Sometimes people are “that far behind” in gear
90I’ve been using Hoppes boresnakes for probable more than a decade and never looked back. I’ve got fragments of about 5 gun cleaning kits that had something good in them but also several things that broke and got tossed away. Don’t ask me where my 3 piece 22LR gun cleaning rod went because the story isn’t pretty. Paying attention to the caliber variables with gun cleaning patches is important, and that’s where many mistakes can be made. If it’s too thick of a patch from being folded over it can get stuck and too small of a patch doesn’t clean properly. Boresnakes are general very broad for useage and I use the same boresnake for my Marlin Model 882 22Mag that I use for my AR15.
I’ve messed around with Otis gun cleaning kits but the biggest negative I’d say about those are that the parts tend to fall out or move around. It’s a great portable gun cleaning kit, but Hoppes Boresnakes don’t take up space and you can easily store them in the packaging you purchase them in. I keep a small bottle of Slip 2000 EWL in my “Go Bag” and my basic gun cleaning supplies, like a cloth to wipe the gun down and a 22 Cal boresnake. You can get shorter versions of the snag for handguns but I usually fall back on using a pistol cleaning rod. There are always trade offs with these things and not everyone will use gun cleaning supplies in the exact same way.