Harley Benton G212Plus Vertical Unloaded

The cabinet arrived in good condition, although there was a hole of the packages bottom.
Unlike the 112 Plus, there was no bag with bolts and washers, I guess they slipped trough the hole under shipping.
Thomann claims that they are not included, which sound rather odd, since they are included with every other unloaded cabinet, the bolts need to be 4x25mm to fit.

The speakers are backloaded, so at least the center panel needs to be removed, take note that the panels sit extremely tight, which is good for stability, I would have chosen to design the vertical beams they are attached to, to go all the way out to the sides and be none removable, that would have allowed the panels to sit less tight for easy renoval while still adding support for a sturdy stabil cabinet.

The bushings that the bolts for the speakers are screwed into are rather small compared to what they use for the 112 Plus, which also resulted with one getting pulled into the baffle, handtightened with a regular screwdriver, I did not even have full grip, so no chance for overtightening.
Weird that HB doesn’t use the same bushings, the ones on the 112 Plus are a lot better.

Speaker wiring is weird too, why on earth is it made for a mono/stereo configuration in a vertical 2x12?
Completely pointless and also not very practical with a 2x12 parallel wiring when using 2 cabinets, with a single cab that is 8 ohm with 2x16 ohm or 4 ohm with 2x8 ohm.
So I rewired it to seriel to get 16 ohm, which allows me to use the 212 and the 112 (loaded with a 16 ohm speaker) with all my amps, especially my Orange amps which allow minimum 1x8 or 2x16 ohm.

The front grill is removable, which is a nice addition for placing mics, the frame for the cloth is sturdy, seems to be better than what I have seen for the old 212 vertical.
The front baffle is also inproved and is attached to the inner frame at the front.
Handles are made out of metal, so is the connection panel at the back and the protective corners, the corners at top front could have been a better fit instead of using the same 90 degree ones there.

The tolex is thin, so will probably be scratched with ease, mine also has an air pocket at top, since I will customize the cabinet I don’t care much about it.
I also got a sleeve for the cabinet, the sleeve could be a few centimeter longer so that it covers the back and sides all the way to the bottom of the cabinet.
I mounted 2 neodymn speakers in it, so it is extremely lightweight.

Sound is good, running it fully closed, a bit less thumb than with a 2x12 closed back Palmer cabinet, I prefer my cabs to be less bassy, so the HB wins there.
Overall the cabinet is very sturdy, so unlike the old 212 vertical, this is a cab that should be able to handle some abuse without breaking apart at once.
I would not mind to pay a bit more for another of these unloaded cabinets if HB improved it a tad more as suggested, at least use the good bushings and maybe upgrade to 5mm standard instead of 4mm, after all, buying loose panels almost ready to assemble would cost way more than this cabinet it self.
I will make a video review of both the 112 Plus as the 212 Plus Vertical and upload it to my YT channel JoeBaermann too.

Compré esta pantalla por varias razones.
1-Necesitaba una 2x12 estéreo (porque casi siempre voy en estéreo), a poder ser vacía, o con unos altavoces que no me importara quitar y dejar de lado, y me cansé de buscar una de segunda mano, porque parece que la mayoría de la gente no está dispuesta a hacer envíos de bultos de este tamaño. Eso aparte de los precios...
2-Tenía ganas de probar las 2x12 verticales, pero mis opciones eran, o comprar dos, o una que fuera estéreo, y de éstas hay muy pocas en el mercado, y vienen con altavoces genéricos o tienen un precio bastante elevado.
3-Una 2x12 vertical es más cómoda de mover que una horizontal, y 2 de 2x12 verticales son más cómodas de mover que una 4x12 (para cuando se necesita y se permite algo tan grande).
4-Las pantallas anguladas se oyen mejor en el escenario

Esta pantalla tiene buena construcción y buenos acabados No es excesivamente ancha, como otras 2x12 verticales. Gracias a la división del panel trasero en tres partes, es muy versátil.
La propia marca ofrece una funda para ella, a precio muy económico, y bien hecha.
El montaje de los altavoces es fácil, pero viene sin ningún tipo de manual u hoja explicativa, y sin tornillos para fijar los altavoces. El tamaño de los tornillos es M4. Fui a una ferretería cercana a mi casa, compré 8 tornillos, 8 tuercas y 16 arandelas, todo por 0.80€. Me cuesta imaginarme que, con ese coste (y eso que yo no compré al por mayor) haya una razón de peso para que no vengan incluidos con la pantalla.
En el momento que escribo esta evaluación, en la página del producto se indica que los tornillos no están incluidos, pero yo compré la mía incluso antes de que subieran las fotos, y en ese momento, no existía advertencia de que los tornillos no están incluidos. No es gran cosa, pero si no es gran cosa para mí, es aún más insignificante para el fabricante.

En cualquier caso, estoy muy contento con la compra.
Estoy bastante seguro de que, a día de hoy, no existe en el mercado (si exceptuamos fabricantes artesanos) otra pantalla vacía 2x12 vertical estéreo.