Never, ever, ever buy anything from Saitek

OfftheRails

OfftheRails

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They're completely useless.

We're coming up on the first anniversary of my buying an X52. That's the one you see in all the Elite videos; it's a nice flightstick with something like nineteen thousand different buttons. It didn't work right so I sent it back. The replacement didn't work right either, so that went back. I've finally* got my hands on the third replacement.

It works like a fucking charm. It's perfect. It's a pleasure to use, and it gives handjobs on demand. Only kidding! It's got exactly the same problems as before.

Never, ever, ever buy anything from Saitek. The gear's fantastic, if it works. If it doesn't, you're in for an experience that would turn Mother Teresa into the fucking Hulk.

*Yes, it's taken a year to get three sticks to me. A couple of days at either end to test it, and several months' farting about with couriers who either can't find my address, can't work a fucking doorbell, or both.
 
Sorry to hear about your problems with your stick. It sucks when you spend that kind of money on something and it only brings frustration. What kind of issues were you having?

I've been very satisfied with the Saitek keyboard and joystick that I've used in the past and have had no issues at all, so your post caught my attention.

Hope your next controller treats you better.
 
If I am thinking correctly they no longer make it, Razer makes it now. I have the Razer Tartarus and love it.
 
Two main problems - there's an issue with the buttons, where they sometimes fire off a dozen times for each press. Makes menus an absolute bastard to navigate. The display, that's supposed to show which profile you're using, only ever seems to show the first few characters. There's no way for me to tell profile 1, Landing, apart from profile 4, Landing Extended.

I've tried it with three different Windows versions across two PCs. I've tried three different sticks. I'm confident that this isn't a hardware problem, or a freak conflict with my RAM or altitude sickness.

If it was a driver issue, well they've had a year to get their shit together in that area. No progress so far. Not even an update to cope with, I dunno, Windows 10. I think the current drivers have been up there since Vista appeared.

It's got to be a design problem, right?
 
I've always had Saitek keyboards. Never really had any issues with them over the years. I currently have a Saitek Cyborg and i LOVE IT! Worry to hear you are having issues mate.
 
I had an issue where my stick was perpetually aligned to the left. (pedals combined into stick- twist motion). The stick was huge, couldn't hold it in place and that mech problem sucked big time.
 
I've had the "Cyborg Evo" for probably going on 10 years.. Never had a single problem with it and racked up 30 000 jet kills in BF2 with it.
Sucks when you buy the high end and it fails to deliver.
 
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