Pedaltrain Novo 18 Pedalboard / PT-N18-TC (with tour case)

After some research, I chose the Pedalboard Novo 32 with a soft case on which to build a fairly large pedal board with 10-12 pedals.

The aluminum construction of the frame is decent, and well made and painted matte black. Fairly light too, although feels plenty solid enough. The pack comes with two rolls of velcro like 'hook and loop' material - one fuzzy and one burry - as well as some black plastic cable ties. All good, although 3M Duraloc would be even better than the Pedaltrain own brand velcro. The velcro works okay at keeping the pedals on the board most of the time (even in transport) but for rubber backed pedals like the Boss footswitches it's not very effective in the longer run as the velcro peels off the rubber easily.

I chose the soft case configuration because I worked out that the more expensive hard touring case would be very, very heavy. The soft case is okay quality, with no external pockets for cables etc. (If you want that, you have to buy the premium soft case, which doesn't look worth the money, to my mind). Unless you're putting your pedal board in the hold on planes or intensively touring, the cheaper soft case option should be adequate: despite a lack of much padding there's some rigidity in the top and bottom of the case. The best feature is the large, heavy duty zip that runs around the rim of the soft case. Be aware that to actually use the pedal board you'll probably want to lift it out of the soft case each time.

The one thing I found irksome about the board was the lack of any pre-drilled holes for power supplies in the aluminum frame underside. I'm using a Strymon Zuma power supply with a mounting kit specifically for use with Pedaltrain boards, so was surprised at this - and that neither Pedaltrain nor Strymon clearly impart this information on their website descriptions. So, if you want to mount whichever power supply you have beneath the board, bear in mind that you will have to drill your own holes. Ideally with a vertical drill press, which in my case worked well with no problems. Otherwise, you can use the velco 'hook and loop' to mount the power supply. But for larger, heavier power supplies that may not be a durable solution.