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Old guys...what do they know, I ask you? :/:

I have to admit to a basic prejudice against swivels. Not that I think they are unsafe, though some product recalls do bring that concern to the fore. Rather, I think they are needlessly overcomplicating nearly any application I have seen them applied to, with little or no advantage. One...

Seems counterintuitive that a swivel will keep the rope grab horizontal...the weight of the tail of the lanyard will pull it into a vertical position, I think.

That's true. But I think it would be hard to get it hitched so tightly that you couldn't twist it sufficiently to serve the desired purpose.

Be shorter still, and stronger, if you use a basket hitch with that same prusik loop.

I don't believe there is anything intrinsically wrong with it, although the potential for the gate of the upper biner getting hung on the swivel's loop certainly exists. Side loading or even unintended gate opening are possible...the latter much less so than the former. The side loading is...