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ASIN: B000CQZJRG
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.8 x 2.8 inches ; 11.2 ounces
Media: Video Game
Release Date: April 1, 2006

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,441 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a bit cheap but works fine, May 15, 2007

SH (North Florida) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars

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My 4 star rating is greatly influenced by the cheap price of this controller. If it was more expensive, I'd mark it lower.

I bought this controller for about 15 bucks, including shipping, despite the fact there were no reviews. I figured I'd put in a little info in case someone is considering it.

It takes 4 AAA batteries. I wish they'd have used 4 AA's for longer battery life.

The receiver is very similar to the XBox DVD remote dongle. It plugs into the front, just like that one and fits up close to the Xbox. There's an "X" molded into the plastic of the receiver. When connected, the light on the reciever is solid red. If if the controller is turned off or the batteries are weak, it blinks.

This controller has no way to use memory cards.

It's just barely smaller than the original XBox controller. I really couldn't tell until I held it up to the original to compare. It's quite a bit lighter. The batteries give it a little extra weight. The XYAB buttons are semi-transluscent and very easy to see. It has some silvery "chrome" around the buttons and the left thumbpad. The overall look is nice. I wonder if that silver chrome stuff will rub off over time?

The start and back buttons are in the wrong spot compared to the original controller. Instead, there are extra "turbo" and "power/connect" buttons in those spots. They messed this up and should've swapped these 4 buttons to make more sense. They even made the size of "turbo" and "power/connect" match the size of "start" and "back" on the original controller even though these buttons now have different functions. I find this really strange and a defect in design, but I'll get used to it.

There's a slider switch at the bottom to turn it off and on. I don't know if it has a sleep mode or not. The sparse manual doesn't mention it. When it's on, there's a red LED right on top. This is a good reminder to turn it off when putting it away.

The manual also doesn't mention if 2 (or more) of these will work together. There's no switch to change channel. But it does have a button on the receiver and a the power/connect button on the controller itself to synch controller to dongle. So maybe more than 1 will work together.

I have no idea why the button is labeled "power." The manual doesn't say why either.

The plastic itself is extremely cheap with *lots* of scratches and defects. It's a good thing it's black because the color hides some of it. But it's a $10 controller. What do you expect? It's not a $40 Logitech.

There are rubber grippers on the left and right sides to keep it from sliding out of your hands. I'm not sure they're big enough to make a difference. But I haven't dropped it yet, so maybe so. Then again, I don't remember dropping the original wired controller either.

Overall, it works just fine with no lag that I can detect. I'm going to order one more as a spare. It's cheap enough that I don't care if it gets cheetos all over it.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheap but works fine, October 27, 2007

JK (Dairyland) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars

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I think Shawn pretty well covers it. It is cheap in both price and construction but gets the job done. No significant complaints.

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