I have never used these.  I'm going to try switching out some of my line tie ones.

 

Are the oval ones any harder to put on than the standard circle ones?

Not any more difficult at all. Using split ring pliers makes it easy.

   Round split rings can be made out of brass, stainless steel or spring steel. No real problem; take your pick.

   However, because of the oval shape of the oval split ring, stress is distributed unevenly around the circumference of the ring. The longer, straighter sides of the ring don't take much stress, but the short round ends take a great deal of stress. In order to prevent deformation, a special alloy had to be developed for oval split rings.

   It was called...

 

 

 

 

   Wait for it...

 

 

 

 

   Ovaltine.    ?       jj

 

 

I am a big fan of utilizing either the oval or the pear shaped split rings at the line tie. 

Hate it when the lines slides into the 'notch' on the standard round rings.

Problem eliminated with these other shapes. 

A-Jay

 

 

5 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I am a big fan of utilizing either the oval or the pear shaped split rings at the line tie. 

Hate it when the lines slides into the 'notch' on the standard round rings.

Problem eliminated with these other shapes. 

A-Jay

 

 

This.  Always keeps your knot out of the danger zone