I play mostly larger gigs, but occasionally will do the club, bar, dive or whatever.
I won’t carry the Kemper in places like that because of dirty power or the stupid drunk who wants to spill his guts on my gear. I actually had a friend on a gig with me blow his Furman due to nasty power. The Kemper didn’t come out.
I bought a Headrush Gigboard to accompany me in those situations. It does quite well.
To get back to your post, I have considered the Stage. In addition to the concern of someone messing it up, I’m concerned about the rotary encoders and push buttons getting dust - grime in them from all that constant foot work and having a failure mid performance.
I don’t think I could handle $1700 going down. $550 for the Gigboard is much more comfortable to lose, if there is a way to be comfortable losing $550.
By the way, the Headrush goes as a backup to every gig.
Just my 2 pennies.