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Unreliable...
Purchased in the hope it would be able to power my compact bass pedal board with 7 pedals. I wanted one with a 12V DC output to power the LEDs under my board.
The problem was, more often than not, the fuse kept blowing on power up... It's a horrible feeling at a gig flicking the switch and hoping it works...
As soon as I could afford it I upgraded to the T-rex Fuel tank classic and it was well worth the money!
Don't know whether it was a fault with this particular power supply but based on my experience I would not recommend this product if you need reliability.
The problem was, more often than not, the fuse kept blowing on power up... It's a horrible feeling at a gig flicking the switch and hoping it works...
As soon as I could afford it I upgraded to the T-rex Fuel tank classic and it was well worth the money!
Don't know whether it was a fault with this particular power supply but based on my experience I would not recommend this product if you need reliability.
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Good while it works
I had one of these as my main power supply for a little over 1 year. One day it blew up on me. Just when I needed it most... So I bought a T-Rex as a replacement which has been serving me for the last 3 years. Given the T-Rex was 3 times the price it is already turning out to be cheaper than the Harley Benton.
Both introduce little noise (to my ears).
That's the only reason I can't recomend this item.
Both introduce little noise (to my ears).
That's the only reason I can't recomend this item.
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Noisey
Very well built but unfortunately causes a lot of static noise when powering multiple pedals or in my case a single, high powered pedal. This isnt much of a problem on the clean channel but when you use any level of gain or distortion the noise becomes very loud.
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K
Low priced low quality
this is a very cheap solution. Noisy and not convenient. Can't handle too many pedals. This is only for bedroom use. I wouldn't recommend for use in the studio or clubs
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p
lots of noise and eventually death
this lasted me a year until i felt like i had to upgrade, the noise it caused was unpredicatable and overwheming at times. tried to use it late on for a keyboard but it had just died, went to get it fixed the repair guy said itd be cheaper getting a new one.
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J
Not great, but cheap.
I bought this originally in 2014. It worked fine for about 2 years. It barely functions now without me being worried for the health of my pedals or it making weird humm and other noises. I'm surprised this is still being sold.
The build quality on the outside is good enough for gigging in my opinion, however I never brought this out for a gig or anything due to it's unreliability in giving clean-ish sound. Gig don't need perfect sound, but obvious loud hums and buzzes are serious issues even for gigs. With unreliable power that is common with venues, I know I would've regretted it if I had brought this out to a gig.
Sometimes I can power 5 pedals without issue, sometimes it's only 2 and sometimes it starts having issues with just 1 pedal attached. All my pedals are very basic non-demanding 9-volt pedals, overdrives and such, they aren't overloading the supply. The pedals work fine on other supplies.
Early on I thought a hum destroyer would help, and because this power supply is a bit random, it did for a bit, and then it didn't, because the supply functions randomly, and the problem was never the lack of a hum destroyer.
Conclusion:
This will power many pedals and it does it cheap, but the chances that you get something that wont work properly after two years and will slowly get worse are higher with this than other Harley benton power supplies. Please just save up a bit for the ISO ones, those are better as well as the powerplant junior. I have multiple powerplant juniors and those work perfectly even today, despite being bought at around the same time as this one.
The build quality on the outside is good enough for gigging in my opinion, however I never brought this out for a gig or anything due to it's unreliability in giving clean-ish sound. Gig don't need perfect sound, but obvious loud hums and buzzes are serious issues even for gigs. With unreliable power that is common with venues, I know I would've regretted it if I had brought this out to a gig.
Sometimes I can power 5 pedals without issue, sometimes it's only 2 and sometimes it starts having issues with just 1 pedal attached. All my pedals are very basic non-demanding 9-volt pedals, overdrives and such, they aren't overloading the supply. The pedals work fine on other supplies.
Early on I thought a hum destroyer would help, and because this power supply is a bit random, it did for a bit, and then it didn't, because the supply functions randomly, and the problem was never the lack of a hum destroyer.
Conclusion:
This will power many pedals and it does it cheap, but the chances that you get something that wont work properly after two years and will slowly get worse are higher with this than other Harley benton power supplies. Please just save up a bit for the ISO ones, those are better as well as the powerplant junior. I have multiple powerplant juniors and those work perfectly even today, despite being bought at around the same time as this one.
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LL
Disappointing
This unit didn't work well for me after a while. It made my pedals quite noisy.
I should have returned it, but it got forgotten when I stopped playing in bands for a few years.
I should have returned it, but it got forgotten when I stopped playing in bands for a few years.
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Ground issues
Sounds like tuning in an old medium wave radio. Worth spending money on a decent one.
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MN
Too noisy for me
Power plant provides a good range of pedal outputs but my unit is quite noisey and hums. Also made some extra noise for my strat.
Onstage I'm guessing it would be ok.But it is cheap.
Onstage I'm guessing it would be ok.But it is cheap.
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Mv
Complete power supply but noisy
This is not a usable device in a professional situation, there is a hum you can?t get rid of.
The financially compareable Gator is funny enough pretty silent and smaller.
But better go for the Ciocks or other more expensive brands, good power supply make your fx sound better and more silent.
The financially compareable Gator is funny enough pretty silent and smaller.
But better go for the Ciocks or other more expensive brands, good power supply make your fx sound better and more silent.
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