the better ones are harder to press in- that is a true fact...
planetwaves is one of the many safe investments u can make...
That's a first... I've never found the planet waves stuff to be hardy at all. I know for a fact because my band has managed to break 3 plugs already.
AFAIK, no one's been able to break any of the cables that I've made so far.
It's hard to beat hand-soldered/crimped/heat-shrinked cables.