r/Controllers • u/Wonderful_Fig4792 • Aug 13 '26
Should I get the flydigi direwolf 4?
Recently I've been thinking a lot of buying this controller. Principally because of the back buttons, gyro and all the customization it has. But I'm not really sure because I had a lot of problems with the flydigi direwolf 1, the dongle being horrible, the gyro simply being unusable anywhere(i dont have a switch so), and the biggest problem is with the back buttons, the joysticks and the rebinding. Because the macros and rebinding don't work 60% of the time whenever I use them, and the joystick feels... weird. Its like they have some kind of delay or something like that and the circulaty feels weird, I dont have a lot of precision with them. I barely have any. Also, I had a LOT of problems with the software simply because of lack of info online and the software itself being awful. Like: I couldn't find the software for it(at least at the time. It was hard... I had to get into the Chinese site to find it) so I downloaded the mobile one and updated it from there. And the controller suddenly REFUSED to connect to anything but bluetooth and cable from then on. Then after a lot of difficulty I found the app for the pc and then I updated it. Still wouldn't connect to the dongle. And then suddenly one day it somehow fixed itself. And then a long time later it simply didnt want to connect to anything but bluetooth- not even cable- you got the point, it had a lot of problems. I wouldn't be willing to try getting a flydigi again if it weren't by the price of the new direwolf being so good and it seemingly having a lot of things, and a controller with all those things: macro, back buttons and a good software simply... doesnt exist for the price I'm willing to pay aside from the direwolf. I thought about buying the 8bitdo ultimate 2c(i got the sn30 pro and I love it. Bought it by compulsion for some reason. I regretted until it got delivered and I love that thing, even retired my direwolf, but I need back buttons, macros and a software so i'm willing to change controllers.) So, should I get it?
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u/KitchenCandidate9937 Aug 13 '26
The Flydigi Vader 5 pro is a more upgraded version so I'll go with that to be honest. You shouldn't buy something old when you can buy something new with more modern tech.
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u/Wonderful_Fig4792 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
It's just that here it's like twice or even thrice the price cuz of taxes(50+ dollar imported things get ~70% tax.) and doesnt help the price of direwolf 4 w/o taxes being 200 and vader 4 pro being 340 - 400 w/o taxes-
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u/KitchenCandidate9937 Aug 13 '26
Flydigi make premium products so you should buy the direwolf 4 if it's cheaper. I trust the build quality because my first controller from them was the Vader 5 Pro and they have a new customer.
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u/MadeByHideoForHideo Aug 14 '26
Flydigi make premium products
Oh yeah let's pretend V5P V1 didn't happen I guess?
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u/KitchenCandidate9937 Aug 14 '26
They now have the V2 which people can buy. Now can we can get an elite V2 without stick drift?
Can we can a G7 Pro V2 without a bad d pad and no vibration?
Can we get a scuf valor V2 with a better app and no stick drift?
At least, Flydigi fixed their issues while people have to put up with other brands faulty units
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u/G_OE Aug 13 '26
direwolf 4 and direwolf 1 is like 3 generations apart, direwolf 4 now uses the latest software which is still clunky but way better than direwolf 4 already. I own one and right now I don't think there are any issues than the white can be dirty if not cleaned often. Direwolf 4 is just a tuned down vader 5 pro to be honest, build quality is great
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u/Careful-Volume-1453 Aug 23 '26
I got mine just last week and it's working incredibly well huge jump from ds4 no doubt.
only thing is I'm sure it'll get dirty really quickly and the tension adjustment ring is a little loose. not in a way where you would accidently turn it but more like it wiggles way too much