GameSir Cyclone 2 Wireless Controller - 1000Hz Polling Rate, TMR Joysticks, Hall/Micro 2-in-1 Triggers for PC/Switch/Android/iOS, PC Gaming Controller with Charging Dock (Black)Carbonfree Certified

For the price, I think this is a great game pad with some pro features. Here are the "Pros" and "Cons" i've found below. For reference, I'm most familiar with the Xbox One/Windows controller, so that's what im comparing it against:+ This has very similar ergonomics to an Xbox One controller. I felt right at home holding and using this for the first time after using the XB controller for many years.+ The d-pad and 4 face buttons have a very satisfying clicky-springy feel to it, though i do have a slight preference of the more membrane feel of the 4 face buttons on the XB controller.+ The software is intuitive and easy to use. You don't actually need to leave the software running to keep the settings on the gamepad, which is not something I can say about my Logitech MX Master 2S mouse+ The LED customization is great. It's fun setting colors the way I want it. You can set the left/right grip lights, the mode light, and the home button light individually and have them solid, flash to different colors you assign it, or just turn everything off completely. You can also adjust the brightness of each light individually.+ Not only can adjust the deadzones of the sticks but you can also set the sensitivity curve in the software, which is not something i've seen in many other gamepads. This may be useful in driving games or flight games that don't have sensitivity curve adjustments in-game or in FPS games where you want fine controls for aiming.+ The charging base is surprisingly nice. The legs are metal which make it almost feel premium. What I love is that you can plug the charging base straight into your computer's USB port and then plug the wireless dongle into the base and your computer will recognize it. This is actually more useful than it may seem because you can see the activity lights on the dongle when it's syncing up to the controller, so it's better to have the dongle out in the open instead of being hidden behind the computer in a USB port.+ When the controller is charging on the base, there is a nice little trailing LED effect on the controller and on the base. It will flash red, yellow, or green depending on on the state of charge. All the lights will eventually turn off once it's done charging completely, which is good because I don't want to be distracted by the lights when I sleep.+ Has a headphone port, but this is not something I use.+ Works great with BOTH PC and the Switch 2 (I regularly switch back and forth between the two systems).+ Silky smooth sticks. Feels frictionless when circling them on the rim. Zero snapback. +/- Aggressively textured grip on the top and bottom of where you grip. The texture is much more aggressive (more bite) than on the XB controller. It feels very secure and great with sweaty palms, but I wish the texture was more subtle; somewhere in between the two.+/- I wish you customize the LED colors for each mode that you switch to, but it doesn't look like you can do this.+/- The bottom has 6 screwholes in it, which you rarely notice, but i thought i'd mention it since the XB controller has 0 exposed screwholes which makes it feel more seamless.+/- I have not had any long game sessions to really test out the batteries. I only game about 2-3 hours max each session before I charge it up again.- First impression upon holding it is that the frame/body feels cheap and hallow. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe its the type of plastic they use or maybe just the way they texture the surface. Thankfully, it feels very rigid with no flex, so this doesn't affect gameplay. But it is more creaky sounding when you give it a good twist (vs the XB controller).- The R4/L4 paddle buttons on the bottom feel and sound especially cheap and hallow. The other buttons though seem about on par with the XB controller. While I appreciate having these buttons, I hate activating the R4/L4 buttons by accident. Fortunately, it can be disabled in the software.- There is no dedicated switch to change between different devices (ie. PC and Switch) and no visual indicator to show what device mode it's currently in. This means you have press-and-hold a combination of buttons to do the switching ("Home + X" to switch to PC, or "Home + Y" for the Switch). If it were me, I would design it so that the Mode button also changes the device (since there is already a dedicated Mode button).Overall, i think this is a really great value and good looking controller. It does feel cheap like everyone says, but you barely notice it during actual use.

Let me preface this by saying I have had this controller for less than a week, and the real test will be time. I don't like writing a review after so little time with a product because those reviews often feel like they're saying "It arrived and it wasn't on fire! Five stars!" But after my long search looking for a power-user controller that goes above and beyond what first-party ones offer and ending up disappointed and returning a few of them, I feel like my search has finally come to an end (for now) with the GameSir Cyclone 2 and that warrants a review.GameSir is one of the most commonly-mentioned names when people talk about quality third-party controllers. This is my first GameSir, and though I have heard the first Cyclone fell short in a lot of ways, this successor to it lives up to the hype I hear the brand. It has an Xbox-controller shape (which I think feels better than the more parallel 8BitDo Ultimate and Switch Pro frames), the button faces and D-pad are mechanical and very easy to press without being sunken into the shell-- honestly even EASIER to press than other controllers, so it might take some time to get used to how they feel, though that's not really fault. Only two back paddles, but that's better than none, and they're fully configurable. It also something I feel is VERY important, the Cyclone 2 has trigger locks. It still offers a hair-trigger feature (where any trigger pressure registers as 100% activation), but the tactility of it just being a button can be a game-changer for some, myself included. And the way it's done is with very subtle, small levers nestled at the base of the triggers themselves, which are a little tricky to switch, but chances are if you use them you'll set them once and never touch them again so in that case it's nice they're out of the way.Things that stood out to me are how seamless it is to turn on and off when the dongle is connected. The moment it connects, Windows recognizes it instantly (it appears as a Xbox controller), but more to my surprise is this: You know how when you plug in a controller mid-game and the game has to pause a moment to recognize it? Not with this controller. As long as the dongle is in, while I was playing, every time I turned it on, the game would just pick it up instantly and seamlessly. I don't know what magic they did to achieve that, and it quite possibly is a per-game thing, so it may not be the same for you. Just something I thought I'd mention. It also has a neat feature where you can designate a button to act as a Shift key, where holding the button down changes what all the other buttons do when that button is held down, effectively doubling the number of inputs available. Very neat.The Cyclone 2 has a whole suite of features that can be configured directly on the controller itself through the Macro button, but you can do all of them AND more using the software, which is actually very quite intuitive. With the software, can bind multiple inputs to a button, keyboard inputs, mouse control, the "Shift" functions, configure deadzones, analog curves, turbo, and with four separate profiles you can switch between on the fly, it becomes quite versatile to pick up and go once you've gotten it the way you like. Speaking of pick-up-and-go, I very much like the charging stand. It has a USB input slot you can use for the dongle so it's not using up two ports, and it automatically shuts off after a bit of time when it's fully-charged or turned off.Connecting the Cyclone 2 to the Switch was no problem, and switching back and forth between it and PC is quick and simple, though not as simple as flicking a switch: you have to hold down two buttons for a couple of second, one combination to activate bluetooth and another for the Windows receiver. Once connected, it works VERY well on Switch.I could detail ALL the features, but I'll just summarize it as thus:Pros:• Easy to set up• Mechanical D-pad and face buttons• TMR joysticks (drift-resistant and accurate) which feel smooth as butter• Trigger locks• Back buttons• Seamless transition between modes• Ergonomic• Nice charging stand that can house the receiver• Software to configure it is simple to navigate• VERY configurable with macros that include keyboard and mouse inputs, turbo, profiles, Shift profile, deadzones, curves, hair trigger• Screenshot button for SwitchCons:• D-pad, while decent, isn't as nice as the Xbox Series X• Can't adjust physical joystick tension• While very Xbox-like and works wonderfully with Windows, it is NOT compatible with Xbox• Only 2 back buttons, if you care for more• Lots of on-board features, such as Switch/PC mode and profiles, require button combinations, and it can be troublesome remembering them all, so hang on to the manual• It was just released this year, so its durability has yet to be thoroughly testedFinal word: I finally beat that post-game level in Rockin' Kats and the Platinum Ticket in Bayonetta 3 using this controller. I think that's a good metric which covers enough ground to know this controller is legit. Hope it lasts!