Turtle Beach - Stealth Pivot Wireless Smart PC Gaming Controller with Rotating Modules - Black

Was kind of hesitant about this controller because of some of the reviews but I gave it a shot and I am glad that I did works really good same pad is awesome playing street fighter would highly recommend .

Great product it was a birthday gift and my dad loves it

While this controller tries to come off as fancy with all its bells and whistles, underneath it all is a fairly basic controller. The build quality is decent for the price, but don’t expect it to compare with higher end controller as it just can’t compete. The controller fits well in hand but is very lightweight which to me makes it feel on the cheaper end. I prefer a heavier controller that feels more robust, but that is really personal choice. If you prefer a light controller, you might prefer this. The sticks move extreme easily with very little resistance which makes it more difficult to give accurate motion with the sticks. The buttons are harder to press than average. Not necessarily a bad thing, but something to know. The triggers and bumpers feel pretty standard and include trigger locks. The sides are made of rubber, but not the back. It is so smooth that it doesn’t really offer any more grip than plastic does and to me doesn’t feel any better. A better grip would go a long way. The main feature of this controller are the pivot controls. This allows you to switch between a standard controller layout and a fighting/arcade layout. To switch it, you turn the sticks to sink them into the controller, unlock them on the back and flip over the controls and lock them. This is done on both sides. This is a clever feature and switching them is very quick and easy. I did have a problem getting that layout to work with games. For some reason, the buttons were not compatible and behaved badly with a lot of games that it should have worked with. Using the standard layout on this controller worked fine with those games. I was not able to get the alternate layout to work with relevant games making it kind of useless. The sticks are hall effect which should go a long way. The connection uses a dongle. I had no problems with the connection, and it never disconnected on me. I used this controller with my gaming PC and had no compatibility problems with it aside from the pivot alternate controls. It does include a screen that has helpful information on it, most importantly, the battery level. You can also easily select the profile you want to use from the screen with the menu and bumper buttons. The screen allows you to map buttons on the controller without the use of any software and configure the profiles. From the screen menu, select the button you want to map and them select from the list which button you want to map from. There is a slide control that is used to scroll through the menus and selections. You can also map the slider to control volume, mix chat, and profile select. That is a very nice extra control to have. There is an app that you can install that allows you to set up button mappings which you can also do right on the controller, adjust stick sensitivity and dead zones (I played with this and couldn’t find any differences in the settings), lighting (which I couldn’t figure out how to adjust), and firmware updates. The firmware was already up to date when I opened the controller. While the app was well laid out and simple to use, it didn’t offer me anything that I couldn’t already do right on the controller. Overall, this is a decent controller that competes with other basic controllers. The pivot feature unfortunately didn’t work with my games making that not so useful. There may be other games that it does work with but none of mine. The sticks feel a little too loose for me and buttons too firm. The screen is a big plus, works well, and allows you to configure everything without the need of any software. If you want something customizable on the controller and don’t mind a controller that feels fairly basic otherwise, this may be for you, but if you have the funds that you want to spend, I recommend spending a little more money and get something that feels a little higher quality.

Easy to use, very user friendly and quick response! It’s a must have controller.

Another contender arises for the top controller for Xbox / PC. This one definitely wins the points for being the most unique and versatile, but is it the best? Out of the box this controller feels large. For those of you with bigger hands, this might be a good thing. People with smaller hands, might have a little trouble with the size of this controller. I will post a picture below comparing it to the Elite Series 2 controller, which so far has been the best one I have found for Xbox / PC. My hands are on the larger size, so I didn’t have much of a problem with the size. The controller feels solid and it has a good weight to it. One thing I didn’t like compared to the Elite controller is that its not as rubberized of a texture. For me it slid around in my hands a little bit more. It does have some grip, but not as much as the elite. The buttons feel like more of the mushy type instead of the clicky type. I found them to be very responsive though and to me, they worked just as well as the Elite controller did. That’s just more of a feel preference whether you like clicky or mushy. The thing that sets this one apart from others is the rotating controls on each side of the controller. This way you can customize the controller to suit the game you are playing with different button and joystick layouts. You can even twist the joysticks and they will rise up a little bit making them taller if you prefer as well. It does feel a little “gimmicky”, but in my testing I did find that all different combinations worked very well. The controls lock into place well so there is no movement or wiggle and depending on what type of game you are playing, having the different layouts can be a big advantage. Another thing that sets this one apart is the small screen that displays different functions and social notifications and things like that. I have to say I never really found myself using that screen much, but for some people who do a lot of online gaming where you are communicating with lots of people, that might be helpful. The controller also has a companion software package where you can customize all of the buttons and lights and things like that. I usually just use the standard layout and don’t care much about lighting so I played around with it a little bit and I found that the software worked well, and did what it was supposed to do. Overall, I found this to be a very solid, and unique controller design. Turtle Beach is definitely trying to be innovative and come up with something new that will benefit all kinds of gamers. I think they have a very solid product here that a lot of people would be happy with. For me, I compare it to the Elite controller which is my current favorite. For me, I will still be using the Elite controller. I just like the feel of that controller better. While this one is a lot more customizable, for me, that one is still the king. But don’t let that stop you from giving this one a try. It is still a great controller that I think a lot of people will love, but its just not for me.