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I have just hung a rotating ornament in my conservatory and the swivel it came with was not very efficient so I replaced it with one of my fishing ones.........Guess what? that doesn't work either........all that happens is the line twists until it reaches the end of the kinetic energy you have imparted to it then it reverses, this cycle continues in an ever diminishing way until all the energy is dissipated. at no time does the swivel come into play, all the twist is contained in the 18 lb line I hung it from.
The obvious question has to be why do we bother with swivels? Do they prevent line twist with modern low diameter lines or are we simply victims of a massive con by the manufactures of these things.
The obvious question has to be why do we bother with swivels? Do they prevent line twist with modern low diameter lines or are we simply victims of a massive con by the manufactures of these things.