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Tightrope is Lava's budget cable. It has a solid core so it can be shaped but is more prone to break. Evidence is multicore - can't be shaped but is less likely to break. Lava do other kits too with multicore cable like ELC and also do other plugs that fix with a grub screw - called Piston and also do soldered plugs which are a similar size to the solderless ones.
I just bought the ELC kit - was £45 at Bax which seems reasonable. Normally make my own with pancake jacks but they don't play nice with Strymon pedals as the sockets are too close together.
Depends what you want to spend. If you are going to do a lot of changing about on the Board I would go soldered. Solderless are all inherently weaker. My Board only has 5 pedals on it - they don't get changed about.
All I'd say about the ELC jacks is they ripped my hands up when screwing them together
Well, I made up the ELC cables last night. Have to say, it's a bit of a faff, certainly do not chose these thinking it is easier than soldering. That said it's not complicated, they all work and the plugs have a small enough diameter that they fit next to each other on Strymon pedals - unlike pancake jacks. They stick out about the same distance as pancake jacks though so don't think you will save any space that way.
I wore a pair of marigold rubber gloves to help with the tightening. And because I like wearing marigold rubber gloves. These were black ,"Smell The Glove" limited edition marigolds. :-)
Still, I always carry a few regular patch cables around, just in case. Then again...I always have, whether I was using solderless or not.