Krum Quick Change Beads .

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- 06/06/2011 at 11:22 am #47086
  TF_Spuds1
  Guys is it just me or do I realy struggle to open up these beads to change a hooklength ?
  
  Is there a tangle free alternative ?
- 06/06/2011 at 11:26 am #142985
  TF_simon pavey
  I tried the new Drennan ones yesterday, dead simple and easy to open.
- 06/06/2011 at 1:27 pm #143001
  TF_craigo
  replace the bead section with a piece of silicone tube – a lot neater also
  
  the drennan ones are good – try the quick change method adaptors too, top bit of kit
- 06/06/2011 at 1:42 pm #143004
  TF_sayres123
  The large sized connector is difficult to open the medium is fine
- 06/06/2011 at 6:41 pm #143038
  TF_Waveney One
  @craigo wrote:
  
  replace the bead section with a piece of silicone tube – a lot neater also
  
  I have been preaching this for ages, glad someone else realises how easy it is to adapt them. I do object to paying for a bead I do not use though. Korum should sell some without beads IMO.
- 06/06/2011 at 8:26 pm #143053
  TF_Rhino
  Small ones r better, the new drennan seem tops though not used them. The drennan method feeders and connectors r the dogs.
- 06/06/2011 at 8:34 pm #143055
  TF_baitchef
  Participant
  I thought the whole point of them was that they were secure?
- 06/06/2011 at 9:12 pm #143068
  TF_Chris-turner
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  All you have to do is trim the strip of plastic on the hook end , makes it a doddle to open thn . Trust me I had the same problem ..
- 06/06/2011 at 10:19 pm #143075
  TF_Col_W
  The new Drennan connector beads (bead end) are made of a softer plastic than the Korum ones and easier to open but still a bit of a struggle with cold wet hands.Also the eye on the stonfo type peg to thread the line through is a bit too small on the mini version IMO.
  The method feeder connectors I have found to be a real struggle to open but very neat looking when attached.
- 06/06/2011 at 10:52 pm #143079
  TF_duanepipe
  i use my teeth to open em mate. on the drennan ones too.
- 07/06/2011 at 8:00 am #143089
  TF_Chris-turner
  Participant
  Just trim the bit off , job done …simples .
- 07/06/2011 at 9:38 am #143101
  TF_Waveney One
  @baitchef wrote:
  
  I thought the whole point of them was that they were secure?
  
  No mate. They take no strain so do not need to be very tight, all the pressure is on the hook part of the stonfo bit. That is why the silicon works so well.
- 07/06/2011 at 11:50 am #143115
  TF_scarf
  I’ve been following Waveney’s advice and using silicone instead of the bead. It works well, but the new Drennan quick change connectors are better and the Drennan method connectors better still, and more versatile.
- 07/06/2011 at 5:00 pm #143136
  TF_Waveney One
  I will have to give them a look scarf. The method feeder ones are what interest me particularly.
- 07/06/2011 at 7:47 pm #143151
  TF_Spuds1
  Are these the Drennan connectors you are all talking about ?
  
  http://www.poingdestres.co.uk/5814/Drennan-Quick-Change-Method-Connectors.html
- 07/06/2011 at 8:46 pm #143160
  TF_scarf
  Them’s em Spuds
- 07/06/2011 at 9:42 pm #143168
  TF_markc
  @Chris-turner wrote:
  
  Just trim the bit off , job done …simples .
  
  As Chris says, above. Just use a craft knife blade.
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