I don’t know what to tell you grim, thats just my experience with them,after i tried them i got some of the solid planet waves ones and kicked my ass for not buying them first. and if anyone gets them make sure you get the offset ones because you can turn it a bit so it lines up with a pedal that is a bit lower or higher,and you can stager your pedals a bit with them too if you want
http://store.daddario.com/category/146564/14"_to_14"_Offset
thats msrp and I got them cheaper than that and considering how long that should last i like it. and it keeps the pedals in a more rigid string in sted of them being able to turn. not really anything that can go wrong with them either.
its what I use and I like them much more than patch cables,