I do not wrap the cord around the controller and the fault is not in the length of the wire but the connection where it goes to the controller

When holding it down, the connection would often break and you'd have to release it and try holding it down again

Depending on the way I dangled the cord from the controller, the connection would die/reestablish

The wireless eats batteries and CONSTANTLY loses connection

This one has the break away connection too, so no worries about breaking your xbox if you trip over the cord.

The connection continuously breaks and reconnects

Finally the connection died completely and no amount of adjusting the cord's position could reestablish the connection

Connection issues to my PC.

The connection where the cable meets the controller is very weak

There's a not-so-great fix that I found after searching, but even with minor movements, the cord wiggles and loses connection

I haven't been abusing this controller or anything, but for some reason the wire is bending a bit near the part where it connects to the controller and it will lose connection with the system as if it's not plugged in.

it would lose connection altogether (this is all regardless of which port I used)