Does anyone have any recommendations for durable gaming controllers? I’ve had multiple Xbox and pdp controllers, but all of them have stopped working correctly after a year or two. It’s ridiculous. I have one no name controller that’s really old and still works but unfortunately I don’t know what brand it it.

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Gulikit makes controllers with hall effect joysticks that are immune to stick drift. I don’t have one of those, but I have their hall effect joysticks for the steam deck and they’re very nice.

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Hmm I can’t seem to find the new kk3 on ebay.

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Don’t think there’s one. The physicality involved in interacting with them means something is going to wear out. BIFL for this needs to be coupled with the expertise to repair them yourself.

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The 2 conditions you would need is a controller with hall effect sticks, and has a battery you are willing to replace, as a controller battery would not last “a life”

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Modifying a OEM controller with Hall sticks and using eneloops is your best bet in this situation.

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https://www.xbox.com/nl-NL/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller

While not exactly BIFL, this controller is so extremely versatile that you could make parts of it BIFL. Also love this controller and what it represents, so felt compelled to add it to the suggestions :-)

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heard the gulikit kingkong 2 is pretty good

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There’s a new generation of hall effect sticks that are better, now, offered in other controllers. Can’t remember the names, but a quick duckduckgo should turn it up

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