diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index febb373..c016381 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ type node[V any] struct {
 	children []*node[V]
 }
 
-// newNode, BitSets have to be initialized.
+// newNode, the zero-value of BitSet is ready to use
 func newNode[V any]() *node[V] {
 	return &node[V]{
-		prefixesBitset: bitset.New(0), // init BitSet
-		childrenBitset: bitset.New(0), // init BitSet
+		prefixesBitset: &bitset.BitSet{},
+		childrenBitset: &bitset.BitSet{},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index efa29e6..cc469e6 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -48,19 +48,13 @@ func (t *Table[V]) isInit() bool {
 	return t.root4 != nil
 }
 
-// init the root nodes, no public constructor needed, the zero value is ready to use.
+// initOnce the root nodes, no public constructor needed, the zero value is ready to use.
 // Not using sync.Once here, the table is not safe for concurrent writers anyway
-func (t *Table[V]) init() {
+func (t *Table[V]) initOnce() {
 	if t.isInit() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Outlined slow-path to allow inlining of the fast-path.
-	t.initOnce()
-}
-
-// initOnce, too complex for inlining
-func (t *Table[V]) initOnce() {
 	t.root4 = newNode[V]()
 	t.root6 = newNode[V]()
 }
@@ -86,7 +80,7 @@ func (t *Table[V]) Insert(pfx netip.Prefix, val V) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	t.init()
+	t.initOnce()
 
 	// values derived from pfx
 	ip := pfx.Addr()
@@ -159,7 +153,7 @@ func (t *Table[V]) Update(pfx netip.Prefix, cb func(val V, ok bool) V) (newVal V
 		return zero
 	}
 
-	t.init()
+	t.initOnce()
 
 	// values derived from pfx
 	ip := pfx.Addr()
@@ -565,7 +559,7 @@ func (t *Table[V]) Union(o *Table[V]) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	t.init()
+	t.initOnce()
 
 	dup4 := t.root4.unionRec(o.root4)
 	dup6 := t.root6.unionRec(o.root6)
diff --git a/table_test.go b/table_test.go
index 775b4ee..7109fa3 100644
--- a/table_test.go
+++ b/table_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/netip"
-	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -1027,7 +1026,7 @@ func TestDeleteIsReverseOfInsert(t *testing.T) {
 	const N = 10_000
 
 	tbl := new(Table[int])
-	tbl.init()
+	tbl.initOnce()
 	want := tbl.dumpString()
 
 	prefixes := randomPrefixes(N)
@@ -1531,7 +1530,7 @@ func TestCloneEdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
 func TestClone(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	pfxs := randomPrefixes4(10_000)
+	pfxs := randomPrefixes(1_000)
 
 	golden := new(Table[int])
 	tbl := new(Table[int])
@@ -1541,8 +1540,8 @@ func TestClone(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	clone := tbl.Clone()
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(golden, clone) {
-		t.Errorf("cloned table isn't equal")
+	if tbl.dumpString() != clone.dumpString() {
+		t.Errorf("Clone: got:\n%swant:\n%s", clone.dumpString(), tbl.dumpString())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1551,7 +1550,7 @@ func TestCloneShallow(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tbl := new(Table[*int])
 	clone := tbl.Clone()
-	if tbl.String() != clone.String() {
+	if tbl.dumpString() != clone.dumpString() {
 		t.Errorf("empty Clone: got:\n%swant:\n%s", clone.String(), tbl.String())
 	}