I’ve never tried them, some people swear by them, other people have said they’re pretty prone to failure. I’ve also heard that the best solution is to just solder your own, which I’ve tried and it’s a pain in the butt, although I was using pancake plugs and I think maybe the cable was too thick/my solder & my iron combo weren’t ideal.

I’ve had a plan in my head to eventually get a big loop switcher for which I’d need to make some custom patch cables. I was also thinking how nice it would be to add locking input and output jacks to my board & found that BTPA.com has an interesting selection of that sort of stuff. Haven’t got anything yet but I probably will eventually.