EasySMX 2.4G Wireless Gaming Controller for Windows PC, Steam Deck, PS3 & Android TV Box, Plug and Play Gamepad with Dual Vibration, 4 Back Paddles, Up to 14-Hour Battery Life

I ordered this controller to replace my current OEM Xbox controller. Pros: What made me choose this were the extra M1-4 buttons on the back of the controller, as well as the extra QOL functionality and compatibility with multiple device types. Initial impressions are that this controller does NOT feel cheap. It feels more premium than my ORM Xbox controller. All of the buttons and triggers have a satisfying, but not annoyingly loud, click. The RT and LT buttons have a neat trick which allows you to turn either (yes - individually or both) trigger into a smooth, longer travel press (like the OEM Xbox controllers) or into a short travel press similar to the RB and LB buttons. This switch can be made in real time with a physical switch on the controller, located near each trigger but comfortably out of the way. You will not easily find yourself accidentally switching them to different travel. The color and vibration controls are intuitive and can be changed on the fly at any time as well with shortcuts built into the controller itself. You can also turn off the RGB if you want to conserve battery life or just isn’t your thing. The Hall joysticks are held on with a magnet, and easily are removed for cleaning by just pulling up. But I can confidently say there is no danger of the joystick head coming off when you don’t want it to during more intense gameplay. I attempted to push hard in all directions to see if this would happen and had no feeling that i could make it happen. Cons: If I had to make any suggestions for improvement, I would say…. The dedicated C (color) button and Screenshot button placements should be swapped with their partner buttons - Screenshot with Select and C with Start. This would make transitioning from using a traditional Xbox controller much simpler for more people. I’ve been using it for a few hours and have found that I need to retrain myself to place my thumbs a bit higher on each side of the controller to hit these buttons, because i keep hitting the C and Screenshot buttons which are located where I am already naturally activating the Select and Start buttons to be. The USB C port for charging and wired use is a great choice, but the port itself is recessed inside of a hollowed out area that makes some USB C cables unable to fit inside and connect to the port. It seems you either must use their included cable, which to be fair is of reasonable quality, or own another USB C cable that happens to be able to fit inside of the recessed hole that the port lives in. Just raise this port up to be level with the rest of the controller body so all USB C cables can be used. Small nitpick, but because of how the A, B, X and Y buttons display their letters, if I or anyone else (perhaps a person not as familiar with game controller layouts) needed to peek down and look at the button letters, it is not possible to read the letters on the buttons without tilting your controller to be directly facing your eyes. As in, they cannot be read properly from a diagonal angle, which most people tend to be relaxed back in their chair or couch with their hands down near their lap. So this means you MUST tilt the controller toward your eyes when looking down, opposed to just looking down. Making these more pronounced and readable from an angle would just be a niche but easy QOL change to improve the design, Overall, great first impressions and seems very much like a great value when compared with the competition - particularly from big brands like Xbox, Razer, etc.

I have been using this controller for awhile now and it's probably the best one I have used at it's price point. I have used it on the Switch OLED, Switch 2, and on PC via the included Dongle as well as via Bluetooth. Connection to the dongle from my couch to the HTPC in the TV stand are great. I always struggle with Bluetooth being stable so the 2.4Ghz is nice. Being able to set the back buttons to something has allowed me to actually play insect glaive on MH Wilds. The ability to lock the triggers is perfect for some Mario Party mini games. Let's talk about the elephant: the clicky buttons design. They are actually key switch instead of a membrane button. First off, they will last significantly longer than the modern 1st party controllers from the likes of Xbox, Nintendo, etc. They will make a noise but, for me, I have PC gamed on louder mechanical keyboards in the past. I would rather have the click for long term reliability of key switches over membrane alternatives any day. I can see why they are not for everyone but if you're focused on the game, the noise generally fades into oblivion. Your SO listening to it is another story, luckily mine games to. The Hall Effect Joysticks are also built to be more immune to stick drift unlike Nintendo's $85, switch 1 recycled, switch 2 slop controllers. The only negative I would wish for is the ability to wake the Switch 2 like it did the Switch OLED but that's a Nintendo problem and not an EasySMX problem. The controller sits comfortably in my hand just like any of the last 2 generations of Xbox controllers I've used. Good news is this one didn't have the buttons wear out within a year or two of moderate use; at least not yet anyway. I think it is worth even the full price but I see this controller on sale for $10 bucks off a lot. They even sell one with a protective case for a few bucks more that is worth picking up if you game on the go a lot like I do. This controller also won the employee favorite controller tournament over at Linus Tech Tips after a lot of consideration earlier this year (Jan 2025) and I can see why.

It's a very versatile controller. There's so many ways to connect. You can connect via bluetooth, via the included 2.4ghz dongle, or whatever the Switch uses. You can use XInput or DInput. It has turbo, programmable buttons (including 4 extra buttons on the back), and gyro. In terms of tactile feel and build quality it is pretty close to the Xbox Series controller. It has rumble which works fine. However, the things I bought the controller for 1) the gyro and 2) the programmable buttons have a big problem and a small problem respectively. Both features operate only within the controller, Steam is not aware of either and they can't be configured through Steam Input. The gyro works, but it's a little wonky. Compared to the DualSense (PS5 controller) and the Steam Deck's gyro, you really have to jerk the controller around to get it to register. Also there's no way to enable it dynamically (i.e. left trigger full). Because you can't configure it through Steam you're stuck with what the controller came with. You can have it do left stick or right stick and you can't tweak anything like sensitivity. The programmable buttons in the back also work fine, but are really easy to trigger by accident. There's no fine tuning, it does exactly what you press at the speed you press it. Again, you can't configure them through steam, so you can't have the buttons do something like a keyboard button press. Overall it's not a bad controller. If you want something like this for Nintendo Switch it would probably be a great buy. I intend to use it primarily for PC/Steam Deck and my main desire was to have gyro. With that in mind, for me it would have probably made more sense to get another DualSense/PS5 controller for the better gyro and ability to configure through Steam.

Originally, I ordered this controller and was immediately impressed by it. It pulls through on the features it advertises, feels high quality, has low latency in the bluetooth mode and more. however, within 2 months of me using it, the right trigger spring wore down and lost a noticeable amount of functionality. i’m leaving a 5 star review though, due to how incredible customer service was. i reached out and within the day they emailed me back and are sending me a free replacement controller. Hopefully, this new one is improved and lasts!

Updating review after 6 months ownership. The left stick base is starting to shift around, almost like it's trying to lift out of the controller? It feels gritty as I move the stick around unless I press it back in. The A button is double-pressing every time I press it, and the range frustrations have got me at my wit's end - inputs just stop responding if I'm more than like 2-3 feet away, a problem my wife's 8bitdo Ultimate 2C doesn't have (which cost LESS THAN HALF THE PRICE...) I have tossed the controller into my backpack a couple times to go visit a friend, so if that little bit of travel was enough to cause this much unreliability, I cannot recommend this controller. It's a shame - I otherwise *really really* like the way the controller feels, but it's just too frustrating to use. Original review below, at only around 1mo ownership: Let me start with the bad points, cause there's only two, but they're worth noting if you plan on buying one of these. 1. Wireless connectivity: Using the included dongle seems to have some range or other transmission issues. If I'm just at my desk with my computer about 2 feet away, it's no problem, but I like to use my Steam Deck in my living room for some couch gaming. From that distance (about 9ft?), I get some flaky connection causing my inputs to stick or not register. It seems that over enough distance, even having the controller and dongle obstructed by a table or my leg is enough to cause connection issues. For that reason, I went with a really really long type C cable I happen to have, but that leads into point no. 2... 2: EasySMX decided to make the type-C connector on this controller recessed, sunken deep into the plastic. Most of the type-C cables I have, have a housing too big to fit into the recess for the port. I suppose this does at least protect the connector from being strained during some "gamer moments", but it does mean that I have to find the specific cable that came with this controller if I want to charge it, or at least make note of the cables I have that do fit. I ended up modifying my longest type-C cable by shaving the housing down to make it fit this controller. With those negatives aside, the rest of the controller is so good that I can only take a star away for those points. Note that I'm primarily a mouse & keyboard player, and I just use this controller for specific games that feel better on one (emulated console games, Monster Hunter, BeamNG.drive, GTA, Cyberpunk 2077, etc.) The face buttons have such a nice feeling click that no first-party controller can match. Being able to flip the rear triggers from full-travel analog to short-travel digital is great - I don't play many shooters, but I do play a lot of driving games, RPGs, and emulated PS2 games, so being able to choose one or the other is really nice. The sticks feel good, although I don't notice much difference between the adjustable heights. Some things that I feel are more "meh": -I'm not a huge fan of the RGB, but it almost looks strange with it off, so I've left it on the default, it's inoffensive enough to my eyes. -The rear paddles. I appreciate that they're not bound to anything by default, and I appreciate that they *can* be bound completely from the controller, with no PC software required. However, the process to bind them is awkward enough that I'm not going to remember it, and I can imagine that if I were to use them, I'd want to set "profiles" for different games (like shift up/down buttons for a racing game, or maybe a "sniper"/"slow look" button for an FPS). If there was a program available to visually pick a button and configure its binding, I'd probably find them more useful. -Other settings of the controller - RGB color/pattern/speed/brightness, vibration motor strength, etc. Again, I appreciate that they can be set from the controller itself without software, but I again also wish there was a software UI to see all the settings available and adjust them from a computer, because I've had to keep the manual around just so that I can reference what settings I can change and how to change them. I feel like if you were changing them often you'd probably commit it to muscle memory eventually, but an "easy mode" would still be nice. Battery life feels fine, but I do wish there was more of a charge indicator status beyond "fine", "low", and "dead". Maybe another button combo could use the "player indicator" lights to show battery status? Overall, with a couple caveats, I'm amazed how great this controller is. It's light, it feels good to use, with features rivaling the premium first-party offerings (Xbox "Elite", PlayStation "DualSense Edge") at a way lower price. Heck, this is even cheaper than the *standard* Xbox controller while being an objectively better experience. This ain't the Mad Catz "here bro, here's your controller" from our childhood, this is actually something good.

The controller works excellently but my big issues are the configuration settings and the joystick. The joystick heads are attached magnetically to the controller but not strong enough that it keeps popping off frequently while playing, to the point that I’ve considered just supergluing it on. The configuration of the back buttons is finicky as it is all done on the controller using the included manual. I wish there was an external software to configure the settings and the back buttons much like 8bitdo’s controllers. Also, there is no configuration option for dead zones. Other minor issues are that some charging cable heads might be too wide to plug into the controller and it is finicky when switching connectivity from one Nintendo Switch to another. Overall, it works well with PC & mobile and every other advertised feature works amazingly. I am a few months in and the controller has no issues whatsoever, but for the price I paid, I would not return it but neither would I recommend it to someone else.

I would call myself a veteran halo player of, let’s check — 7,173 infinite matchmaking games (mixed social playlists up to ranked.) I have to say that when I found this controller it exceeded my expectations with the nice clicky buttons, trigger stops, Hall-Effect sticks, fast polling with the receiver, programmable buttons, etc.. Basically everything I wanted barring maybe resistance adjustment on the sticks. It goes without mentioning these sticks feel nice! With countless hours of pulling the right trigger with the stop engaged I managed to crack trigger mold on the left side of the hinge. It did not fail immediately however. I knew it might, but I want to emphasize the engineering for this product really is stand-out! The trigger mold does not have much room to budge. I was able to squeeze out more matches with the aide of superglue until unfortunately I had a catastrophic trigger mold failure on both sides of the hinge.. I continued on using the right paddle mapped to trigger- Not the best, but manageable in a pinch! Never fear, EasySMX is so good they offered a replacement to tell you how good this controller is! And it is! I might recommend they upgrade the plastic used for the trigger molds is all…

Easily one of the best controllers I have ever used. The controller itself feels light and solid, everything feels perfectly placed from triggers to back buttons and trigger stops. The only real drawback was having to update it but that can't really beeven remotely enough to slash a star off. It takes like 2 minutes to do. The battery life is definitely on the shorter side with it typically dying with less than 8-10 hours of use but at least im not replacing batteries haha. I've used an insane amount of controllers and the only other one in this price range to realistically compete is the 8 bit do ultimate 2.4ghz. It is the more convenient controller with the included charging dock and better battery but the easysmx x20 feels LEAGUES better in your hands. I would definitely buy another one if mine ever breaks, that's how much I like this controller.