Gadgetory

we have looked at a lot of different switch controllers and normally when we do we take a look at a lot of the big name brands that have been pumping stuff out and lately there's been a lot of Wireless options like from power a with a regular switch controller and a GameCube controller obviously Nintendo has their own Pro option Hori just released one but something that we haven't looked at yet for Wireless options is just the dirt cheapest option there is and so maybe she took dams on and found this controller for only $25 that is still a wireless switch controller now it is made by I honestly don't actually know because it had multiple listings on Amazon with different companies associated with it basically this is a chief controller made in China it's the cheapest option out there for a wireless switch controller and we're gonna see how it holds up there's a lot of interesting things going on with this controller and one of the biggest ones that you can just immediately see is how much it has in common with an Xbox one controller and I don't just mean the sense of where the buttons and sticks and everything are placed are just visually this is very clearly based on the original Xbox one controller so much so that I have a heavy suspicion that this controller is either made using overstock leftover parts from another third-party company or that this same company once made Xbox one shells and just decided to repurpose them for a switch controller and with this in mind there's actually a lot of good that comes from the fact that it is very similar to an Xbox one controller I think the layout is very comfortable the grip design at least in concept is pretty good the grip shape on the back does have this little kind of extra rigidness to it that makes it not quite as comfortable as it could be I wish it was a little more curved and smoothed out on the back but it's not bad and the same level of criticism really applies to a lot of what's happening on the front of the controller the sticks have a nice smoothness to them they're not too loose not too stiff there is a little bit of friction from the Rings but not that much really and the ABXY buttons well certainly not the best I've ever used are far from bad they're pretty solid the only part of the front that really feels like a problem is the d-pad which has this very loose feeling to it and it doesn't have a very clear feeling of registering any specific direction where you run into some more problems though are the shoulders I don't like the shoulder buttons they feel a lot like the original Xbox ones shoulders which have these kind of tab that work fine at first but they wear out over time and it just doesn't have a very satisfying click to it and the triggers have a very weak spring it doesn't feel like it gives that much resistance and it just it's not a very satisfying trigger Pole honestly you could almost feel how cheap the springs feel whenever you're using them it's just not great but there are some other aspects of this that balance it out a little bit for instance actually really like how they repurposed some of the additional buttons that he switched controller needs the home button has been moved to where an Xbox his home button would be which makes sense well the screen capture button has been riga located to the top where a sinking button would be which works out pretty nicely actually I like having it out of the way because I can't tell you how many times I've accidentally taken screenshots while playing games there's also a reset button right here this is not what you use in order to sync to a switch the first time it's actually how you reset the connection when you want to sync to something new by the way if you want a cool and easy way to customize your switch a great option is skins like these from today's sponsor dbrand they make a whole line of switch skins that are totally safe to use on the system then they come for the system itself joy cons it even for the dock they have a variety different colors and patterns if you want to come out go to the link down below now another critique that I have really often for third-party controllers is their weight I often times find them to be way too light for my comfort and that's not as big of an issue with this controller since it's wireless there's of course everything in there for wireless technology but it also does have Rumble motors as well which adds just a little bit of extra heft to it so it's still too light for my comfort but it's actually better than a lot of other options out there however these same Rumble motors that give it that a little bit of extra weight are also a problem for the controller see there's a lot of features that oftentimes get cut from third-party switch controllers motion controls which this doesn't have and if see reader for amiibos which this does not have and often times no rumble feature which this does have which I was really excited about in concept at first but they're just not very good in fact I'm not even sure if they're properly braced inside of the controller I'm not sure if this is a problem with the entire line or if we just got one that's a little weird but the moment I picked it up I knew there was gonna be a problem because I heard this you could actually feel how loose the rumble motors are sitting in this controller and when they go off it just creates this really crazy shake that doesn't give the same kind of sense that Rumble motors normally give to an controller usually the point is to give a little more interactivity with the player and a sense of feedback when certain things happen in a game but with these it's just the same level of crazy shake every single time that's more of an annoyance than a useful sense of feedback so after looking at all that stuff in-depth how does it actually compared to other controller options out there for the switch not great but at the end of the day that's not really what this controller is about look I would never say that this is as good as a switch pro controller or even any of the major third party options out there I would easily take a power a wireless controller over this one if price was not an issue but it's $25 keep in mind a switch pro controller is seventy bucks MSRP although honestly you can normally find a fertile more like 60 maybe 55 other third-party controllers usually 45 to 50 this is a wireless controller that comes in at basically half the price and with that in mind this gets the job done I mean look if you want a controller that's going to be the best controller out there that gives you all kinds of different little edges and performance this isn't it but if you just want a controller that is Wireless that will work on your switch and not gonna cost you very much money this works you know whether you just don't care about performance or maybe you want to get it for a kid and you don't want to be worried about whether or not they break it I mean this is a pretty solid pickup all that being said though there is one other word of warning about this controller that I find a little funny because it's actually right on the Amazon listing for it and that's the fact that this controller works for the switch for now as in at any time a switch update could cause this controller to no longer work now of course they also say that they will do firmware updates to make sure that it still works for the switch but there is that extra little layer of worry now of how long will they actively support this versus you know any major company that's actively working with Nintendo so keep that in mind that this is a cheap controller that gets the job done you just have to accept that some day it might not anymore you