Adrian never wanted to imply that you'd lie...
These things are much smaller than the orignal windscreens that come with the AT853's, however the locking plastic basket seems that it might hold the screens slightly away from the cap, which is good.
from your tip I found that twisting them off in a clockwise motion as to not unscrew the caps seems to make it "almost" easy...
Ian, I never implied that.
I do like that they're smaller, although, I find they're not as good for wind protection but if I need something smaller, I can always run these in a hat. The clockwise motion thing works REALLY well and that's how I've learned to get them off the caps.
BTW, thanks for the pointers on the AKG caps -- they're serving me well in my active setup. I almost find that I'm not using the 853's at all now. I just need to find a pair of CK63's (I've used a buddy's when running open they've saved my bacon when shows haven't been as loud or they've been chatty).