Krum Quick Change Beads .

[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 ?

[TF_simon pavey]

I tried the new Drennan ones yesterday, dead simple and easy to open.

[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

[TF_sayres123]

The large sized connector is difficult to open the medium is fine

[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.

[TF_Rhino]

Small ones r better, the new drennan seem tops though not used them. The drennan method feeders and connectors r the dogs.

[TF_baitchefParticipant]

I thought the whole point of them was that they were secure?

[TF_Chris-turnerParticipant]

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 ..

[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.

[TF_duanepipe]

i use my teeth to open em mate. on the drennan ones too.

[TF_Chris-turnerParticipant]

Just trim the bit off , job done …simples .

[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.

[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.

[TF_Waveney One]

I will have to give them a look scarf. The method feeder ones are what interest me particularly.

[TF_Spuds1]

Are these the Drennan connectors you are all talking about ?

http://www.poingdestres.co.uk/5814/Drennan-Quick-Change-Method-Connectors.html

[TF_scarf]

Them’s em Spuds

[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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