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Extremely good for it's price
I have used this for a few years. Never had any problems, never buzzing, never hissing. The size is quite nice.
The build-quality is really good. The power-chord does not feel cheap. The metal-casing makes it really durable and strong. Nice rubber-feet at the bottom. Enough wires included: 5 x 60 cm / 5x 30 cm / 1 x Y / 1x daisy chain. Really sturdy and a quality product.
If you want this product with the same quality, reliability and features, but a different brand.. I bet its not possible under 80-90 euro.
The PowerPlant Junior seems to be a copy of the T-Rex Fuel Tank Junior, so that could be an option. (available at thomann) from what i read, the other power-supplies under 85 euro have less quality and more problems. (Don't buy Mooer or palmer... )
Really, with this build-quality and for this money, no body should complain about anything, it's perfect for the money but i wanted to be honest about that annoyed me a tiny bit:
When using this on a small pedalboard, the only small downside to this power-supply is the placement of the power-chord input. Many more expensive power-supplies from other brands have this problem too. I want to make people aware of it; design your pedalboard first on paper (or in your head) and figure where you want the power-supply to be. (if you don't care about looks, durability and usage; then this is not a problem for you, i know many people don't care.. haha. i though, want to have everything look tight/nice and wired and placed in a really efficient way)
The power-chord placement be solved by turning the powerplant 180 degrees, but then the 9v outputs could be facing towards the 'audience'. This makes it harder to change 9v outputs and a it's tiny bit less appealing/attractive on your pedalboard. Another option is to have the power-chord input facing you, but with smaller pedalboards this could result in bending the power-chord too much, this could result in internal power-chord-wire damage. (you don't want that when preforming on a stage)
Right now i am using a really small pedalboard with a TrueTone-1-Spot adapter because this saves me room on my house-made custom tiny pedal board. (space for 2-3 pedals) and also no noise what so ever.
If you get annoyed by the power-chord input placement, you should consider buying the Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-5 Pro. This power-supply has a block with 9v inputs and connects to an Adapter. The adapter input is placed at the same face as the 9v inputs and the adapter-chord is not a struggle to run in/over your pedal board. Besides that, the Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-5 Pro also looks beautiful with that brushed metal look.
The only reason i give this product 4 stars, is to make a point about designing your pedalboard first and after that buying the power-supply.
Conclusion: Harley Benton makes really good products and they all have their own purpose :-) design your pedalboard on paper / scratch first and decide what product works best for your pedalboard / usage. :-)
The build-quality is really good. The power-chord does not feel cheap. The metal-casing makes it really durable and strong. Nice rubber-feet at the bottom. Enough wires included: 5 x 60 cm / 5x 30 cm / 1 x Y / 1x daisy chain. Really sturdy and a quality product.
If you want this product with the same quality, reliability and features, but a different brand.. I bet its not possible under 80-90 euro.
The PowerPlant Junior seems to be a copy of the T-Rex Fuel Tank Junior, so that could be an option. (available at thomann) from what i read, the other power-supplies under 85 euro have less quality and more problems. (Don't buy Mooer or palmer... )
Really, with this build-quality and for this money, no body should complain about anything, it's perfect for the money but i wanted to be honest about that annoyed me a tiny bit:
When using this on a small pedalboard, the only small downside to this power-supply is the placement of the power-chord input. Many more expensive power-supplies from other brands have this problem too. I want to make people aware of it; design your pedalboard first on paper (or in your head) and figure where you want the power-supply to be. (if you don't care about looks, durability and usage; then this is not a problem for you, i know many people don't care.. haha. i though, want to have everything look tight/nice and wired and placed in a really efficient way)
The power-chord placement be solved by turning the powerplant 180 degrees, but then the 9v outputs could be facing towards the 'audience'. This makes it harder to change 9v outputs and a it's tiny bit less appealing/attractive on your pedalboard. Another option is to have the power-chord input facing you, but with smaller pedalboards this could result in bending the power-chord too much, this could result in internal power-chord-wire damage. (you don't want that when preforming on a stage)
Right now i am using a really small pedalboard with a TrueTone-1-Spot adapter because this saves me room on my house-made custom tiny pedal board. (space for 2-3 pedals) and also no noise what so ever.
If you get annoyed by the power-chord input placement, you should consider buying the Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-5 Pro. This power-supply has a block with 9v inputs and connects to an Adapter. The adapter input is placed at the same face as the 9v inputs and the adapter-chord is not a struggle to run in/over your pedal board. Besides that, the Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-5 Pro also looks beautiful with that brushed metal look.
The only reason i give this product 4 stars, is to make a point about designing your pedalboard first and after that buying the power-supply.
Conclusion: Harley Benton makes really good products and they all have their own purpose :-) design your pedalboard on paper / scratch first and decide what product works best for your pedalboard / usage. :-)
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Works hard for the money
- it's a compact, rugged unit for compact setups
- works well & reliably
- good bang for the buck.
- not noisy (but see below)
I wanted to add my experience regarding noise issues that others have commented on. A few weeks ago I noticed a 50 or 100Hz hum coming out of my board. I isolated it to one pedal - a digital delay. So I disconnected the supply and powered the pedal from an external 9v monoblock battery.
Did the noise go away? heck no! The pedal went crazy booting on and off and giving out truly awful and loud digital sounds. So one might assume that the pedal was broken (some reviews of the pedal that I read afterwards indicated similar problems). The battery was putting out 9.03 volts unloaded. Not sure what it was when the pedal loaded it (assumed pedal consumption is 200 mA). However I changed the battery for a fresh one (9.3 volts?), and hey presto - all working fine again; no noises and no hum. So the pedal's not broken but it does seem to be very sensitive to supply voltage.
So I repower the pedal from the Power Plant Junior - there's that hum again. Now I change the output port that I'm using on the supply. There's one port where there's no hum, for 10 seconds. Repeatedly. So not all the outputs are created equal? And then I find one where there is no hum at all. Ever. Bingo - the pedal's not broken and nor is the supply. By the way all other pedals that I'm powering from the supply exhibit NO noise problems at all, hum or otherwise.
- So what are the take aways from all this?
I think that before accusing the Power Plant Junior of being noisy do some checks with port swapping. It may just be the combination of one output port and a voltage sensitive pedal (that also draws a fair bit of current) that is the problem. It may be that I have suffered from some degradation of the supply, or my delay pedal, with time but it also may not be.
So there we have it. Still a fine supply. If I need more ports in the future I'll go with the Gator 8. But until then count me happy.
- works well & reliably
- good bang for the buck.
- not noisy (but see below)
I wanted to add my experience regarding noise issues that others have commented on. A few weeks ago I noticed a 50 or 100Hz hum coming out of my board. I isolated it to one pedal - a digital delay. So I disconnected the supply and powered the pedal from an external 9v monoblock battery.
Did the noise go away? heck no! The pedal went crazy booting on and off and giving out truly awful and loud digital sounds. So one might assume that the pedal was broken (some reviews of the pedal that I read afterwards indicated similar problems). The battery was putting out 9.03 volts unloaded. Not sure what it was when the pedal loaded it (assumed pedal consumption is 200 mA). However I changed the battery for a fresh one (9.3 volts?), and hey presto - all working fine again; no noises and no hum. So the pedal's not broken but it does seem to be very sensitive to supply voltage.
So I repower the pedal from the Power Plant Junior - there's that hum again. Now I change the output port that I'm using on the supply. There's one port where there's no hum, for 10 seconds. Repeatedly. So not all the outputs are created equal? And then I find one where there is no hum at all. Ever. Bingo - the pedal's not broken and nor is the supply. By the way all other pedals that I'm powering from the supply exhibit NO noise problems at all, hum or otherwise.
- So what are the take aways from all this?
I think that before accusing the Power Plant Junior of being noisy do some checks with port swapping. It may just be the combination of one output port and a voltage sensitive pedal (that also draws a fair bit of current) that is the problem. It may be that I have suffered from some degradation of the supply, or my delay pedal, with time but it also may not be.
So there we have it. Still a fine supply. If I need more ports in the future I'll go with the Gator 8. But until then count me happy.
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Does the job
Difficult to be picky for something that cheap but here are some important points (at least for me)
The product is sold in a nice pro-like packaging and feels sturdy. You may not think of it as important but at least it doesn't look nor feel cheap. You will not be ashamed to offer it and you will not be look at like a cheap-ass when installing it on your pedal board.
It does the job but has limitations. I run a multi instrumental pedal board (guitar/bass) including two Zoom multi-effects. Well don't try to use the parallel cable to jack them into a single power slot cos you won't get enough juice to power them both. So basic line, 1 pedal per slot? I guess some should work but better assume that you got no more than 5 slots available.
The product is sold in a nice pro-like packaging and feels sturdy. You may not think of it as important but at least it doesn't look nor feel cheap. You will not be ashamed to offer it and you will not be look at like a cheap-ass when installing it on your pedal board.
It does the job but has limitations. I run a multi instrumental pedal board (guitar/bass) including two Zoom multi-effects. Well don't try to use the parallel cable to jack them into a single power slot cos you won't get enough juice to power them both. So basic line, 1 pedal per slot? I guess some should work but better assume that you got no more than 5 slots available.
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Just what I needed
This little power supply features five 9v outputs for effect pedals, which is about enough for home practice if you, like me, get your tone mostly from the amplifier. This leaves enough room for something like a tuner, a boost or tubescreamer and 3 modulation pedals. The outputs are isolated so there's very little (if any) electrical interference.
The unit is very compact but satisfyingly heavy for its size and seems very well built. It also doesn't get too hot, even after a couple hours of use.
I would definitely recommend this power supply for rehearsing and playing at home, or even performing live if you use no more than 5 pedals (like many metal guitarists do!). I think this is possibly the *only* reliable, isolated power supply at this price range.
Edit: Just wanted to add this unit is more versatile than one might think. Using the daisychain connector it can power up to 5 pedals from a single output if together they don't exceed 120 mA, which happens to be just enough for a tuner, wah, tubescreamer, big muff and analog delay. Digital pedals use more power and are on separate outputs. I'm powering 7 pedals and still have a couple outputs available. Again, great little isolated PSU for a small home/practice setup.
The unit is very compact but satisfyingly heavy for its size and seems very well built. It also doesn't get too hot, even after a couple hours of use.
I would definitely recommend this power supply for rehearsing and playing at home, or even performing live if you use no more than 5 pedals (like many metal guitarists do!). I think this is possibly the *only* reliable, isolated power supply at this price range.
Edit: Just wanted to add this unit is more versatile than one might think. Using the daisychain connector it can power up to 5 pedals from a single output if together they don't exceed 120 mA, which happens to be just enough for a tuner, wah, tubescreamer, big muff and analog delay. Digital pedals use more power and are on separate outputs. I'm powering 7 pedals and still have a couple outputs available. Again, great little isolated PSU for a small home/practice setup.
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You should probably invest an extra €10.
While this is a perfectly good power supply, you're definitely going to be better off buying the non-junior version. It just has more possibilities than this one.
If, however, you're fine with, say, 3 pedals and one that requires a bit more juice, this is a very good price/quality deal.
PROS:
- Excellent power stability
- Sturdy power cable
- Lots of included cables
- Solid build quality
CONS:
- Power cable's a bit short
- Only five ports, and all of them at 120 mA
All in all though, if you don't plan on having a huge pedalboard this supply will do the job just fine.
If, however, you're fine with, say, 3 pedals and one that requires a bit more juice, this is a very good price/quality deal.
PROS:
- Excellent power stability
- Sturdy power cable
- Lots of included cables
- Solid build quality
CONS:
- Power cable's a bit short
- Only five ports, and all of them at 120 mA
All in all though, if you don't plan on having a huge pedalboard this supply will do the job just fine.
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Solide et indispensable.
Un transfo pour 5 pédales 9 volts DC... Que dire d'autre? Le plus aurait été de pouvoir monter jusqu'à 12 volt ou de sortir en format Alternatif. En même temps pour ce prix là on ne peut pas se tromper. Il y a des achats que l'on regrette assez rapidement , celui-là clairement pas ! Solide et indispensable, vous pouvez mettre vos vieux transfos emmêlés dans un tiroir au cas où... Je l'ai maintenant depuis quelques années et il ne bouge pas (même s'il chauffe parfois)
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Juste ce qu'il faut
Fait le taf.
Juste ce qu'il faut.
évidemment il ya mieux ... mais pour le prix !
Juste ce qu'il faut.
évidemment il ya mieux ... mais pour le prix !
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Good to Start
This was my first power supply and starter for ten. I have just upgraded to a PowerPlant ISO with 8 outputs.
This powerplant is a bit noisy and struggles for juice with some pedals. Low number of outputs is ok to start but my board has now outgrown them..... reminds me, I need a new board!
This powerplant is a bit noisy and struggles for juice with some pedals. Low number of outputs is ok to start but my board has now outgrown them..... reminds me, I need a new board!
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great for the price
had 5 pedals hooked and it worked great, no problems with hum or heating the device, only problem is power cord is attached to the unit itself
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Does the job!
It's very cheap but much better than the powerplant big version. The outputs are isolated. I'm not so experienced really, but there is some noise when using all 5 slots at once, maybe that's normal. I would recommend this for a smaller pedalboard and if you are testing stuff out and not really sure on what to buy. The more expensive power supplies could be better, but I'm not too sure. Overall, great purchase!
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