I've been looking for all kinds of distortions for a long time. I tried quite a few, my board always changed. My difficulty came from the fact that I work in all kinds of genres, and I needed something that could be used in all situations. After much research, two candidates remained, and I chose the BE-OD Deluxe. I really didn't regret it! The two channels serve the needs very well, from slightly overdriven sounds turned back with the volume pot, from hard rock shredding to metal riffs. It reacts sensitively to the dynamics of plucking, it is easy to work with. I like the Tight switch, because you can control the bottom of the sound with it. The Presence pot is strangely small, but I set it up once and haven't touched it since. I especially like the option to adjust the center for each channel, which is why there is a red dot. I used it with 18 volts from the beginning, so it sounds very full. Its switches are noiseless and seem stable. in terms of size, it is larger than an average pedal, but I replaced it with two separate pedals (one overdrive and one distortion), both of which do their job perfectly, and the two channels have the same character, only the gain settings are different, so none of them "hangs out" from the band. Even with high distortion, it is fairly quiet, and its sound is clear and understandable. With the strength of the strumming, even with high gain, it is possible to control, for example, how separate the notes of a chord sound. If I really had to try to write something negative about it, maybe I would criticize the very prominent controllers, I'm a little afraid on stage, lest I kick them. In addition, the price is not small, but as much as I have already spent on various distortion pedals, I dare say that I should have bought this one in the first place, and I would be in the same place financially. :)