Line6 Relay G10

I got this for using in the studio with un-safe equipment that I wouldn't want to plug a guitar into using a cable. I'm talking about plugging into old tube radios/tape recorders using a jack-to-banana plug cable. Or into OLD un-grounded amps. Basically anything where there's even the slightest risk of dying from being electrocuted. I'd rather fry the Relay than kill someone.

I have no complaints about the sound quality but normally I wouldn't use this in the studio. An extra AD/DA conversion even before the signal hits the amp is something I definitely would want to avoid. But for health and safety reasons I like to use it for the examples above. I do love the sound of old tube radios with guitar and they can be found for practically nothing at flea markets.

I have not experienced any noise/interference issues when using this in a studio filled with analog and digital equipment. My studio is also located inside an international sea port with lots of transmitters/radars/sonars in close vicinity and there have been no problems whatsoever with the sound.

The Relay is very easy to use, works as specified and I'm not missing any features at all.

I'm not too happy about anything involving fragile micro-usb sockets though. Surely they could have used something else for the power cable? These things are bound to break and sooner rather than later.

Build quality is as good as can be expected from a plastic product. Decent but not great. Being plastic it is of course very light so the docking station isn't particularly stable. I wouldn't keep it on top of my amp where anything pulling on the power cable could make it fall and hit the ground.

One rather annoying issue for me is that the battery drains when the unit is left in storage for a while. I don't use old tube radios on every session so whenever I need the Relay there's usually very little battery left. To avoid mid-session delays for charging I need to plan ahead when I want to use it and that can be a bit problematic because the old tube radios are usually for spur of the moment stuff when the vibe is right.

Still, I'm reasonably happy with the quality of this product and I expect most people use it differently from me and the battery issue won't matter at all. The micro-usb socket doesn't fill me with confidence for a long life on the road though...