AFW Mighty-Mini Wire Crane Fishing Swivels, 411lb Test - 7 Pieces

These 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 making custom spinners that need strength or stealthy presentations where smaller hardware is a definite advantage, so I was entirely willing to spend a lot if I could find 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.These should cost more for the quality difference vs competitive products. They should also be marketed much better. It took me hours of research trying to find truly 100% stainless swivels and snap swivels. I was even considering that it might be an unmet market need and therefore a business opportunity that I could take on myself. Once I found these, though, there's no way that it would be worth the design and tooling development cost to make a product as good as these. I'm going to stock up on these before this AFW addresses this sales and marketing miss.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.

I use these bad boys for pouring trolling sinkers for steelhead fishing with a bobber they are the perfect eyelet size for my mold . The stainless wire is super strong and you will never loose that big metal head because of metal fatigue again with these crane swivels. Well worth the high price , I fished 3 float trips on the Grande Ronde last month and never had to change my weight. We like to bump the bottom so the weight takes a beating every cast. Premium product

Probably overkill for what I used them for, but I took these to SE Alaska and they preformed admirably with everything that took a bite - mostly 12-14inch rainbows, but no issues from the swivels.

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.

I have used them in a variety of smaller leaders. I haven't tested them to strength and they are soo small I'm afraid to use them on anything even approaching half of what they're rated for.

Swivels were good quality and a great price

Amazing strength for the size.

I just got these 220lb. swivels today. Haven't had a chance to use them yet. I'm sure they'll be just fine though. They arrived on time today.