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Bluetooth Dongle, Logitech Gamepad, and Nyko Wii Charger reviews
As I mentioned in my last post, I was getting a bluetooth dongle and a gamepad. Well, here are the reviews.
The Bluetooth dongle I purchased is a Rocketfish Bluetooth Dongle (link) from Bestbuy. It is about $50.00 CAN, though I got it for free because they told me the laptop I purchased had Bluetooth built in. I’ve used the dongle so far to connect to a) my cellphone and b) 3 wii controllers. I’ve found that there are some problems (it disables your speakers and you have to manually disable its new speaker driver), as well as some times where it disconnected, but overall its worked great. I’ve been able to play Cortex Command with a Wii controller and transferred my pictures off my cellphone. I’d still recommend you get bluetooth built in, but this dongle is still pretty good.
The gamepad I got was a Logitech Dual Action Gamepad (link) from Bestbuy. I’ve only had it for a few days yet I’ve already decided to return it. It feels cheap, with a grip that’s worthless and a low-quality plastic build. The d-pad and various buttons all have reasonably good tactile-feedback. There’s no rumble. The analogue sticks are what really bring the product down, though. Firstly, the hole is square-shaped, making it next to impossible to push directly left-right-up-or-down. Secondly, they have a very low-quality rubber top. Overall, this gamepad is cheap-feeling and not very well designed. I wouldn’t pay more than $5.00 for it and will be returning it shortly.
Final product is the Nyko Wii Charge Base (link) bought from, you guessed it, Bestbuy. They’re $40.00 CAN and, if you play the Wii fairly often, well worth the price. You get 1 charge base and 2 rechargeable battery packs. It is a pretty good package, as it saves a lot of money on batteries. Its high quality, convenient, and not that expensive. I would definitely recommend it.
Well, that’s it. I’ll be posting that review of Cortex Command soon, as well as finally finishing the site updates within two weeks. Until next post,
-Dravailo
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Hi my name is Michael, and I currently visited BestBuy, and you are wrong about all the prices. I suggest you actually research what you post before posting. Also,the Logitech Dual Action Gamepad is one of the greatest controllers ever made. My buddy who developed the gamepad has spent over 2 years researching and developing a comfortable and reliable controller. You are a f***ing douchebag.
Cheers, Michael
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Hello Michael.
I would suggest you note that this post was made June 18th, 2007. At such a time these prices were correct.
In regards to the controller, I definitely prefer the xbox 360 controller to the dual action gamepad. The grip doesn’t feel very good in the Dual Action controller and, as I stated, the design makes it more difficult to push in any particular direction. A circular hole, or a vertical diamond, or an octagon would be much better. As-is, it causes directions to lean towards diagonals. You should realize that it is my opinion in any case, but everyone I’ve ever talked to has agreed that the xbox 360 controller is the best (excluding the garbage d-pad…) available.
Please read the article before accusing people of inaccuracies.
Cheers, Met48/Dravailo
I actually have to agree with Michael. I think that the Logitech Dual Action Gamepad is a decent buy for the price. For around $20 what the hell do you expect?
Cheers, James
It’s not that it’s particularly bad. It’s just that it has a simple design flaw: the controller locks into the diagonals.