MXR 10 Band Equalizer Silver

EDIT 7/OCT/ 2020: I just got the pedal back from Thomann and to my surprise MXR did indeed repair it without added cost, so I have to take my words back and say that I am indeed very satisfied!

ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I would advice everybody against buying this product. At the beginning, as long as it worked as it should, the pedal was actually great. I bought it exactly 2 years ago, but for the last year I haven't used it at all as I have other EQs/Preamps. To my surprise, when I wanted to use it again I discovered that one of the bands (the 8k) was producing crackles and noise depending on its position. Also 4 of the LEDs were not working properly. As I still had Guarantee (one year left), I sent the pedal back to Thomann and they sent it back to MXR. The response from MXR: the problem is caused by wear and therefore no covered by the Guarantee. They want 100€ in order to repair it! (60% of the price!). Obviously the quality of the components used by MXR there is not high enough in order to hold not even a year of light use (in studio, I didn't even tour with it!).

After doing some research, I discovered a lot of forums posts where multiple users were reporting identical or very similar problems with this very same pedal.

I'm very disappointed with the service offered by MXR.

I love this thing. It's fantastic. It gives you a ton of control over the sound and doubles as a volume/gain boost. It's sturdily built and the switch is solid and the sliders have a good feel to them.

My only gripes are:
1. It runs on 18v power (adapter included, but would have liked 12 or 9v as its more common in power supplies)
2. The LEDs are ABSOLUTELY BLINDING. I cannot emphasize this enough. This thing will light up in blue a dark room. If you are playing in a dark environment and look down at this thing it will blind you. I can't see my pedalboard when looking at it. Even when turned off, the volume and gain ones are STILL ON. It is infuriating.

Note: There's a hack of taking out the LEDs and putting them in backwards (don't do this while the device is powered) to make them not light up anymore, but then you can't tell when it's on anymore. I'll probably put black marker on them at some point.

To summarize, love the sound and quality, but dislike the 18v and HATE the LEDs. Still not taking it off my pedalboard, though.