Once, coiled cords were the standard. No more. Now they are "boutique" items for the retro crowd. But the reality is that many situations would benefit from a short, coiled, inexpensive cord with decent tone -- voila. I agree that the length spec is a joke but I use a whole bunch of these cables at their coiled length or only slightly stretched, they work great with those constraints, the right angle plug is useful (I have numerous ES type semi hollow gtrs) and the price is hard to argue with. Unfortunately stretching them to reach anywhere near 15 ft degrades or kills the signal, so maybe rebag them as 8 ft cords and have a 5-star winner all around.

i bought this cable and thoght i would be able to walk 15ft from my amp but i couldn't becuase the cable doesn't strech. i had my amp on my bed and couldn't get off the bed unless i wanted the cord to snap back and hit me in the leg. i tryed to strech it but a few seconds later it was back to normal.

By the almighty CHASROCK from BATON ROUGE, LA. on 7/16/2007

I play guitar in a small area and needed a coiled cable. I saw this one in radio shack and bought it. I wish I hadn't. Even though I'm in a small area, I still need a cable that stretches at least 10 to 12 ft. This cable barely stretches 8ft. before causing serious tension. I tried loosening it by stretching it out with my hands, but it just coiled back up, nice and stiff. I haven't really owned it long enough to say if it's reliable, but I can definitely say that it is impractical. If you need a coiled cable or any type of musical equipment go to a music store to get it.

The only way these would actually span 15' is if you welded one end to a beam on the ceiling and then swung from the other end. I'd estimate their usable length at maybe 5'. Buyer beware.