Pedal Pad MPS XL II Tour Series Powered Pedalboard

Buy the board, toss the power supply.Features:Two tiered design with storage.Quality:Great design, poor execution.This is my second experience with this porduct after taking a 6 year hiatus. I'll never buy an MPS product again. I have a show tomorrow night and as I write this, I realize how foolish I was. These boards come with DEFECTIVE POWER SUPPLIES. They are loud and poorly filtered power bricks that buzz loudly. My Pedalpad did it back in 2006 and this one does it, as well. I thought 6 years would be enough time to straighten this out, but apparently not.Back then, I called the owner of the comapny and he told me to solder a capacitor across two terminals on the power supply board to fix the issue and it made no difference. I really wanted to like this board because I like the two tier design, but the issues are not sorted out and now there are new issues - the aluminum plates have sharp edges and will cut you and your expensive patch cables.Value:If you want a two-tiered board, this is your only hope. The ONLY reason why I moved away from Pedal train was because I was tired of having my power supply and wires exposed to the elements by hanging off the bottom of thier skeleton frame board.Overall:For reference, I have a new Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce II with a very silent and transparent FX loop. As soon as this MPS board started buzzing, I disconnected all power cables, and plugged in my old board's Vodoo Lab's power supply and it was back to being silent again.I should've tested the power supply before I mounted everything. I knew better and this is the price I pay.CAVEAT EMPTOR!

I have used this for over 2 years and it is by far the best board out there. The power supply works great, no hum or buzz even at high gain, the patch pad works fine however for my setup it really isn't utilized. The reason I would prefer this setup to any other is that after placing all of your pedals and all cables are completely invisible.The best part though is the latching top. I have easily $5000 worth of pedals and after latching the pedal pad I lock it with a pad lock. It weighs about 50 pounds preventing anyone from trying to run off with it after a show.