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

I bought the #14 swivels. They are very small, but strong. American Fishing Wire rates them at 74 lbs, which is way more than I will need for Bass fishing!

These are as good as Spro Power Swivels if not better and I fished the Spro's for years. If you are looking for a crazy strong swivel that is compact and streamlined this is it. I use the 220lb version on jigs for tuna and they're perfect. I can then turn and also use them bottom fishing because they don't add any drag. I've used the 50lb for trolling Clark spoons for mackerel inshore and they are perfect. It's just a very good product. PLEASE don't buy cheap Amazon non-brandname swivels. Or hooks, snaps, line, etc. You will lose fish, expensive lures, etc. There are probably 20 brands on Amazon carrying identical swivels made in the same facility. They absolutely will cost you fish. If I can break a 200lb swivel by hand tightening down a knot, imagine what even an average fish would do it. It's not worth a few dollars to lose fish and these are an incredible value as it is. There are other places to save money fishing, don't use your terminal tackle to do so.

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.

Good quality crane swivels

Been using these for Salmon fishing for the last 3 years now. Sceptical at first but never had an issue, very strong and reliable.

Strong and durable 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 awesome, super strong for the size and profile. The coating keeps them rust free longer in salt water. I have 1 bag of at least 2 sizes in most tackle boxes

really good quality swivels landed a 60lb catfish with no issues

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Don't let the diminutive size discourage you from trying these, they are strong. The #7 I ordered, have handled musky up to 44" and rotated freely under load. As noted by another reviewer, they're tiny, but swivels come in standard sizing, so you know how big they are when you buy them. If you need a larger swivel, buy a numerically lower size until you get to 1/0, then they go numerically higher. Eg.#7 is smaller than #5 however #2/0 is small than #3/0, the same progression that applies to a fish hook.

Sehr gute Qualität , wir benutzen diese Wirbel in Norwegen !

I was in search of good coastal snap swivels for salmon and ling fishing so I bought these #3 / 170# AFW snap swivels. My current mixed bag of coastal snap swivels either were too loose and opened at the worst possible times, or the swivel part was faulty and wouldn't rotate with a load. Try this test with your current snap swivels or bead chains: Tie one to the mainline on your rod and hang it in the air with a 2# or so weight. Now hold just the fishing line and spin the weight quickly and see if your swivel actually spins with a load. My other snap swivels and bead chains totally failed or barely rotated. I tried the test on an AFW snap swivel and it spun like a charm. I even chained multiple snap swivels and the only one that rotated was the AFW snap swivel. Now on to the negatives of this product, the size. This thing is tiny. The total length is about 1 and 7/8". The actual part you push in is about 3/4". Because I bought the #3 / 170# snap swivels, it requires quite a bit of force to open up, and that is a good and bad thing. You'll be guaranteed there'll be no accidental openings BUT it'll be hard to open on the boat with or without gloves, but especially in the wet or cold. 10% fishing and 90% gear shopping. Tight liines!