I was skeptical in ordering these. I thought the claims weren't true, and was especially worried about the strength of the magnets and whether the cable would be quiet, free of hum, and offer the soundless connects and disconnects promised.

A few months later, NO PROBLEM! The cable qualiy is excellent, the magnets are very strong, and pulling the jack apart or letting it snap back to a connection is completely quiet on my rig (Guild Starfire II->Tech 21 Trademark 60 or Vox DA-5).

Like probably most of us, I spend a lot more time practicing at home than playing out. My GF puts up with it pretty well, but I felt bad about the snapping and popping disconnects, and lived in fear of someone tripping over a cable and toppling my rare axe, and sick of the hum on the cables I was using. This cable has solved all those problems at once, and I'd buy another in a heartbeat. I say they are worth the slight extra cost.

One small con: the jack body seems ready to unscrew itself a little too easily. If this bothers you it could be easily solved by a small dot of clear nail polish, or any other method you want to use to add a little friction to the threads. It's possible this is just my particular cable. Definitely no reason not to buy.

I am a guitar player for a IE band.We tend to play alot of shows and the new zzyzx Snap Jack cables are the best cables that I have used. I have played all the cables that are out there,none compare to these. The design they have,the quality, and the sound. These are great cables.

I recently purchases one of these cables and they are not very good. Right out of the box this cable would not make a connection because the magnets were not aligning properly. I would get signal, but very little was making it to the amp. This is a really cool Idea, but I say wait a little while until they get their design down a little better and work out some of the kinks.

The snap jack may seem like a gimmick, but it is actually quite cool and it works great. If you are okay with the price, you won't be dissapointed by this ingenious instrument cable. The magnetic connection to the breakaway tip is quite strong and I don't think it will ever pop off by accident--you have to break it away, that is, break it off laterally to any side.

This would make a great gift because many may balk at the price. But if someone were to give this to you, I have no doubt that you would use it and love it.

A few caveats. On my Strat and Tele, the tip is hard to remove from the jack socket because they are recessed on these guitars. Of course, this is not a problem at all if you buy a tip for each guitar -- which is kind of the idea.