GameSir G7 Wired Controller for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows 10/11 - PC Gaming Gamepad with 3.5mm Audio Jack (2 Swappable Faceplates)

An excellent pro controller at a budget price. Well made with mechanical buttons. The extra buttons underneath are easy to program and comfortable to use. You CANNOT adjust stick sensitivity through the app, though, if that's what you're looking for; it only lets you modify the deadzones. It doesn't have hall effect sticks, but if you do end up getting any kind of drift it is cheap to buy another. I bought two just to have a spare!

Okay, so I was pretty surprised by this one. I've had an Astro C40 controller since 2019 and that unfortunately died last month (It was a great controller!) so I went and purchased an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller.I returned that in less than 12 hours. The paddles felt uncomfortable to use, and the face buttons were not responsive (1 out of 5 times they just don't engage due to the design of the mainboard inside the controller).This one though? Oh wow. Silky smooth thumbsticks, responsive triggers (would have liked trigger stops, but hey), face buttons that are mechanical...It's a great piece of kit for like 1/3 the price of the Xbox Elite Series 2.Just... buy this one.

So I’ve had this controller for probably more than a month now. Little backstory I play on Xbox series s, and for the past 3 years I had used a regular Xbox series x black controller, I never had a single issue with it until recently it started playing up and i pretty much couldn’t use my Xbox. At this current time and in my country this controller was the same price as a new Xbox series controller. I knew that Xbox series controllers have the reliability, but I had done a lot of research on the G7 and wanted to try something new. I must say the first time holding the controller it felt very premium compared to the regular Xbox series ones. It feels very smooth, the studded grip on the back is actually rubber which feels much nicer compared to plastic on my old one. I will admit it does take getting used to if you usually use regular Xbox controllers, the shape is a bit different, one thing I didn’t like at first was the placement of the “menu” and “map” buttons and how they were much flatter than what I was used to but it’s easy to adjust to it. The face buttons are tactile and have an audible click sound to them, which you can’t help but smile when you hear it, obviously when you’re wearing headphones you can’t hear it, and at first because of the tactile buttons, whilst wearing headphones I actually found it hard to tell if I was actually pressing the face buttons or not because they felt so light. Suffering from success I suppose. Some people complained that they wish they had made the face buttons a different colour i.e. have the letters be black or grey or just have them blanked out, but that really didn’t bother me, plus you aren’t looking at the controller whilst you play anyways. One of the main selling points of this controller is that it’s more of a professional controller with added features at the same price point as a regular Xbox controller, one of the biggest features being the back paddles, well they are buttons not paddles. I was sceptical before buying, but the back buttons are in a very comfortable position and are so easy to remap, that’s another good thing about this controller is you don’t need any software to remap the back buttons though there is a software available should you want to fine tune your controller, though if you’re a casual every now and again gamer like me that won’t be necessary. The actual thumb sticks themselves are from the PS4/5, so if you want to use kontrol freeks it’s best to get the ones made for PS5 as they fit perfectly. I’m pretty sure the Nintendo switch ones fit aswell. Also I’m the box it comes with another faceplate in white, it’s very easy to swap the faceplate as it’s just magnetic and comes off. I’ve got a bit of a “stormtrooper” esc design, I have the white faceplate on with white kontrol freeks making it like black and white which looks pretty good. Another thing is the d pad has other functions, if you hold down the “M” button, which is the added feature button, and press the d pad buttons it can do things like increase or decrease the volume and also increase/decrease party chat to game volume ratio. Although to be honest I have never used this feature. I will note that when I first plugged in my headphones even on max it was quite quiet so I realised I had to turn it up on the controller d pad. Here’s one of the biggest negative things I’ve find and maybe it’s just mine but basically the controller has like “space rings” I don’t know what the actual name is but if you move the thumb sticks around it feels very smooth, but sadly it stopped working on the left stick on the forward part of it after about a week, I’m guessing that’s because in most games the left stick is pushed forward majority of the time, so now that part broke and it feels really grindy and bad and even makes a squeaky sound when I click the left stick as it is pushed forward. I considered returning it to get a new one but I couldn’t be bothered with the hassle as it’s a minor thing. It doesn’t really affect gameplay but I was just disappointed with how quickly that stopped working. All in all I think this is a great controller. If I could go back in time and either buy a regular controller or this one I would probably choose this one

I have gone through a few controllers in the last year. 1 standard Xbox controller, 1 cheap controller and 1 Xbox elite controller. All had issues so this was my next purchase. So far after a month I think, it's going well. The clicking of the buttons reminds me of a mechanical keyboard so they feel so much more satisfying to press than a regular controller.Additional buttons at the back aren't their own button but instead you can remap a regular button to the back. I had hoped it would be treated as additional so I could add extra functions but that's fine.A good controller and would definitely recommend and re buy if I needed a second

I am so glad I bought this. I play COD on PC through Steam.It was super easy to map the back buttons using the app they said to download through Microsoft store in the instructions.It came with a gift card to Xbox game pass, which I won’t be using lolThe quality of the buttons feels amazing. The controller is a little bit smaller than the original Xbox Series controller, so it’s taking me a little time to get used to it, but overall I’m really happy.I also bought the 3 year insurance, so I’ll be good for a while. I recommend buying insurance, this controller is perfect for PC.

It's a good controller but I've had it for 4 days and the left stick has already developed stick drift I previously bought a powerA controller for around £20 and it lasted me 2 years before it developed problems and for a controller of this price to have stick drift after 4 days it's ridiculous

Got this as a replacement controller for my PC Rig, my old one was on its way out and just causing issues so decided to just get a new one and ended up settling on this, both me and my partner use it when gaming, the different covers are nice as I tend to use the black one and we've going to but black cats on the white one so it can be my partners controller cover, its really comfortable in your hands and isnt super heavy, its feedback is good and using it is a breeze, will definitely have to get another eventually