Logitech WingMan Rumble Pad (963233-0403)
by Logitech
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Customer Review: terrific potential with a critical flaw
Summary: 2 Stars
This would be a great controler with all the buttons and two analog sticks. Shortly after I started using it the left analog stick wouldn't register properly when I pushed to the right. I was using it to play Need for Speed Underground. If the stick had worked right this would be a great product.Customer Review: Decent, but wouldn't recommend it
Summary: 2 Stars
My beef with this controller is that the calibration is continuously getting out of whack on the left joystick. The company has no fix for it, and it is not game specific. This can be temporarily fixed by resetting the calibration, but it's still a pain in the rear end.Customer Review: If you buy it you broke it.
Summary: 1 Stars
As others have said, left stick calibration is borked on the last runs of this model. I used an older one for several years before buying a new one this past spring. This WAS a good all-around pad for casual gamers to play anything from Flight Sims to Racing to Arcade type games with. The one thing they could have done to make this controller shine above the rest was to offer 4 shoulder buttons instead of the 2, along with a throttle this would have gone down in history as the classic PC controller to have. Instead they discontinue this model while selling off the remaining broken stock, forever losing me as a customer.
Since buying the new one I have had it replaced/returned no less than 5 (FIVE) times. Only to have the issue with the left analogue stick calibration resurface. It can happen as soon as you plug in the controller, or after a week or two of use. But eventually it will happen, and when it does, the controller is then rendered as junk. No amount of re-calibration, un/re-plugging USB will fix it for any amount of time.
Logitech does not offer any support for this device anymore, it's easier to return to the place of purchase (I would suggest an entirely different product) than trying to RMA or resolve through them. They offer some obscure EXE that cleans out the calibration registry settings, but it causes other weird issues to happen with the left analogue stick on the controller, so basically it is a hardware issue inside the controller itself.
I've had issues with their larger dedicated flight-sticks calibration in the past, which pretty much puts me in a position not to recommend or buy another of their products ever again.
Customer Review: Bad quality.
Summary: 1 Stars
This gamepad, like other Logitech gamepads, have horrible problems. The analog stick is incredibly inaccurate and never calibrates correctly. I'm a game programmer, and I needed some game pads a while back for a game I made. I purchased 5 Logitech pads at one time. Every single one has given me hardware problems, either with the z slider breaking off, the controller losing connection when the wire is held at certain angles, the analog stick plastic piece falling off, the D pad not sending the correct directions, or the analog stick not calibrating correctly.
In short, stay away from Logitech gamepads. They're of horrible quality.
Customer Review: Enter the Thumb-killer Extreme
Summary: 1 Stars
This control pad has tiny widdle buttons that are for tiny widdle fingers. If you have large hands, don't buy this junk, go for the cordless version. The buttons wear out fast. My buton 1 is already starting to make snapping sounds. It is for kids, not adults or teens. The unit itself is big, but the buttons are tiny. I now have carpel tunnel of the right thumb(aka stiffness and soreness) because of this stinker. I played Big Mutha Truckers and blew the horn, brakes, and gearshift toggle enough to break the buttons and my thumb. I will probably go for Belkin's controller instead now.(of course six months rest is in order 1st + a Dr. visit.)