THRUSTMASTER T.16000M Joystick (PC)

Pros: Durable, great for precision, heavy base, smooth movement, was cheaper when I bought it.

Cons: Throttle was always a little loose, but has never really been a problem. The real flaw with this stick is the green light at the base will turn on if the stick is the slightest bit off center, since there is no deadzone. Eventually after a few months of heavy use your likely to encounter it not fully centering itself. The magnets work great at this, but not perfect. I had this issue for a while, and quickly realized it was occurring only if I let it center itself from a certain direction. Eventually I stopped encountering this issue altogether.

Overall Review: If you don't have unreasonable expectations, and handle it with care, this is a great stick for the price. I've had it for just over a year of moderate to heavy use, and it still works good as new.

Pros: All the funcitonality and prgramable buttons I could need for handling BF3 flight controls (primary use).

Cons: Its more a knock on myself for the desk surface I'm using it on (glass), but the feet aren't very good at keeping the base from moving around. If it came with different feet to chose from like suction cup mounts, that would easily fix the problem.

Overall Review: Didn't give it the full blessing becuase I felt the button layout on the stick itself could of had ergonomically placed some buttons differently like my old Logitech Joystick, which was both cheaper and as funictional as the thurstmasters. Overall great stick though and would recommend to anyone looking for the best bang for the buck stick for BF3.

Pros: It uses high precision hall effect sensors. Has a large movement area. In a joystick test program, this still will reach every corner of the square test area. It has plenty of buttons. Wasn't crazy-expensive. See Other: Good for off hand.

Cons: -The spring on it is so rigid that it you lose your precision. If you're trying to do some fine aiming in a space fighter, you'll be fighting the spring. I actually had to take a video to show to my friends how rigid the spring was, i could hold the stick sideways in the air and shake it and the base would hardly move. -The trigger feels sloppy and loose. a good 2mm of play before it makes contact with the button, and the button itself only has about 0.5mm of travel. -The top 3 buttons are space too far apart, so you can't rock your thumb for them. -The base buttons are also very loose and sloppy. -The joystick has sharp edges on the stick itself. I have soft hands so i could feel the edges digging in almost instantly. -The stick's switchable rubbery parts come out too easily, they don't lock in.

Overall Review: Would i recommend it to others? Depends what they're using it for. But probably not. It would be fine as an off hand stick when running in a dual stick flight/space/mech sim. Your off hand usually isn't as precise as your main hand and is often likely to use a bit more force. If your hands are a bit firmer or callused, this stick would be fine. If you have very soft hands then i could see the sharper edges digging in. I was getting this as a more precise alternative to a Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold since Star Citizen requires much more precision than games I've played in the past, but sadly the cons are just too numerous.

Pros: If you learn how to calibrate these babies, they are very accurate and precise. This shows when compared to other joysticks in Star Citizen.

Cons: Buttons don't have the best feedback but for the price it doesn't matter.

Pros: Very easy to setup and use. More durable than it looks. Cool green LED effect. Good responsiveness from the gimble. Optional grips for some customization.

Cons: LED effect is almost always on, the slightest tremor in another country makes it go.

Pros: - Precision - Ambidextrous - Solid Feel - Easy to use and setup

Cons: - Lack of buttons - Buttons feel a little off at first but you get used to it

Overall Review: - For the price and precision im not replacing it until a left handed warthog becomes available

Pros: You can spend weeks programming this joystick if you want all the keys from a mouse and keyboard onto this joystick! Otherwise it is simple to setup for the basic application. Work well with Windows 10.

Cons: If your setting up dual T16000m joysticks, this isn't easy! You should chat with Thrustmaster tech support.

Pros: Much more fine, smooth, linear, and accurate response than the Thrustmaster T-Flight X HOTAS. Responds to very small movements. There are 12 assignable buttons on the base that are flat and smooth enough to accept adhesive function labels.

Cons: I wish there was a separately available throttle quadrant from Thrustmaster that I could pair with this stick. The throttle slider works okay, but I would like a separate throttle option in the same design theme (color/shape) with extra assignable buttons. Buttons on the base are strange shapes and all different in size. A field of more regular shapes would be easier to use. I printed and cut out adhesive labels of button functions (for alpha of Star Citizen) and the smaller buttons were difficult to fit with labels. I may need to add weight to the bases, or adhesive, or somehow strap them to the desk so they don't move, but that's not really a fault of the stick.

Overall Review: I do recommend this stick (in pairs) to others I know that play Star Citizen. Because it is reversible, I am able to use a second T16000M stick with my off hand for strafing assignments. However I wish the TARGET software from Thrustmaster could recognize and handle customizations for both sticks at once. Highly recommended!