I'm not sure if you care, cause there both pretty much in the same league, and I have no first hand experience with the 1002, but I don't hear very good things about Behringer. On the other hand I have used the mixpad for years and I love the results. Though I haven't compared it with anything else yet, I've been told that the mixpad has pretty decent preamps for the price point... can't say the same about the 1002. Also depends what your using it for .... I rarely have AC power available when I'm taping, sounds like you do..... have you tried finding a replacement adapter? Also, you know you could just rig up a 9 Vdc connection to the two battery terminals and that should supply the power your looking for. You know those ratshack multi-tip power supllies? Allot of them will allow you to set it to 9 volts and they have tips with nine volt battery terminals instead of adapter plugs. Good luck.