I hear ya' Ken. I may try the Evah Weich set at some point, but want to run with these for a long while.
Tying the ends? The loop goes through the tailpiece end and the textile other end goes through the tuner. The KC Strings tuners have two holes bored through the barrels. I sent the string through one hole, around the barrel and through the other. No tying at all. I like the way they fit in the pegbox; very efficient and tidy.
This bass needs a low tension string. Maybe that's why they bow well. Dunno.
Minor embarrassment.
I realized last night that I have them coming behind the tailpiece rather than over the front. I should have just pushed the loop through the tailpiece from front to back and run the string through. Mounted the way they are, I guess they will have slightly more tension, but I doubt any problems.