EasySMX Wired Gaming Controller, PC Game Controller Joystick with Hall Effect Triggers, Dual-Vibration and Turbo for Windows PC/Steam/PS3/ Android TV Box/Tesla - Design for Comfort

I'm upgrading everything on my laptop and wanted a new quality controller. This one feels solid in the hand and very responsive. I am playing through Dark Souls and this controller responds very well to the buttons I press. I've only used it a few times as of the time of this review and haven't experienced any drift. This is good solid controller if you're looking for something durable and simple.

This controller feels cheap in your hands, but considering the price, that's not surprising. It feels very light. Still, the important thing is that it works. I don't know how long it'll last, but as a placeholder until I can afford to get something better, it does the job.I find the texture on the thumb stick a little uncomfortable. They have ridged edges that feel rough on your fingers, but after a little while it sort of hurts a little to keep pressing your thumbs into it. Fortunately, I had some rubber covers I wasn't using lying around.

This is my second controller of this brand, and this is the updated one from the original I purchased. The grip design is a bit different on this one, but just as solid as the first. Easy to use, plug and play. It sometimes gives my computer a 'this USB device cannot be recognized' message which is why four stars, but I'm not sure if that's the controller or my computer to be honest. Overall, really love this. For the price it's a solid controller, nice weight, great feel in hand, and no slipping. I like that the grip is on the top of the handles. I can keep my fingers loose but keep my grip just by pushing my hands further together and it holds in my palms. Very nice.

Joysticks can be really expensive these days, and 3rd party ones often get more side eye as they deserve, but a lot of the time, just as much, too... I don't think this is one of those controllers that deserves ridicule and derision, though, and the price makes it really attractive.Basically, I like it. I connected it to my PC and checked on all the buttons and sticks (which stuck a tad until I gave 'em a little massage by turning them in circles two or three times) and I was off to the races after that. It feels good in my hands, setup was a breeze since it's plug and play — what setup? — and it works exactly like it should!It's got vibration, and turbo — which I could never figure out before today since I'd never really had a cause to use it — and a nice long cable even though my USB port isn't all that far away from me. (Hey, the less I have to go behind my computer, the better!)I can easily give this 5/5 stars and recommend it for those who don't want to shell out $60+ for an official controller. Why bother? You're buying into a brand at that point... At its current price point of $30 I'd say get it, test it out, and if it's no good — and after triple-checking the return policy with Amazon, just so there aren't any unexpected surprises — return it if you don't like it.I think you will though. I certainly did!

For Christmas, I bought my son a very expensive gaming controller and he honestly hated it. It was just too complex for him. So I returned it and got this one instead, and he likes it much better. It's a good, basic controller and that's all he wants. He plugged it in and it worked without a lot of complicated setting up. Hopefully, it'll last him a while.