What can you say about patch cables? Particularly cheap plastic patch cables. They are much of a muchness, but these are a lot less brittle than some I have bought cheaply over the last few years. I run two separate pedal boards, one for guitar, and one for bass, and quite often the pedals are swapped between the two. Quite often while performing the switch, a cable will die and a replacement will need to be grabbed from my spares box. I bought these to go in that box, and since then i haven't actually needed to change any as these ones are holding up really well. Surprising considering the price, time will tell, but so far I am impressed, they rate along with the one I bought in 1992 which is still hanging out of my wah pedal 23 years later unbroken.