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(More customer reviews)Electrical sockets for plugs are mounted in a fairly stupid way. One might expect that this item was built for rack or panel mounting, but it appears to be designed for use while laying on a desk. If you look at Amazon's photo of the item and consider that it is basically a rectangle, the sockets are on the top surface of the rectangle - not on the rear surface parallel to the front. I say that it is "basically a rectangle" because it isn't really - the front surface with the switches on it is actually tilted slightly, with the top surface being higher than the lower one. Again, this would tilt the controls towards the user were the unit laying on a desk. That's well and good, but I have too much junk on my desk already. The mounting holes in the bezel seem more cosmetic than functional.
As for the quality of the item itself, it isn't terrific. The switches aren't mounted straight. The front bezel is made out of fairly small-gauge sheetmetal, and on mine it is actually bent (probably from shipping, there wasn't much padding in the box). But it's $15, so it's not like I was expecting anything terrific.
This is a pretty nice item for the money, but it's not correct for my application. I suspect that goes for a lot of other customers who order it expecting a scaled-down version of American DJ's eight-switch unit. Amazon ought to improve the description or provide pictures showing just how this item is different. It's okay if you want something that sits on a desk, but I don't, and I'll probably be exchanging it for the eight-switch model.
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