MAYFLASH Arcade Stick F700 Elite with Sanwa buttons and joystick for PS5, PS4, Switch, Windows, Apple, Android and more. Fighting Stick Support Wireless Bluetooth, 2.4G and Wired Connection

Mayflash makes sticks that offer very high value proposition with solid build quality, excellent performance, easy moddability, and wide system compatibility.They also have a strong track record of improving the firmware years after release. The F300/F500 are old (released 2015/2016) but have had firmware updates most recently in April 2024 to add L3/R3 support and a little before that to improve input lag to 1.4 ms.Changes over the non-Elite F700 (you can read reviews of that one too, just note the differences here):- Lever is the Sanwa JLF, harness is 5-pin JST instead of 0.187" fastener- Buttons are Sanwa OBSF-30- Non-slip mat covers entire bottom surface- Classic Mayflash beige colourway for the Elite lineThe value for the extra $30 is justified as the cost of buying the components would far exceed that, so if you don't have a replacement prepared, this is a worthwhile upgrade over the non-Elite. Whether the grey-black Sanwa parts and beige case is to your liking is up to you.It's slightly wider than the F500 at 14.5" which makes it quite comfy on the lap, especially with the full-coverage mat.Main advantages over the competition:- Wide system compatibility in wireless format.- Solid input lag wired and over 2.4G. As reported by Mayflash: 1-5 ms wired (excellent), 6-8 ms over 2.4G (good), 13-18 ms over BT (iffy). Will update review if third-party measurements become available.Main drawbacks:- L3/R3 require pushing two small buttons, they are not separate buttons.- PS5 compatibility is in PS4 legacy mode, which means all PS4 games work but only PS5 games that enable legacy support work -- this includes most fighting games (search online to see whether your game will work, or play the PS4 version). Note that this is true for all non-officially-licensed sticks, and is what the Brook Wingman FGC and Mayflash Magic S Ultimate do as well.- Changing components requires unscrewing the bottom (6 screws, pretty typical). Not a big deal but if you want to frequently change you may want a stick with a tool-less pop-open design.Other notes:- Artwork under the plexi is changeable but requires detaching buttons. Template is available both on the Mayflash site as well as Focus Attack.- Lever mount matches the JLF plate. There's plenty of room for essentially any J-lever or low-collar K-lever. This will not fit full-collar K-levers without modifying the metal plate and plexi.- Built-in autofire frequencies are kind of odd: 5/15/25 Hz. For shmups you'd really like to see 10 Hz and 30 Hz.Overall, it's a very solid feature package and build for $180. You won't find the same feature set in anything of a similar price, and I'd consider more expensive retail sticks to mostly be sidegrades if you prefer the look or material (e.g. you want a metal top). I've been happy with my F500 for several years and can see myself using this over the long term as well.

I bought these to use on an arcade system and they work great via 2.4 G, Bluetooth, or via USB. Very impressive and superb quality!!

using it with a nintendo switch and a steam deck, playing shooter/shmup/bullet hell style games and some classic nintendo platformers. i absolutely love this stick, its my first one and it feels so good to play these games with a stick. i’ve already swapped the buttons for different colors, tried a few different ball/bat tops, installed an octogonal gate, and amexperimenting with actuators and springs. it’s super easy to mod, and it’s fun getting the lever feeling more to my preferencebluetooth isn’t the easiest to swap between different devices, but it works with both switch and steam deck fine. i leave it paired to the steam deck as that’s what i use more, and the stick will wake the deck from sleep. the wireless dongle works super easily. haven’t actually used the wire yet aside from charging

I am playing sf6 on the ps5. I got 8bitdo arcade stick conneted using brook fcg wirelessly. After connecting the mayflash wirelessly to the ps5 you can feel the difference in the responsiveness of the controls. Combos become easier comparably. It's main stick now.

I have been wanting to purchase a new Arcade stick for a while as the one I already have in my possession is pretty outdated and not compatible with current gen consoles. The MayFlash Arcade Stick F700 Elite piqued my interest for a few different reasons: It was compatible with the PS5, it has Sanwa buttons, and the biggest pull for me compared to other available joysticks was it was wireless.Though I wasn't to keen on the price, the wireless component is what ultimately sold it for me and so I jumped with the purchase.Initially, I felt like it was much smaller than my SF4 TE Stick but on further inspection they are pretty close with the TE stick being slightly flatter with the two sides jutting out further.The acrylic top on the Elite 700 isn't as glossy as the TE and with it being clear it leaves a visible streak from my hand movements. After a long period of use I've started to ignore it but it really stood out to me at first.As far as the button layout, the absence of a two sanwa button select/start is greatly felt as the buttons used for them are pretty small and not even placed together. I liked not having to look for these buttons while I played so it's something I thought needed mentioning.With that being said, it is nice to have a home button again which is something I had to let go of when I modded the TE stick to use a zero-delay usb encoder.Ironically, my initial intention which was using this to play games on my PS5 has yet to really happen as mainly just tested the wireless adapter for a little and found that it worked pretty well.Most of my time spent with this joystick has been on PC testing out arcade games using MAME, and the Final Burn Neo emulator. The stick is detected as an Xbox controller which has made it fairly easy to switch between it and my Dual Sense controller. My TE had an issue with directional controls when trying to play Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on the RPCS3 emulator but the 700 Elite worked without a hitch.Outside of the minor complaints my biggest concern currently with the 700 Elite is the bluetooth connection. It has intermittently dropped the connection during both gameplay and controller configuration.My dual sense had a similar problem but this was remedied by connecting my bluetooth antennas and maxing the polling rate which is available in an application.As far as I know, Mayflash doesn't have such an application that is available and I'm unaware of what the polling rate is. I tried to do a quick search for this information but Mayflash doesn't seem to have provided this information.It could be that my iphone's bluetooth is cause of the interference as I noticed it occurred once when I grabbed it so I'll will try disabling it during play to see if that makes a difference.Outside of the the issues with connection drops from the bluetooth, I've been pretty happy with the joystick. It is nice to have a wireless joystick that works with my PC and PS5 and I've begun trying to do a two player setup with the 700 Elite and the TE in hopes that I'll be able to get some arcade couch play going sometime soon.

I doubt you will see these at competitions but for the rest of us, this is fantastic. The base size is large enough for your palms to rest. Configuration is a snap and the wireless function works well. I cannot tell the difference between wired and wireless but I don't get paid to win matches either.Buttons are super touchy as expected for high end components. I am used to the cheaper old school arcade buttons so it took a bit of adjustment on my part.