#Mobapad M6 HD

[fictional-seviper]

Look at these nifty joy con replacements a company sent me!

Pros: Very comfy with Full feature parity with joy cons.

Cons: Only fans of clicky buttons need apply

[kfcdoubledown]

Comparing two sets of third-party joycons

I bought two sets of Switch controllers recently and here are my thoughts on both of them! They are the Mobapad M6 HD and the NYXI Hyperion Pro.

Mobapad M6 HD

These guys retail at $80 (as much as OEM joycons!) and feature a whole suite of features that make them an extremely competitive option to actual joycons. Linear motors for HD rumble support, hall effect analogs, NFC reader for amiibo support, swappable Xbox Elite style d-pad and Nintendo cross d-pad, ergonomic shape, latch so securely to the Switch that there's no wobble on the joycons at all even compared to OEM, swappable faceplates and octagonal or circular stick-gates, swappable stick toppers, this one has it all.

Except the buttons are fucking awful! All of them! Not a single microswitch button feels good to press on these devices. The face buttons and d-pad both have absolutely insane travel distance on each switch, making the cross d-pad piece unusable and the Elite d-pad your only real option. The face buttons feel actively bad to press down. The shoulders are the only microswitches on these things that feel good to press at all. I actually regret purchasing these!

Which brings me over to,

NYXI Hyperion Pro

At barely $14 less than the Mobapads ($65.99) these have fewer features and lower build quality than the Mobapad M6 HD. They do not boast HD rumble or an NFC reader, they use rubber connections on the ZL/ZR buttons and ABXY face buttons. They do have hall effect sticks and back buttons, and the perk of a connective bridge piece to use it as a controller. They do not latch as firmly to the Switch as the Mobapads do, and the right joycon seems to latch slightly less firmly than the left. The ergonomics are still good and they have their own replaceable stick toppers. The RGB effects on it are kind of annoying and obtrusive, and I turned them off in a hurry.

But the buttons don't feel like absolute garbage. Which is absolutely the important part, you push buttons on these things. The d-pad and face buttons do not have insanely high travel, in fact their travel is rather short. The d-pad and L/R shoulder buttons seem to use the same microswitches, which are short travel, snappy, and not loud. The d-pad has a good pivot point and doesn't press down in any direction when I push right on its middle. The shoulders have a firmer rubber membrane than the face buttons do.

Unfortunately I think the Hyperion Pros win this one even though they're the cheaper product and NYXI is not a terribly high-quality manufacturer. For $14 less and several fewer features, you get a significantly better controller experience that's still comfortable, comes with a bridge to connect them to as a wireless full controller, and optionally has some Gamecube nostalgia pandering. It's actually kind of flooring how bad the Mobapad's controls feel in comparison. Why? Why would anybody want a half an inch of travel distance on a face button for a game controller????

[wolfleblack]

Mobapad M6 HD Joy-Cons make the Nintendo Switch even better - Review

Like many people, I find the standard Joy-Cons difficult to use as their small size cramps my hands. I’ve tried a few alternatives but most of them always came with major downsides, such as weak rumble or no gyro controls, and eventually settled on some Skull & Co grips that make playing in handheld far better, but doesn’t solve the issues I had with the cramped face buttons buttons. That’s…

[kfcdoubledown]

I bought a dirt cheap Switch controller off of Aliexpress!

"IINE Phantom Elite Pro" was marketed at about $35 on Aliexpress, marked down from about $60, and I was impressed enough by its stated featureset I snagged one. It bills itself as having

NFC for Amiibo connectivity

Full HD Rumble support

Good gyro

A charging dock

And all of these things also turned out to be true! I couldn't give less of a damn about the RGB effects and I'm really only putting up with the clicky face buttons because of their insanely low travel; I have a pair of Mobapad M6 HD joycons that also have clicky face buttons and a clicky d-pad, but the insanely high travel on those buttons make them feel really bad to use, which is a shame because they otherwise fit the bill of what I wanted (clicky buttons aside).

The charging dock is easy to slip the controller onto and take it out of, has a rubber bottom for anti-slip, and has a surprising bit of weight to it. The controller comes with a dongle, but I don't know if it actually does anything but work as a Bluetooth receiver since it doesn't seem to enable any kind of 2.4Ghz functionality (nor would I expect it to, it didn't claim to have any). Thankfully the RGB can be turned off.

Especially for the price-point I'm very very pleased with this thing, highly recommend it for anybody that wants a PC controller with a dock and doesn't care about analog triggers or anybody looking for a full featured Switch controller for half the price. My only real complaint is that it doesn't seem to switch modes instantly (or at all, in some cases) when toggled on the back, but does appropriately change modes when turned off and on again.