American Fishing Wire Mighty Mini Snap Swivels (100-Percent Stainless Steel)

Son pequeños pero muy resistentes...

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.

As listed. Fast shipping. I use these for Pacific Halibut fishing off the Oregon Coast. These swivels are very strong for their size.

Sehr gute Qualität , wir benutzen diese Wirbel in Norwegen !

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!