Customer Reviews

Saitek Cyborg Evo Wireless PC Flight Stick - PS30

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I bought this joystick to replace my Saitek x45 Digital Flight Stick when I realized at a LAN party that the cords were way to long and messy on the x45. So I decided to go wireless, wireless keyboard and mouse. But I had problems finding a good wireless joystick...until I found this one. Like all the other Saitek joysticks I have owned, the Cyborg Evo Wireless is slick looking and fully customizable. And of course, it's wireless.

Whether you're a righty or a lefty, you can move the butt of the joystick up or down, flip it around, whatever you want to do. You can tilt the head of the joystick one way or another, and you can raise or lower the platform with buttons 2, 3, and 4. But that isn't the end of this thing's customizability. Like all other Saitek joysticks, this comes with their SST smart programming software. You can program one of this joystick's 12 buttons (not including the axes or the hat) to do anything you wish...you can even macro program them!

The joystick performs quite well in gaming situations and doesn't lag or miss a beat at all. The stick feels quite sturdy, although being mostly plastic. Saitek sure does make some sturdy plastics. The stick is able to sustain my beatings of whipping it around when flying my helicopter in Battlefield: Vietnam.

I only have one complaint about this joystick, otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. Every once and a while I get some connectivity issues if I leave the joystick alone for an extended period of time and then come back to it. Since the joystick has an auto-sleep funciton, after it goes to sleep for a long while it loses its lock on the transmitter. But pressing the connect button doesn't solve the problem. I have to take the battery out and put it back in for it to connect. Other than that, however, a very sturdy joystick and definately worth the money, especially if you are looking to remove the clutter from your desk from all those wires.

I purchased theth Flight Stick for myself for Christmas and have had a blast using it ever since. The manufacturing quality of the unit is excellent and the adjustable grip rests for your hand aids significantly in finding your most comfortable grip. My favorite feature (next to the unit being wireless)is the feel of the unit while in use, especially flying. The twist grip is also very handy for rudder control and has an unexpectedly (rudders are normally operated by your feet) natural feel...great product!

I bought this joystick a couple of days ago, and as soon as I got it, I set it up and was playing in about 10 minutes. I am always impressed with saitek's products, and it was no dirrerent this time. Works well a good distance away from the reciever, which is smaller than most jumpdrives. And what is even better, the stick base has a built in holder for the reciever. The only thing that i gave this 4 stars for is because it is very light. I wasnt really expecting this, but I think it is something i can get used to. All in all i think this a very well made stick, extremely portable, and looks good too. I highly recommend this stick or any of the other great saitek joysticks.

I've owned other Flight Sticks but had to install drivers and calibrate them. I took this out of the box and plugged the receiver into a USB port and XP found new hardware and installed all drivers required. I never did install the software that came with the Flight Stick since all features needed for my Flight Simulator where already available. Its simple to adjust for comfort and can be setup for left handed operation. The use of the controls is simple to use and easy to reach. The best feature is no wires laying around making it an easy component to keep out of the way when not in use. So far the battery life has posed no problems. The only problem I had was inserting the receiver into an open USB port. My USB ports are close together and I had to arrange my other devices to free up an open USB end slot. It wouldn't fit between two USB device plugs because its too thick for the spacing on the back of my 4 year old desktop. I recommend this if you want to reduce the clutter of wires and just hook it up and start flying. Remember that software is included if you want to customize the Flight Stick.

It's possible that the problem was with this specific unit, but the joystick was subject to frequent disconnections apparently tied to RF interference. Despite changing the joystick's channels and using numerous alternate batteries, as well as removing most interfering devices away (really, only 3 nearby items transmitting on the 2.4 gHz range), the stick still proved to be too intermittent. Subsequent purchase of the Logitech equivalent proved to be more stable, without any interference.

This is a shame, too, as the stick was built beautifully. It certainly has a superior throttle control to the Logitech, as well as a great layout and overall construction quality. The Saitek software works quite well, and the profiler was easy to use. The movement on the stick was also quite solid, being superior, in fact, to the overly light touch required for the Saitek X52.

This is a great joystick for lefties. I bought this from Beach Audio and it came so fast I couldn't believe it. That is a great place to purchase this from. There are multiple vendors who sell this on this Amazon site, so if you want to purchase from Beach Audio, you'll have to make sure to select them above on the right and side. As of this entry, their price was like $1.00 more than another vendor, but I can tell you that it is worth a dollar to me for a fast, hassle free buying experience. I'm not sure how the shipping compares between the two though. I purchased this joystick for Battlefield 2.

I'm a long time user of the Cyborg line of joysticks. So when it came time to get a new one I decided on this model because the wireless feature. Which ill go into in a moment.
The first thing i noticed after taking it out of the box was the size of the USB adapter. It basically takes up 2 slots it's so big. I stuck the software disk in only to be told it dosnt support Windows Vista. I had to go to Saiteks website to download the drivers and the keymapper program which isnt made very well I might add.
After getting everything installed I put it to work. I was shocked by how large the dead zone is, you have to almost move the entire stickto the limit of it's axis to get it to move in a game. I've spent hours trying to tweak this issue with limited success. X3 The Reunion performing the best but i think that was mainly because of there joystick configuration option they built into the game. another problem I've had is latency. Sometimes the response times are a bit low and seems to lag behind. Which obviously is bad for any game you would be using this for.
The sleep mode this joystick has is also very annoying. It will shut itself off if not used every seemingly 10 minutes or less. Turning it bacl on will not reestablish connection, you have to remove the battery and put it back in. This only works about 50% of the time.
Despite all these flaws when it does work it works well, but for me isnt worth all the headaches it's caused. I'm already looking for a new joystick and I suggest you just forget about this thing and do the same.

I really liked my old Sidewinder 3D Pro, but it's become a problem getting the new operating systems to recognize it on the still great but aging Creative Live Drive gameport. I've lusted for the Saiteks. So I got this wireless one to continue uncluttering my desk. I'm tall and have big hands, so I thought an adjustable one would be cool.

Beefs:
1. It had a dead stick button out of the box. In searching for another controller, I've noticed others Saitek reviewers had dead button problems. A switch with wires is not rocket science folks.

2. I tried it with the games I'm playing and no amount of adjustment made using it comfortable. If my hands were half again as large, maybe. Who user tests this stuff?

3. Throttle is hard to use where it is.

I sent it back and got a refund.

The "any but Saitek quest" goes on.

I like the wireless version of this controller for the obvious reason of not having to plug in the old one and deal with another cable laying around. As read in other reviews, the stick does have a problem "waking up" for play time. I found that it was better to just take out the battery when not in use and then put it back in after I load up a new flight. Overall response is good and I have not noticed any unintentional movements or episodes of lost control as mentioned in other reviews. If you like the old evo stick then you will be happy with this one too.
Saitek Cyborg Evo Wireless PC Flight Stick - PS30

Nice joystick, but I found it to be a very glitchy stick. Did not always do what I was asking it to do (i.e. not firing or rotating until several seconds after initiating the action). I also found myself having to "reset" the stick very often by removing the batteries and reinstalling them. I would not recomend this stick. I cannot offer any other suggestions for a wireless stick since I replaced it with the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. The Logitech has been great and gets 5 stars from me and it costs less.