Primarily, the main problem with Behringer's also affects much Mackie and similar budget gear... They use a LOT of surface mounted components, especially knobs, switches and sliders, so when something goes bad, it's often the entire board that needs replacing rather than the ONE thing that went wrong. The other problem with surface mounted componentry is that impacts to knobs and sliders get transmitted DIRECTLY to often the main board... Not good!
But it's a LOT cheaper to make, so swings and roundabouts, I suppose...
Quick story-
One night after a gig, while rolling my Leslie back into my house with my Behringer K1800FX sitting on top, one of the wheels on the Leslie caught a throw rug and started to tip. I grabbed the handle of the Leslie and pulled it back up but the keyboard amp fell off and landed on the floor. On its way down, it flipped over and two of the knobs got sheered off from hitting a keyboard case. Turns out the potentiometers are mounted to the faceplate with washers and nuts. So they work just as good as they did before the drop except that I have to use the tip of my finger to turn them instead of grabbing a knob. And one of the pots that got damaged is a combination rotary and momentary switch type. I was throughly impressed with the K1800FX's rugged design.
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