Off camera shoe cord recommendations sought

Any good recommendations for a cable to connect a canon 1d (iii) to a 580ex flash?
Some of the reviews below complain about breakage:
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000OEP3F4/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_2?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showV iewpoints=0&pageNumber=2&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

I used a similar Canon speedlight cable with my EOS 620 and 420EZ flash. Never had an ounce of problem.
Sounds like Canons CC has slipped over the years. I bought the adapter in 82, and used it regularly through multiple weddings, etc (bracket mounted) up until a couple years ago when I switched to digital.
For curiosity sake, I just pulled it out of my retired camera bag for a quick look-over and the cord and adapter ends are still in excellent condition, save for a few scoff marks here and there...

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Any "Off Camera" OC-E? cord will do the job. They allow exactly the same function as mounting the flash directly in the camera's hot shoe. I use OC-E2 and OC-E3 interchangeably.
The only significant difference between OC-E2 and OC-E3 is the way the end locks onto the shoe... the E2 uses a "dial" type fixing mechanism you tighten, while the E3 uses a lever mechanism. The E3 was redesigned to be more water/dust resistant, at the same time as the 580EX, 430EX and some other flashes were intro'd with a similar mounting foot.
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