Apparently people like to bash Kemper round these parts for pretty much everything. Which is quite strange.
I mean, I don't own a Kemper (and that likely won't change any day soon), so there's absolutely no reason for me to defend them (or my hypothetical choice of using their product), but even from just having one at home 2 times and playing through some occasionally at other's places, it's pretty obvious that some things are just great.
The reverbs and delays don't sound great? WTF? Outside of FAS land, they're the best you can possibly find on any one-size-fits-all unit.
They have that parameter lock feature, something noone else has in their portfolio - and it's downright fantastic for folks who want to keep parameters the same throughout multiple patches, especially when you play live.
The UI, as much as people like to bash yesteryear's oh-so-ancient monochrome screen, is very. very serviceable, and again, for live players who give a damn about knowing what patch they're on (I know, some geniuses don't need that...), visibility is most excellent.
Same goes for the morphing feature. It's actually *fun* to use it - and I was up and running in minutes when I had a Kemper borrowed for the second time (didn't test the first time around). With all others it's a tedious manual process requiring you to dive into menus over and over again.
And even the profiling, as much as some people may have issues with it (and yes, there *are* issues in terms of accuracy), offers most excellent accessibility, so even the most daft person around could get it going in a matter of minutes.
In a nutshell, the Kemper is a very mature product with some very experienced folks behind it who actually seem to know pretty well what's important for many people, especially the live playing crowd. I defenitely applaud them for that.