I'm enjoying playing with the NUX Tape Core as it's very easy to operate. I have discovered a couple of generic positions that would easily get me through a gig in an emergency and I like it a lot. The attraction is it's tiny size and it's price, I saw that you can buy these new for around £50 (Bax shop) and that represents good value when you consider what you can pay for an echo box. Thus far I have not encountered any of the problems that I have read about on the forums and like I said, the simplicity of use makes it a winner.
i guess that because of the situation in which we find ourselves, I am blessed with time to play with stuff and learn how to use bits of kit that I bought over the years. For instance my Electro Harmonix POG2 which was bought a couple of years back to get a specific sound, but never explored and having time to play with it has opened up an entire pallet of new sounds for me to experiment with and I am toying with what I can use it for.
The same goes for my DigiTech Trio +,which is a band in a box and I have yet to learn how it works. So there you go it's not all gloom and doom, I found plenty to do.