CIOKS DC7 Pedal Power Supply, Limited Edition Red (Gear Hero HQ Exclusive)

There’s a lot of hype around this power supply, and I’m just here to support that hype. It’s so small and lightweight and versatile, I think it’s the best thing going right now.

I bought the Ernie Ball volt thinking it was going to work for me and then I realized it didnt have enough MA available. When you use strymon and Universal pedals you need a little more power. I love this unit because I can double up and maybe triple up on one input for pedals that dont need all the juice that the other pedals need. I love how small it is. It fits under the pedaltrain Metro beautifully. I used velcro but I could get one of their clamps. But so far so good. If I had to say one thing negative it would be the RCA plugs used at the unit.. but I guess those are easy enough to purchase

Awesome pedal power. Much better than my MXR and my one spot. It meets all my needs and more. Great for high MA usage pedals. Super clean with no added noise. This is the lowest profile pedal you can get. I use it with two splitters and I am able to power 9 pedals.

RCA to Barrel connector proprietary wires. The barrel connector is smaller than others and doesn’t work on all pedal connections. All of the barrel connectors are right angle. Can’t connect to my Bass wah pedal. I wish I had gone with the Strymon instead. Power isolation is good. Nice form factor and easy dip switch voltage configuration.

amazing power supply!

Installation under a pedalboard just takes a power drill and the right drill bit. Power supplied to my HX Stomp is made possible by a 3rd party cable, and is still able to run a couple of additional pedals with a few slots and a the USB port still available. Would buy another power supply from them again!

Just enough ports for me and I like having the ability to set the voltage for each port. The USB port it a bonus for my tuner that uses USB power!

Does everything you need

Ive been playing guitar for over 20 years. Ive gone through nearly every power supply known to man. Im pretty sold on Strymons Zuma and Ojai stuff, but I wanted to build a smaller 12x18 board (compared to my normal 18x32) board to reduce my footprint a bit. I also wanted to build something that I could take up to my newborns room to lull him to sleep. The Zuma was way too big to fit under the board, so I decided to give the DC7 a try. While Im not particularly fond of the RCA jacks for the power on the DC7 side, this power supply provides tons of power. You can power almost anything with it without having to worry about is this the 300mA output or the 100mA output? Compared to the Strymon stuff, its built like a tank too. Im not getting rid of my Zuma and Ojais on my big board, but the DC7 (also paired with a DC4 - it expands!) does the trick for small spaces with big power demands. Dont cheap out on a power supply - pick one of these bad boys up, stop worrying about power concerns, and get to playing.

I think this is the future of pedal power supplies. Low profile, light, quiet, isolated, all outlets switchable, not made China. More flexibility than Truetone, less costly than Styrmon. The one peculiarity is special cables with RCA plugs on one end. While this doesnt cause a problem, it doesnt solve one, either. Just be aware that you may need to buy some extra cables since the cables used by every other power supply in the universe will not work with CIOKS. But the CIOKS cables are cheap and readily available. By the way, its also expandable with the DC4 unit which adds 4 more outputs but chains itself to the DC7 so you still only have to deal with one AC plug. Very nice.