Harley Benton FPC-10 Flat Patch Cable

This is not a review about what a patch cable does.

These little fellas connect two pedals, take up very little space and deliver a clean signal.

Big deal.

This review is about the patch cable that slipped out of the box during delivery, that got lost somewhere in transit and is now lonely and lost in a delivery van. That little patch cable might never find a home. It might never find its connection. I can just see it scared and bemused, isolated in a dark crevice of an unforgiving leviathan that trundles from town to town, never ceasing it's journey.

(BTW Thomann sent a replacement at their own cost.)

MY EXPERIENCE:
I have bought more expensive cables in the past and I have also soldered my own. But for patch cables for my pedal board, these just make much more sense.
I have bought a handful of these (and some of the equivalent longer ones) and If I ever need some again, I will buy the same.

SIZE:
My favorite thing about them is that they are small. I don't have much space left on my pedal board, so I need do save as much space as possible, and I can do that with these.

QUALITY:
They also feel pretty well made for such inexpensive cables.
None has broken on me so far, but if they do break at some point, I will just replace them, because they are so cheap... (I have a couple of extras in my gig bag, just in case).

SOUND:
They don't produce any noise, and that is good enough for me.
If any cable snob wants to tell me that any cheap cable makes the sound worse, you should really go outside and touch some grass. Your pedals probably alter the sound much more than a cables. Seriously, there is no such thing as a cable that sounds bad. You will not hear any difference between these and any "high quality cable". As long as there is no hum, there is no problem. But IF you really insist, there are similar cables to these with a golden connector, just go buy those and leave us normal cable enjoyers alone.

PROS:
-cheap
-small
-do the job

CONS:
-none so far, if I do encounter something I don't like about these, I will be sure to come back here and edit this comment.

I strongly prioritize space efficiency on my pedalboard. I have 12 pedals on a 38*30 cm pedalboard meant for street performing. That was not possible before this type of cable showed up, and I scratched the finish of many pedals with the metal pancake plugs before I finally tried these.

The plugs are very compact and enable you to put pedals right next to each other. The cables themselves are also compact and flexible, a less obvious advantage, but you can comfortably run the cable along the edge of the pedals thanks to that, and it won't be in the way of pedal placement or other cables.

They are quality cables and will not suck your tone. The only time I broke one was when I managed to press down on it with the sharp edge of the power supply on a poorly set-up board. They have held up in normal use very well.

I prefer the Harley Benton brand over Rockboard because this cable does not needlessly protrude beyond the plug, which is a real problem when trying to use multiple plugs next to each other or trying to fit them through a tight hole. Being a smidgen cheaper also helps when you need to buy 11 of these.

I believe this is the best compact patch cable to buy. An alternative is the "Pro" version of this that comes with a shielded cable to prevent electrical infetterence, like the more expensive EBS Gold flat patch cable. However, I'll go out on a limb and say that there is nothing about this cable that isn't "pro".