Amazon Basics Pedals - Smart, or Stupid?

[Woody Sound]

I needed to put together a small pedal board for an upcoming production of "Footloose," and I wanted a cheap little mini compressor to fit in. So I ordered the Amazon Basics version. Well I failed to notice in the picture that the jacks placements are reversed from the pretty much industry standard for minipedals. In toward the top, out toward the bottom. This allows you to nest them tightly together. With Amazon's config, you can't do that. So I replaced it with an equally affordable PogoLab, which has the standard jack config. AFAICT, the Amazons are simple rebranded KOKCOs, which have the same backwards config. See below.

[nyc chaz]

You could have gone with Behringer, not much more in price but Behringer has the same circuits as Boss only in a plastic housing instead of metal and sounds quite good.

[Woody Sound]

You could have gone with Behringer, not much more in price but Behringer has the same circuits as Boss only in a plastic housing instead of metal and sounds quite good.

But I needed the mini format because that was all the space I had left. My point was, Amzn put their jacks upside down.

[Spook410]

Haven't tried Amazon Basic yet. My experience with cheap pedals has been mixed. Joyo American has been solid for years and has been one of the best pedal investments ever. Joyo Cab Modeler ($150 on sale) had the DI output fail after 3 months. Though I still use it via the 1/4" out because even with durability issues, it does far more than anything short of high end modelers and sounds great.
And another vote for Beringer. Had pretty good luck with them.

If I had professional music responsibilities, I think I would stick to name brands though I recognize that's a generic answer to a more complex question.

[omphalopsychos]

Can you open it up and switch the jacks?

[Litterick]

Apparently, it is a rebranded NUX Mini Core, at a bargain price. And it is analogue.

[Woody Sound]

This brings up a related question. How do you get the Velcro (or Dual-Lock, or whatever you use) to stick to rubber bottomed pedals?

[Spook410]

This brings up a related question. How do you get the Velcro (or Dual-Lock, or whatever you use) to stick to rubber bottomed pedals?

You can peel the rubber off though if a pedal is more pricey, probably not.

[sgosnell]

I've just put it on the rubber, and it sticks.

[Jimmy blue note]

I got a looper and a compressor because I needed something cheap while my working effects were lost in transit. These little boxes are the same boxes that have gone under different names, same guts inside. Once they design a chip and stamp them out in huge quantities, it takes no cost at all to make these with different names stamped on them, so they may have been sold more expensive at some point.
I really liked the ones I got. They sounded good and are built decently.
Here's somebody's review: