MXR M-117R Flanger

Beautifull analog tone ! The only little con is the voltage and separate power supply. This flanger can go deep, can get special tones, but never gets digital weird, hard. Always warm. Although it has fore knobs, it is very useable and doesn't derail. You always get a nice sound with every possible combination of knobs !!!!! There are quite some analog flangers on the market. But this one is certainly a good buy. If you leave the first two knobs at the middle, you have the same as the micro flanger (says youtube). First I regretted that I didn't got a mxr micro flanger instead because I didn't understand those weird parameters. But now I flanged a lot and finally understand them so at the end I am glad with this one. A lot of people would be better off with a micro version, I think.
Compared to the Boss bf-2 I have the impression that MXR has some slight compression. This makes the tone smoother; less cliiping sensitive. It is also a possible reason why it can hande a lot of dirt. The Boss BF-2 at the other hand has a wider, more pronounced sweep. But at the moment MXR micro or Ibanez mini seem to be the best affordable flangers. Boss BF-2 waza will not be out soon I think.