>>2804723100% lubricate, and use your fingers to help the knot seat down into tight coils before giving it the final tighten. I teach people to slobber on it until there's visible saliva bubbles in the loops of the line. I know it's fucking gross but if the line burns while you cinch it down you can lose more than 75% off line strength.
>>2804741I'm not knocking, it's a very nicely assembled component, I'm very impressed. I'm not surprised it's holding everything you throw at it. Not sure how big my snaps are, I Buy in bulk on AliExpress and just make a chain to throw in my tackle box so it's all a mix-up. Usually going for the smallest available, they usually list 2-3kg as the rating, but I've not had one fail under 30lbs yet. I'm also finding all my cheap Ali braid breaks at roughly 1.5x rated strength, mono breaks almost right on rating across the board, and all my hardware is ridiculously strong, brand name or otherwise.
