#1639
SeaGoat - 2/13/2012 10:47 AM
I have a couple of different swivels. One set is a cheaper one I bought that is made in China and I haven’t had any problems with them...yet.

My instructor likes Omni Swivels and I bought a pair of those once I got over the sticker shock. (Although I got mine from a dive shop in Minnesota that beat everyone else’s prices and had free shipping.) They’re hand-made in California and each have their own serial numbers. It kind of made me feel like I bought something from Tiffany’s but they are much nicer than the other ones.

It also comes down to what you plan to use them for - the whole cost vs. failure tolerance thing. I’ll use my China cheapies for recreational open-water dives and keep my Omni Swivels for tech stuff.