diff --git a/simdnbt/src/borrow/compound.rs b/simdnbt/src/borrow/compound.rs
index 3eaa876..9eac7f4 100644
--- a/simdnbt/src/borrow/compound.rs
+++ b/simdnbt/src/borrow/compound.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ impl<'a: 'tape, 'tape> Iterator for NbtCompoundIter<'a, 'tape> {
         }
 
         let name_length_ptr = self.tape[self.current_tape_offset].u64() as *const UnalignedU16;
-        let name_length = u16::from(unsafe { *name_length_ptr }).swap_bytes();
+        let name_length = u16::from(unsafe { *name_length_ptr });
+        #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
+        let name_length = name_length.swap_bytes();
         let name_ptr = unsafe { name_length_ptr.add(1) as *const u8 };
         let name_slice = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(name_ptr, name_length as usize) };
         let name = Mutf8Str::from_slice(name_slice);
diff --git a/simdnbt/src/borrow/list.rs b/simdnbt/src/borrow/list.rs
index b85cd53..04d5373 100644
--- a/simdnbt/src/borrow/list.rs
+++ b/simdnbt/src/borrow/list.rs
@@ -317,9 +317,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tape> NbtList<'a, 'tape> {
             return None;
         }
         let length_ptr = el.ptr::<UnalignedU32>();
-        let length = unsafe { u32::from(*length_ptr).swap_bytes() as usize };
+        let length = unsafe { u32::from(*length_ptr) };
+        #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
+        let length = length.swap_bytes();
         let byte_array =
-            unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(length_ptr.add(1) as *const i8, length) };
+            unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(length_ptr.add(1) as *const i8, length as usize) };
         Some(byte_array)
     }
     pub fn shorts(&self) -> Option<Vec<i16>> {
@@ -830,8 +832,10 @@ where
     T: Copy + SwappableNumber,
 {
     // length is always a u32
-    let length = unsafe { u32::from(*ptr).swap_bytes() as usize };
-    let length_in_bytes = length * std::mem::size_of::<T>();
+    let length = unsafe { u32::from(*ptr) };
+    #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
+    let length = length.swap_bytes();
+    let length_in_bytes = length as usize * std::mem::size_of::<T>();
     let array_be = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.add(1) as *const u8, length_in_bytes) };
     Some(RawList::new(array_be))
 }
diff --git a/simdnbt/src/lib.rs b/simdnbt/src/lib.rs
index b55bfdd..e04900f 100644
--- a/simdnbt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/simdnbt/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,3 +22,31 @@ pub use mutf8::Mutf8Str;
 pub use traits::{Deserialize, FromNbtTag, Serialize, ToNbtTag};
 
 pub use simdnbt_derive::*;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::io::{Cursor, Read};
+
+    use flate2::bufread::GzDecoder;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn complex_player_borrow_and_owned() {
+        let src = include_bytes!("../tests/complex_player.dat").to_vec();
+        let mut src_slice = src.as_slice();
+        let mut decoded_src_decoder = GzDecoder::new(&mut src_slice);
+        let mut decoded_src = Vec::new();
+        decoded_src_decoder.read_to_end(&mut decoded_src).unwrap();
+        let nbt_borrow = crate::borrow::read(&mut Cursor::new(&decoded_src))
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_compound()
+            .to_owned();
+        let nbt_owned = crate::owned::read(&mut Cursor::new(&decoded_src))
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_compound();
+
+        // (there's another test in owned to make sure that PartialEq actually works)
+        assert_eq!(nbt_borrow, nbt_owned);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/simdnbt/src/owned/mod.rs b/simdnbt/src/owned/mod.rs
index 423abce..6365ce9 100644
--- a/simdnbt/src/owned/mod.rs
+++ b/simdnbt/src/owned/mod.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ impl BaseNbt {
         self.tag.write(data);
     }
 
-    pub fn into_inner(self) -> NbtCompound {
+    pub fn as_compound(self) -> NbtCompound {
         self.tag
     }
 }
@@ -785,4 +785,21 @@ mod tests {
         }
         assert_eq!(ints.len(), 1023);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn equals_can_fail() {
+        let src = include_bytes!("../../tests/complex_player.dat").to_vec();
+        let mut src_slice = src.as_slice();
+        let mut decoded_src_decoder = GzDecoder::new(&mut src_slice);
+        let mut decoded_src = Vec::new();
+        decoded_src_decoder.read_to_end(&mut decoded_src).unwrap();
+        let nbt = super::read(&mut Cursor::new(&decoded_src))
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_compound();
+        let mut modified_nbt = nbt.clone();
+        modified_nbt.insert("foodExhaustionLevel", 2.0f32);
+
+        assert_ne!(nbt, modified_nbt);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/simdnbt/src/swap_endianness.rs b/simdnbt/src/swap_endianness.rs
index 58df950..d5ea4b8 100644
--- a/simdnbt/src/swap_endianness.rs
+++ b/simdnbt/src/swap_endianness.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use std::{mem, simd::prelude::*};
 
+// TODO: relying on auto-vectorization for swapping bits is significantly faster
+// than this code, we should figure out a way to make that work dynamically and
+// then delete all this.
+
 mod private {
     pub trait Sealed {}
 
@@ -310,6 +314,9 @@ pub fn swap_endianness<T: SwappableNumber>(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<T> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
+// swap_endianness_as_u8 only does anything on LE systems, so otherwise it'll
+// error
+#[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;