1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Flare Dancer (Jenna) (flaredancer) http://www.rainbowdash.net/flaredancer http://rainbowdash.net/notice/2376501 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/1948" class="url" title="Cerulean Spark"><span class="fn nickname">ceruleanspark</span></a></span> Awesome. About a year is usually how long mine last. I don't think I'm too rough with them. I generally curl them up as gently as I can and they've got their own pocket in my purse and sit along side my iPod (not under it). These ones just frayed at the base and now I get no sound in my right ear.