Malin MS20995C Stainless Lockwire Canister Raw Materials Review

I tested by holding the part in a vise and further tightening with mil-bar pliers. I couldn't believe the number of times I twisted this wire and it ended up breaking! Of course, you would never attempt this with a wire on a usable item, but it holds up well to abuse. Good product.

There's nothing wrong with this wire. The dispenser is terrible. After the first 15-20 meters the wire did not come out. Of course, I tugged at it a few times to get more wire. I just built a bird's nest which they cut out in an hour. Now I have to pull three wires and "donate" to the trash!

See both canister labels in my picture, same manufacturer(?) Different design, maybe just a design update right? The canister on the left (surviving today) is marked .032 and the wire is slightly thinner than the wire in the right canister (wire gauge is not indicated on the label on the right canister). The gauge measured on the wire in the right container is 0.032 (as I ordered last week), the gauge of the wire measured in the left container is 0.025 as I ordered. (The left can is incorrectly