I just ordered these from GC and strung them on my Bassmods KM5 bass. I never used Elixirs and wanted to try them. However, my ears are biased for stainless steel strings...I've been using stainless steels forever. These literally have no play time, other than about 5 minutes of checking out their sound on my bass. My bass is a 34" scale. Price includes PayPal and shipping fees. From doing reviews on Elixirs, these should last 2-3 times longer than a non coated set of strings. Thanks for looking!