Making your own(or buying from cable makers here) does allow a lower profile and acces to releases and any clocking position you want. BUT you cannot change it once it's done.
and shielding (since most who do stubbies remove a lot of the RFI shielding to reduce the profile). Not an issue the majority of the time (I can't recall any incidents in the 2 or 3 years I've used stubbies), but something to keep in mind if you're recording in those sorts of environments.