Which Looper is best for you? Boss RC300 or Boomerang?

Hey Dean, happy new year!

I've owned the RC-300 for years and only recently bought the Boomerang. Did you ever bother checking or updating its firmware? It looks like it's quite a complicated process..

edit: So after looking it up on Reddit, Gearslutz etc, I decided to try it out. The manual advises against using a Mac to upgrade the firmware on the Boomerang, but I don't have a Windows machine and I'm happy to report I was able to upgrade successfully.

Boomerang is my choice. More of a plug n' play easier, smaller unit. The RC300 seems a bit overkill for me. Thanks for the review !

OK... if Boomerang deletes all memory when unplugging How do you take it to a gig?

OK.. if Boomerang deletes ALL work when unplugging...... doh......

The BOOMERANG is Killer, definitely the best Looper out there, and takes up much less space on your board !

I have both boomerangs and one feature I love on the old one is the option to stack only when foot is pressing on pedal. So with a loop running you could say hit a harmonic on your guitar then tap the stack button in quick succession and get this awesome run of percussive like sounds. A nice organic effect that I'm pretty sure not many used because I couldn't find a way to use stack button on Rang2 in same way 🙂

I was looking for something for leading worship. There are times when the band set up would be limited (no drums or bass), so it looks like the RC-300 might be the better option for me.

Super helpful

I was wondering, can you use the Boss rc 500 and the Boomerang together? Do you need any special equipment such as a midi clock....I have a bunch of loopers..but these 2 would give me 6 independent channels which would be perfect for me...the ehx looper is too confusing for me.

Hi Dean,

Thanks for uploading. I currently have the rc300 and it's such a powerful tool. It is big though and I would like something smaller that can certain aspects of the rc300. With the boomerang can I tap a tempo in to with an external footswitch the fs5u or even use a button on it to tap a tempo in then send midi from it to control other bpms? Is there an undo button like on the rc300? So can I undo the last loop in each bank like you can on the rc300? Basically if I make.a mistake can I undo it and quickly do it again? I want to able to make say bank 1 in the boomerang take my kick sound and only play for 1 bar so it's super tight then use the other banks say for 12 bars? Sorry for all the questions ha.

Have you tried connecting boomerang to rc300 via midi? Or a 3rd rc300 using midi thru

Thank you very much for this review. The panning it’s what i'm looking for for months!

Very helpful--thanks for posting this comparison.

Yay! Thank you Dean! Great video.