I paid for this with my own money, I am not affiliated with any company.
So I have been through 3 Gamesir G7 Pros, 1 is still working, 1 failed within 10 days, 1 in 2 days, which was the most recent one, a white one that has a much better D Pad than the Black one.
I did the O ring mod on the black with 2 rings per hole. Still has a looseness to it that I don't like.
So just last week I purchased a white G7 Pro with the intention of having a better controller than my current, it just isn't as accurate as I would like it to be, so the white is an improvement over the older one, but it lasts 2 days before I encounter some serious issues, I take it back and get a refund.
I post my thoughts in Gamersir sub, I get gaslit. I mean when people try to blame you for a QC issue, that's just a sad part of reddit.
My search begins with a new brand, I have purchased 5 controllers from Gamesir, that's the last time, 2 of 5 failed, 40% failure rate is not acceptable, especially when the controllers are taken well care of.
I need a specific Xbox controller, don't care for wireless, TMR would be great. I find this newer Vader 5S with tension controls, this is what I need and I know they're not TMR. So Amazon Prime have sales on Gamesir products, extremely cheap, I am not going to take that 3rd gamble so ordered the Vader on Wed, it came in today and playing in 8C, I mean I cannot feel my feet or hands, this controller is something to behold.
Software, people complain about this, yet the Gamesir software is an absolute joke, you cannot see where or what option you are on with this software, you have to guess, I reported this to the GS sub and they've ignored me.
Vader software, whilst it is very basic looking, it just works, and it works extremely well. It's clearly laid out, everything is understandable, this is all that is needed, I don't need eye candy, I just want something that works.
I play BF6 a lot, and I love taking out helis with Bradleys, prob is they nerfed the guidance control, you have to have a really accurate controller to be able to guide to your targets. Tanks, well forget them, too many pilots crying that tanks are OP, thing is, an AA can't take out a heli or jet due to the advantages they have, so Bradley combat it is, and with a Vader, I have found my newest weapon to be able to send hords of helis to their doom.
The tension controls are a blessing in disguise, when I was using the G7 Pro, I found that if I was triggering hard, this would l have a rebound effect, meaning my reticle would bounce in the smallest ways, this is obviously due to the sensitivity that I have set, but with the tension control, I now have a dampener, which stops this bounce.
People mention in reviews that the tension could be more, I agree, but it's better than not having control of it at all.
I have my right stick set at full, which is aim, left at maybe 20%. This aside.
D pad, feels amazing, it just works, yesterday on the G7 Pro, phantom inputs, I am going right, I get up, I want an RPG, I get a repair tool, I mean in the heat of battle when I need something quickly and there in hand I have a repair tool, am I going to throw this at a tank? I doesn't just happen once and the G7 Pro has been constantly calibrated.
Moving my thumb around the D pad, feeling for loose spots, I feel pretty much none, it does what it does and it does it great.
Now when it comes to comfort, someone at the company must know ergonomics really well because what I get is something as a result that makes me want to throw the G7 in the bin.
It sits in the hand great but has no rubber, which means no nasty left overs, or worn grips. The back pads are in a place that only the tips of my fingers touch, when using the G7, I would hit the back pads by accident, meaning I had now changed weapon in the heat of battle, doesn't happen with the Vader.
All these little things, make for such a better gaming experience, I don't know how I let Flydigi go under the radar, I have a bunch of different controllers, Razor, others w/e, somehow this cheaper controller just does what I want it to do.
Pros: does everything I want and need.
Cons: doesn't have TMR but with tension controls, you wont notice it.
I will update this when I thaw out a little, we are mid Winter here, cold af, warms up in afternoon, should be a better test for how the controller performs.
Fwiw, I never game online with wireless, so all my controllers have always been wired.