Donner Power Supply Review 

Thank you! Yes, I’ve never booed a band because their power supplies were off brand. A lot of elitism with gear these days. Guys in $250,000 studios giving advice to “amateurs”. I’ll take my 40$ supply and my $30 Klone all day.

@@colinlamb AMEN!! Nothing wrong with budget pedals. I heard someone say once,"If it sounds good, it is good!" The only "Name Brand" pedal on my entire board is an old DOD Ice Box chorus that I bought way back in the late 90's. Everything else is a budget version of something more expensive.

@@colinlamb which klone are you running?

@@TheTacticalButterknife hahahah. its the $30 mosky golden horse. I really like it. Good creamy overdrive

Rip Chuck. He was great. Check out my pinned comment here for the updated video I did. I've had this for over a year now with no issues. Thanks for watching. take care

@@colinlamb I just watched it haha. Cheers from Ottawa and stay safe.

You are welcome. Take good care.

No problem. There can be many things that cause that. However, I have a boost, a Klon clone, a high gain distortion and a fuzz pedal on my board and there is no hiss. Sometimes pedal order plays into that as well but I am using a daisy chain on my mini board and I noticed some signal noises there. When I used the boss tuner pedal instead it helped. For $40 this thing is well worth it.

Daisy chains are known culprits. I will say that pedal order can be important too though. The muff will cause weird noise issues in a daisy chain. I have been using this power supply for almost a year and have had zero issues. I currently have: crybaby, TC Boost, DS1, Big Muff, mini Klon clone, clone theory, TC reverb, TC Flashback in that order with no noise issues powered by the donner unit. Im using the small MXR cables and 1 longer yorkville. Make sure your amp isn;t the culprit. Thank you for watching and let me know how it goes.

Have you tried just powering the DS1 with a battery to see if its the pedal or your cables? There are a lot of things that can cause noise.

Hey, more pedals, more fun. My only advise is: if it sounds good and it’s fun to play, keep playing it.

Do you recommend it in that kind of set-up? One digital and one analog? Does it produce noise like hiss or hum because of that set-up?

I have never used a multi fx unit myself. But I’m my experience hissing or crackling is usually a cable or grounding issue. I would make sure all your connections are good. Are you using the donner power supply?

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Hey, thank you for your comment. My understanding is that the DP 2 in Donners words is an "Updated version of DP-1, high current, better exert your effect pedal." The DP 3 looks like it has a much sturdier construction and they say it has "high quality loops" of wiring- LOL. My main concern was being able to attach it under my pedal board and not on the top. I used 2 sided tape to stick it up under the board and it worked great. I did not want to pay $200 plus for a name brand unit (that had fewer outputs in many cases) and I liked the reviews for this so I gave it a whirl. To date I have used it at 40+ jams, countless times at home and at several gigs. I have had no issues or problems and my board is quiet as a whisper. I highly recommend this unit. As long as the DP 2 and 3 don't have larger bodies and would fit under my board I would imagine they are great too. I would check out some of the reviews on amazon for first hand accounts. If you have found this helpful please check out my channel and subscribe if you would like. Take care, T WIZ from Canada!

Been using it since this videos. I have 8 pedals 3 of which are gain. I plug it into an extension that is grounded. No problems. No noise gate.

@@colinlamb Extension that is grounded, hmm? Do you have a video about that, first time hearing

@@Alfredo78666 Im not really making a lot of Review videos anymore. I just played the rig for about 3 hours tonight and can report no unwanted noise. I might make a short follow up video about using this 1 year in. Still very happy with the unit. A lot of people who complain about pedal noise should check all the cables and the pedals they use to make sure there aren't issues there. For the cost of this unit I am 100% satisficed. This is my personal experience.

I have 8 pedals running off of this now. Nothing has caught fire. The power supply replaces the daisy chain situation. Ive had it for over a year now with no problems

Make sure that you’re using the correct power for the pedal too. Check if the pedals need DC or AC power and the voltage so you don’t accidentally fry them

@@Isaac.Garcia666 alright thanks

Hello, yes- I can confirm that this unit is still 100% functional. Its power my wah and 7 pedals on my board. no cable noise or other noise. Make sure you use good cables and make sure your pedals are in a good order and condition. Also, make sure everything is cleanly and securely installed. I did a video on my channel about pedal board building if you would like to watch. Even if this thing died twice it would still be cheaper that "pedal power". Also, donner has good customer support and would likely replace the unit. Thanks for watching

I've used mine daily for 3 years now and it works perfectly fine just like it did out of the box

@@loonyspoons5676 My review should have been "I plugged things into it and they work."

Hahahaha. My band mates would be laughing at me for that one. I think I’ve been saying that for 20 years. My word sounds like a marvel villain or something. Thank you for watching! And fyi- the thing still works great 👍🏻

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Hey, I’m sorry to hear about that. I would try setting it up to run just one pedal: Plug it in Turn it on Attach 1 pedal to its proper voltage Plug patch cords into both sides of the pedal Other than that you would need to get in touch with donner. FYI, mines been good now since this video. Good luck and thank you for watching.

The OCD is a center positive pedal. Unfortunately, You can't run positive ground pedals with negative ground pedals on the Donner. The 9v section is not truely isolated. One thing you can do is get yourself a MXR DC brick power supply and run that guy off of the 18v out on the Donner. That will give you a few more power inputs and more flexibility. AND it's still cheaper than most high end power supply.

Hey, you’re whelcome. To be honest, I have not done that and that is beyond my capacity. I got this as an upgrade from a daisy chain and all the terrible issues those have. This unit has reduced all my unwanted pedal noise and my current rig has about 8 pedals on it. I was not stoked about paying more than 200$ for a power supply and took a chance. I’ve had it since this video and I’ve got no complaints.

@@colinlamb That's definitely good enough at that price 😆 I appreciate it 👍

@@els1f No problem. let me know if you ever test it out.

Absolutely. I’ve been doing 2 jams a week, playing at home and I’ve gigged with it. No problems at all.

@@colinlamb awesome. Thank you for the reply. I have been hearing complaints about noise from this particular PS but hopefully it's an isolated quality issue.

If there are issues I have not had them. I’m pretty sure Donner is pretty good with support from what I’ve heard too. I would keep in mind that this is a budget option but how much better can a power supply be if they both supply isolated power. I just could not justify 200$ for a name brand unit. Not when there are so many overdrives out there to buy instead! Thanks for watching.

For the price, its a great unit

I have had mine for over a year and I have no problems. Im using almost all the outputs with 4 stages of gain. noise problems could be about pedal sequence or cables or on your amp end? No one has paid me, i like the unit. Im actually planning a follow up video soon. Im sure donner will sort you out. Sorry about the bad deal, hope you can find what you're looking for.

It is isolated. If you got noise, it was probably a defective model. Also, RU-vid content creators in the US are required to disclose if a video was sponsored.

It was a simpler time.