Josh, I can tell ya this, it' s not going to get any better. Is it something to worry about, probably not something to loose sleep over, but eventually, you will have to replace it because of that. I' ve had to replace cables on my MQ1 every year, so, I' m now looking forwad to cutting that in half. I beleive my cable cost me about $35 this summer, so I' m hoping that this stuff will save me $35 a year. That' s not much, but it is a tank of gas to get me out hunting and back a time or two