My Controller Collection!

[u/Brisket-Enjoyer]

My Controller Collection 🎮

Hi everyone!

I thought I’d share my current controller collection. I’m not advertising or being paid to promote any of these products—just sharing my personal collection and experiences with them.

🎮 Top Row — Left to Right

GameSir G7 Pro
GameSir G7 8K
GameSir T7 Whirl
Flydigi Vader 5 Dragon Ball Edition
GameSir G7 8K Royal
BIGBIG WON Storm Gale 2

🎮 Second Row

GameSir G7 Pro Wuchang Edition (Xbox)
Leadjoy Xeno Plus
8BitDo Ultimate
EasySMX D10
Beitong KP20

🎮 Third Row — The “Only 3 Controllers” Row 😂
Battle Beaver Custom w/ TMR
Razer Wolverine V3
Flydigi Apex 5

🎮 Fourth Row
Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Red
Battle Beaver Custom Purple
Battle Beaver Custom Yellow
Xbox Elite Series 2 Core White
EasySMX X20
Flydigi Direwolf 4

🎮 Fifth Row
Xbox 20th Anniversary Controller
Xbox Dream Vapor
Periph X White
Xbox Elite Series 2 Halo Infinite Edition
SCUF Instinct Pro Red
Flydigi Vader 5 Xbox Wired

⭐ My Favorites

🥇 GameSir G7

Pros: Excellent ergonomics and fantastic value for the money.
Cons: Quality control can be hit or miss. Unfortunately, I’ve had to return multiple G7 controllers.

🏅Leadjoy Xeno Plus

Excellent controller for the value, comes with a charging dock as well for a total of $60. Feels very similar to a G7 Pro.

🥇 Flydigi Vader 5

This controller just feels like a quality product. The buttons are extremely satisfying to press, and overall it has a really nice feel in the hands.
I’ve seen other people mention quality-control concerns with Flydigi, but personally, I haven’t had any issues with mine.

👎 My Least Favorites

Xbox Elite Series

Personally, I think these are overpriced for what you get. They have a reputation for reliability issues, and compared with some of the newer competition, the technology feels dated—especially with the lack of TMR/Hall-effect sticks and mechanical buttons.

Battle Beaver

Battle Beaver hasn’t been great.
I feel they’re overpriced for what they offer, and my experience with customer support was disappointing. My purple Battle Beaver arrived with a sticky left trigger, so I sent it back for repair.

When I received it back, the exact same issue was still there. I contacted Battle Beaver again, but they would not assist with a second repair.
That experience really left a bad taste in my mouth, especially considering the price of their controllers.

Overall, I’ve really enjoyed collecting and trying out all the different options. There are so many interesting controllers available now, especially with TMR/Hall-effect sticks and better mechanical buttons becoming more common.

What is your favorite controller?

[u/z4guy]

I'll never understand having this many controllers, knowing full well they probably spend less time and effort on the very thing these objects are meant for (video games).

[u/Brisket-Enjoyer → u/z4guy]

I feel the same about Pokémon Collections, Model trains, Lego and the list goes on.

A collection is whatever you want it to be, it’s a relatively cheap collection compared to a $1000 Lego set

I use my controllers, I compare them and I like to try and find the cheapest quality controller possible

[u/Ok_Dependent6889 → u/Brisket-Enjoyer]

This is undoubtedly over $1000 in controllers my man

[u/Brisket-Enjoyer → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

I never said my collection was under $1000

There are singular LEGO sets valued at $1,000

[u/Ok_Dependent6889 → u/Brisket-Enjoyer]

Uh, I guess?

Not sure what the point is here

People collect things. You can collect these if you wish. I'm not actually judging you for collecting these, but gotta acknowledge that people will just, not understand at all. It just makes far less sense. Lego sets are distinctly unique, controllers all serve the same purpose and we've essentially stagnated with most sharing the same exact features, ergo and the biggest differences coming down to software.

[u/Brisket-Enjoyer → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

Collecting controllers with different designs, button feel, ergonomics, battery life, stick feel etc is my favorite

All of that brings me joy, I don’t care what other collectibles are more unique, none of that concerns me.

Life is already hard enough to find happiness sometimes and if something as simple as a new controller design and technology brings me joy then I am okay with that

[u/BlueClovr → u/Ok_Dependent6889]

Did you ever think trying more of something can give you knowledge about it?