Customer Reviews for Saitek Cyborg Evo Force PC Flight Stick ( PS27 )

Saitek Cyborg Evo Force PC Flight Stick ( PS27 )
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Customer Review: Very poor at fine 1 Stars

Yes, It's adjustable
Yes it has pretty blue lights.
But that's it on the "pro" list.
This stick has one very very major drawback if you are using it as a "Flight-stick":

The deadband around the neutral point is HUGE.

So, starting with no pressure on the stick - you make a fine correction by pushing / pulling and......nothing happens.
So you push / pull a little more and......nothing happens.
By now you've moved the stick-top a full 1cm, and THEN you get a reaction, or rather an over-reaction. By now it's too late.........

I've tackled Saitek at length about this issue, but they insist that it's normal. There are other issues like the wandering rudder, which can be cured in the short-term by editing the registry, but this excessive deadband has no fix.

If you fly flight/combat simulators I suggest you avoid this stick at all costs.

Customer Review: Responsive?
Summary: 1 Stars

I'm really surprised at the high ratings this joystick has received. I had high expectations after reading all of it and went out to get one.

Out of the box it looked great; Loads of buttons and even a little blue LED... if that sort of thing turns you on.

Then I calibrated it and tried all its buttons. It had several forcefeedback simulations - a helicopter, machine-gun, even what seems to be a toilet flushing. Still great.

Then I installed a couple of flight simulations games and was totally dismayed at it's response, or lack of. It works great it you intend to sweep left and right accross the screen, but if you need accuracy, pinpoint targetting... forget it. There is no response for movements of an inch or so.

I had better response from my genius joystick that cost barely 1/3 the price.

Customer Review: This joystick loses calibration all the time
Summary: 1 Stars

I used to have a Saitek USB Gold, which is non-force feedback, and I was quite happy with it. Then I decided to get a force-feedback stick, and that was a mistake in itself, because these things don't really work very naturally in flight sims. That could be a matter of taste, of course, but what is not a matter of taste is that this joystick has some sort of auto-calibration, and that thing just doesn't work well. I fly for a couple of minutes, and then start noticing that it becomes difficult to bank to the left, and too easy to bank right. If I go to joystick properties, I see that the calibration is lost. Fix it, but after a few minutes the same happens. That renders the device pretty useless. I bought it in a far corner of the world, where warranty concept doesn't work like you would expect, so that was some money thrown out the window.

Customer Review: no support
Summary: 1 Stars

i could not get the joystick to work, i called saitek tech support several times and recieved no help at all. when i did get to talk to someone they said that they would get back to me but never did. how does a company like that stay in business?