Ogajiga Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 Once upon a time, USA mfg crane swivels were adequate, being reasonably smooth spinning and strong. At a point tho, for whatever reason, the spin quality deteriorated to unacceptable, and luckily at the time I found some China mfg nickel cranes that were as smooth or almost so as premium ball bearing swivels. Last fall tho, I attempted to restock and unfortunately the importer current stock was gritty spinning and unacceptable. A guy in CO also had similar quality cranes on eBay but I lost touch after he sold out his existing inventory. The highly touted stainless steel cranes I got were possibly the worst spinning I've encountered. McMahon prices were more than I wanted to pay + they appear to be no longer available thru Berkley. Since TU members are knowledgeable and particular about hooks quality, thought y'all might know about quality crane swivels at reasonable prices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 I have never had good luck with crane swivels as far as spinning consistently. The only time I use them would be for jigs that take a small Colorado blade where consistent spinning is not necessary. So what I have replaced these with are the roller swivels. They aren't that much more and I found them to be more fluid in rotation than the crane swivels. I have also tried them on spinnerbaits for the top blade and they work extremely well without any problems. You should check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsouth Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 3 hours ago, cadman said: I have never had good luck with crane swivels as far as spinning consistently. The only time I use them would be for jigs that take a small Colorado blade where consistent spinning is not necessary. So what I have replaced these with are the roller swivels. They aren't that much more and I found them to be more fluid in rotation than the crane swivels. I have also tried them on spinnerbaits for the top blade and they work extremely well without any problems. You should check them out. any dealer preference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 I was always getting mine from Lure Parts on Line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 I use these ones on my under spins and they spin much better than a crane swivel. https://barlowstackle.com/Bulk-Roller-Swivels-Nickel-PlatedbrSizes-14-12-10-7-P3264/?afmc=oq 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 On 3/31/2023 at 3:26 AM, smalljaw said: I use these ones on my under spins and they spin much better than a crane swivel. https://barlowstackle.com/Bulk-Roller-Swivels-Nickel-PlatedbrSizes-14-12-10-7-P3264/?afmc=oq These are the ones I use for my crankbait belly hook hangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
