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I'm not sure how to leave a review for an extension cord ... But here's mine. I'm going to write this review more for the average person... Not for an electrician or Tradesmen who knows exactly what they're looking for and why they need it. If you fall into that category here's all you need to know , you will not find a lower price 10 gauge hundred foot cord for Less. These are well made and last 4 years with outdoor use. For everyone else here's what you need to know, if you've ever flip the breaker when your air compressor turns on or pulled a Griswold and Plugged In Too Many Lights outside most people think it's the breaker but what causes the failure and ultimately damage to your equipment is using the wrong gauge wire. Gauge refers to the thickness of The Wire oh, a run-of-the-mill extension cord might be 16 gauge or 12 or 14 a 10 gauge wire is pretty close to industrial-grade. If you have even an average sized air compressor in your garage chances are it chugs a little bit when you turn it on it first and then it kicks on full boar. What's happening is electricity is not reaching the electric motor at its required rate and the motor is struggling to turn on. Believe me when I tell you this will burn out your expensive equipment. Having at least one 10 gauge extension cord accomplishes two things ... you protect your equipment at startup and you experienced far less line volt drop. The ladder is what happens when you try to run too many extension cords together , the wire just can't handle the distance and It ultimately affects your circular saw or whatever it is you're trying to use. I learned this the hard way on a $700 Pond de-icer years ago which is why I'm leaving this review. Had I known that the gauge of the cord would protect the electric motor I never would have bought " heavy duty" 12 gauge extension cords. Not spending $100 for the correct cord cost me $700 in equipment and then I had to buy the court anyway and a new deicer. Bottom line This is an excellent outdoor extension cord and it does exactly what the seller advertises. What they don't get into is why you need it and not everyone shopping on Amazon knows exactly what they're looking for. That's why we rely on reviews. Good luck