I have come into a slide band setup that I thought I would use on my next rod, and don't exactly know how to use it - when I push the two bands together on the reel foot, they're tight, but a slight push outward will release them. Should they fit tightly enough on the insert that they don't move, in other words are they too big for the insert size?
And on a related subject, why are there so few downlocking seats in use? Do the uplocks hold better?