it's worth- they couldnt believe these are 70lbs swivels! they are very small and knowing what I know now i would have gone to larger class just to make it easier to open and close while pitching around in 3-4 seas changing lures! for freshwater these are probably awesome at this size.Us saltwater guys may wish to consider heavier/larger of same brand- these are just a tad to small IMHO for the conditions we see , even at 30 lb mono trolling.

These are the smallest swivels I've found for their pound test rating. I haven't had one fail yet and have landed over 100 keeper sized Striped Bass with the 70 lb Mighty Mini. They're great for hardware shy fish since they're so small and slim compared to other swivels.

Fantastic product. Made in USA from a durable stainless steel. Great value for your money.Pros:- swivel is smooth and spins great, without getting stock and tagging line- hard to beat this price for such qualityCons:- only suggestion is to have one more loop on the clip. For comparison, added a picture of the Krok swivel with three loop arounds

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These are the best swivels I ever had! I bought the 120 pound and they are perfect for sturgeon fishing.There is alot of rock where i fish the sturgeon and when my line is stuck my swivel had never broke once! Would recommend it for sure!

Fantastic product and great value

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