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Behringer pb anyone?

Looking at powered pedal boards with hard shells. I have a SKB but it's just kind of in a duffle and I don't like it, it collects hair and crap off the ground and it took about 2 weeks to have a pedal get busted in it. Just wondering if anyone has ever messed with em? Was looking at a boss but these are considerably cheaper
 
Boss pedal boards have really nasty hinges, and most owners end up wrapping a bungee cord around it to keep it closed pretty quickly.
Pedaltrain, and variations, in a flight case will hold up for years, but are heavy.
 
I have a PB600 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago, and so far I like it. It was cheap (under $90 on sale) and it works well. The only issue I had was a ground loop hum with my Audio Technica System 10 wireless; I took care of it with a separate power supply for it only. Picture below.

As Paulabass indicated, the latches are somewhat cheap; they probably won't stand up to real abuse.

One item of interest, I made the board battery powered with 2 USB-style 5v 10000 mAh batteries, 2 5v to 9v converter and a couple of reverse polarity adapters. So at this point I only have 1 cable attached to the board and that is the output cable to my amp. (Links to parts on Amazon below). Total cost for battery conversion (a little expensive considering the cost of the board itself...): $68.94

I've played for about 4 hrs on the initial battery charge, and the wireless is at about 50% power and the rest of the board is somewhere around 60%.

Battery pack (x2):https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTYAKAF/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
5v to 9 V converter (x2): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ID90E3C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Reverse Polarity adapter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016XFCVSY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Rapid Charger for battery packs: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J5OW39C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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