I ordered this for a project that will be left outside year round. Since this cable is stainless steel, it should help greatly with corrosion. As you know, the rustier cable gets, the less working load you have and end up with a failure. The working load strength is much higher than that what my local hardware store has. This cable is rated at 1320 and the galvanized at the store is recommended at 400. That's a big difference when better quality is just a little more. Happy with this item.