To be fair wire hasn't gone bad on mine, but I do feel I need to be extra careful with the cable to ensure it lasts a long time.

Unless I'm missing something, the wire is permanently connected to the

DSLR's normally have poor audio wiring inside

and I'm sure the audio quality must suffer because of the super thin, flimsy wires that they used

so if the wire goes bad the mic is useless

Was hoping for better quality productPlastic should be better for this price....it works but the rubber bands holding the wires look cheap and can break easily (they give you several)Rode: please upgrade the materials and do away with the rubber bands!

This mic is prepared for the poor wiring and uses a system that puts out the mono signal to both channels, making it stereo and getting rid of most whitenoise

I like the sound from this Rode videoMic Pro much better than the sound from the built in5D MKIII mic but the flimsy wire and rubber springs are a huge disappointment