V-Tone Bass BDI21 : Not sure if it's a keeper

I wanted to experiment with a bit of sansamp-ish sound. But just for the try I wasn't into paying >200 euros, so I went for the clone of it, the Behinger BDI21. If you look it up, a lot of people will tell you the BDI is not the very same, but is close to it.

Honestly, I haven't found my tone in it yet. Maybe the whole principle does not work for me. First I discovered that the manual in the box was for the guitar version and not the bass version, so all advise and default settings were un-usable.

If active, this little box scoops the heck out of your tone. That seems to be the biggest difference to the original. There's a video on YT that explains a mi-boost patch to fill the scooped mid-range again.

the knobs are stiff to turn, so no risk of accidental changes here.

I would not want to use this box on a world tour since the enclosure seems not to be very stable.

I have not yet decided whether I keep it or not. It is in my effect rack, but bypassed most of the time. But I still experiment with it.

For the price, you cannot go wrong. It is a DI box, so even for this purpose I'd keep it.