Nothing beats a natural tube amp overdrive, but occationally you need that extra grit. I like the smoothness of the Boss pedals, though, but for my taste the Boss pedals suck a lot of tone.

For the moment I favour my Fulltone OCD (v.2) and my TC Electronics Nova Drive. I used to have the TC Electronics Octa Screamer, but it was a tad too brittle for my taste. Next up for me will be the Visual Sound Open Road. The recent TC Electronic Tone Print series looks exciting too!

Never tried the Turbo Rat, but it's definitely important to have that full drive sometimes!