Good sound - really bad life expectancy

Used the NUX for around six months. I was quite happy with the sound until the unit eventually died on me when the plug on the OUT was accidently pulled out while it was on. Also, the knobs are too loose and turn easily (and change sound) if accidently touched when using the foot switch. Well, I suppose you get what you pay for.

Green overdrive as you expect, but with a impressive response.

Right before I had the MXR Micro Amp, the Empress Echosystem and the Mooer Shimverb, so I needed an overdrive to don't be annoying with the neighbors. I was about to buy the Behringer TO800, but something went wrong and then I forgot to purchase again. After some days, I found the Nux Tubeman Mkii and I decided to get this one after watching some videos.

Once it arrived, I tried first with a Fender Custom Deluxe Reverb '68, on the Custom side. I was impressed with the quality and the features, because is a quiet pedal, with gain on zero, it works as a clean mid boost, has a good response to dynamics and to the guitar pots, it overdrives with clarity, very cool, it has headroom, the sound can be trebly, normal or muffled... It is a bang for the buck.

Then, I tried this overdrive with a Vox AC15C1 and it sounded awesome. No harsh sounds, just clear tones and awesome lead riffs. I liked it more with the AC15C1 than the CDR68.

I never tried the Ibanez Ts808, but I think how it would sound and feel a real one, and probably the Nux Tubeman doesn't do that "whack" sound when you hit the strings or probably you wouldn't be likely to riff all the time, like the Ibanez TS Mini, but it has a great sustain and tone.

I already had a Ibanez TS Mini and a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet, both are really good, but I preferred more the FD2 for flexibility and also because it tamed the tone for the Vox AC15C1 (no a harsh overdrive). The TS Mini is good, however, I think it has a lot of overdrive since you turn the gain pot from zero. Despite the small headroom, is a good overdrive pedal. By the other hand, the FD2 had its own mid boost overdrive and it has rich harmonics added (sounds a little chorused because the frequencies added), feels good when playing and also sounds tamed (no harsh tones), but requires +18Vdc for its full potential (to have more headroom and clarity).

So, I'm thinking that these three pedals are equalized on three variations of mid-push and these have their own flavor. The Nux Tubeman Mkii is more modern oriented as it has a FET technology and brings clarity to the sound, and it feels and sounds like the Fulldrive 2 Mosfet running on +18Vdc. Awesome work for Nux.

I was thinking on getting the Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet again, but it will not be needed anymore, just I put the MXR Micro Amp before the Nux Tubeman MKII and it pushes the overdrive like the boost stomp on the FD2. Great pedal, honestly.

Now, I want back the Xotic Ep Booster, just to push the pedal a little harder if is needed, lol.

UPDATE: Alright, I've been practicing this time with the Fender Custom Deluxe Reverb 68 and I'm getting the sounds that I want without any effort, I dial the knobs and there are. Before I got the overdrive, I was digging into the amp, getting some vintage sounds, from late sixties and seventies, I really travelled to the time, and now with the Nux Tubeman MKII, I get a modern tone, more like to The Strokes, Artic Monkeys and so on. The amp reverb gets consumed by the overdrive, so you can dial the in-amp reverb up to 10 and you barely will notice it, and the same with any time-based effect. I don't know if this is good or bad, but this means that if I want the reverb to be noticeable, I probably will have to separate the sounds into dry and wet. Now, I think I would like to give a try to other Nux drive pedals, like the Horseman or the Steel Singer.