Well, after a few days away I managed to get a few hours in today. I only just entered Kroms Canyon. Level 27 when I entered, did the Skag meat and claptrap mission. Was level 28 when I left and picked up some excellent stuff including a Revolver that does 48x11 with 90% accuracy and 2.9 firerate. Has 2.9 zoom, increased reload speed, massive recoil reduction it's simply awesome!
Also when I left the Canyon I picked up my second Alien weapon. A sniper that does 298 damage, 95% accuracy, unlimited ammo and is purely electric! Haven't had time to use it properly, but should help with tougher enemies that have shields, especially as I actually ran out of sniper ammo in the last mission!