Any Strymon Ojai Users?

[weebles]

I need to upgrade my power supply and I was considering getting the Strymon Ojai. But in all of the pictures I see, it looks like you can only power 5 pedals at any time - like the multi-plug One-Spot or Cioks cables don't work with it or something? Seeing a lot of boards with 10 pedals and 2 Ojais.

So, does anyone have experience with this? Are people just going crazy with their power supply purchases so they can Instagram them? What's the deal?

[coupleonapkins]

Are people just going crazy with their power supply purchases so they can Instagram them?

The Ojai is quite the looker, but this is a good/in-depth review of the Truetone 1-Spot Pro CS12, which is around $179. It might not be as pretty, but it can power 12 pedals at once, all at normal or high voltages (season to taste), and maybe a whole lot more - I'll be all over it once my current brick dies a proper death (winter is coming). Likewise, if anyone has any other experiences w/ this one, please speak up!

[weebles]

I'm sure the truetone one is great but the ojai interests me specifically because of size.

[kevdes93]

I have an ojai, I try to keep my board at or below 5 pedals so it's perfect for me. Eventually I may upgrade to the Zuma if I ever want to expand but for now I'm content

[weebles]

So are the cables different than normal voodoo lab/true tone cables? Was there anything instructing you not to hook up a one-spot multi cable to one of the outlets?

I'd like to pick one up because of the size and output levels. I have a small set up now but all of the pedals on my "to add" list are high draw digital pedals. So if I could hook all the dirt/analog pedals up to one outlet with one of those 5-plug true tone cables, I'd be able to keep the other 4 Ojai outputs on others.

Does that make sense? I feel like my question isn't being conveyed well.

[D.o.S.]

You basically want to know if you can run one of those One-Spot daisy chains with it like you can with a Voodoo or something similar, right?

[kevdes93]

Never used any voodoo lab or true tone products so I can't say, as for plugging in a one spot to one of the outlets there wasn't anything saying not to but it's not something I'd do. If you want I can take a picture of the manual for you?

[D.o.S.]

Wait... why wouldn't you?

[weebles]

You basically want to know if you can run one of those One-Spot daisy chains with it like you can with a Voodoo or something similar, right?

Daisy chain! I've been blanking on that phrase for the past 24 hours. But, yes.

Never used any voodoo lab or true tone products so I can't say, as for plugging in a one spot to one of the outlets there wasn't anything saying not to but it's not something I'd do. If you want I can take a picture of the manual for you?

Why not?

Wait... why wouldn't you?

That's what I'm saying - in all the pictures I've seen of them, people have only hooked up 5 pedals. If they need power for more than 5 pedals, they've got, in about 75% of the pics I've seen, a separate Ojai. The other 25% have a separate power supply entirely. Hence the confusion as to why you can't just use a daisy chain on one of the outlets.

[kevdes93]

Not sure, I guess it just doesn't seem like something that would effectively work? Idk, I never really tried.

[Disarm D'arcy]

I always do that. It works fine. I don't see the point of putting another PSU under my board if all I need is a couple more outlets for, especially when one of these is a utility pedal such as tuner.

[frodog]

If it has 500 mA on each outlet, why wouldn't it be possible to run a daisy chain from basically every one of the five outs as long as your pedls don't draw more than 500 together?

I think those pictures of it only powering groups of five is either insanity on the user's side or a Strümon ploy to sell more; not mentioning daisy chain capabilities.

[weebles]

I mean, yes, that's what I was thinking, too, until I saw so many pictures with multiple Ojai pedals and no daisy chains.

[Disarm D'arcy]

People can be anal about things, like keeping their power SEGREGATED. That kind of people might be the kind that shop for PSUs at Strymon.

Doesn't mean you have to.

[AZX309]

Truetone offers a specific two slot daisy cable to power two pedals off one outlet on the pro.

I would just do it.