Electro Harmonix Battalion

Great pedal. Allows for quite a lot of tone-shaping. It's a 5/5 pedal in terms of price-performance ratio. Here's what stands out:

+ Good DI with a separate volume knob, ground lift and bypass option for the DI signal (all on the side).
+ Good 4-band EQ.
+ A nice distortion unit, goes from subtle growl to an almost opaque fuzz. Can replicate the sound of most distorted bass songs one can cover.
- Noise gate sucks. It's only good enough to gate noise between songs, not during.
- Compressor is alright for amateurs or those not fussy about the exact sonic palette. Not for perfectionists.

Longevity?* Works great after half a year of use. I'd recommend it to a good friend.

*EDIT: After a year of infrequent (once a week) use, the DI-out port stopped working and the footswitches were not reliable. Sent it back for repair, got a replacement, that died a week into use. I hate this product now.