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Iron Ether Appreciation Society

I have one also, and it's nice. One caveat is that you have to drill holes in a Pedaltrain Metro or Nano to put it underneath (or modify the feet, etc.), which I understand that you don't have to do with some of the Cioks supplies using their Grip accessory.
I forgot to sort out my power brick when I was velcroing my pedal board so didn't really want to drill after I'd done that. I tried velcroing it underneath the board but it kept falling off! In the end I tied it on with zip ties which works fine. But yeah, if I ever redo my board I'll probably drill/screw it into place.
 
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I run 4 DC7s, two 4s and a ciokolate - only thing I'd replace CIOKS with would probably be yankee, they don't use RCA as well if that's a problem. I've never had a problem with my cioks though, the DC7/8/4 series is probably the best and easiest to work with.
I'm not quite at your level, but I do have 2 DC7s, 2 8s, and a Crux. I used to have a Yankee. It was powerful, but got so hot it would melt the adhesive on my Velcro if left powered on for too long.
 
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+10 for CIOKS. I used to use Strymon Zumas (and they are lovely) but I had more 12v/18v pedals than running two Zumas could handle, as well as a couple of mA-hungry pedals. I switched to CIOKS and I find them super flexible. For the extremely power-hungry pedals like an HX Stomp, I use the CIOKS Crux linked through a DC7. Great low profile too.
 
I have a voodoo lab pedal power2, a truetone, a Dunlop, a Cioks 7, 8, and a couple 4s, and one power supply I had custom built years ago when there weren’t as many options available as there are today.

the Cioks 7 wins hands down for flexibility (and size!)

the rca style cables were a bit of a hassle when I first got one since I was already so invested in the barrel style cables but I got over it pretty quickly.
 
i am running mostly cioks on all 7 boards. 4 DC7s,2 DC8 expanders, 1DC5, 1cioks schizophrenia (it has a DC output that can power my mains as well) 1 crux in the way and 1 trutoneCS6 and also cioks grips for mounting. i like the versatility of cioks power supply and the slim profile makes mounting under has been easy with no modifications on any of the boards. those are the two reasons why for me cioks is on the top of the list.
 
Seems like Cioks it is! Probably going to go with the DC7 and 8 Super Power bundle. That ought to hold me over for a while. Currently only have 4 IE pedals, 4 MXRs (from dipping my toes into the pedal world), Strobostomp, and Trio+ for practice. That should give me some room to grow. I’d like to build a bougie fancy wood board at some point. I’ll have to find the time and stop working so much first. :/ Thanks everyone!
 
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