Over the years, the play in the center of the sticks movement grew a bit, but despite its age and the level of use, I still find it very acceptable. I have moved it around in my backpack hundreds of times, without any protection at all, but this didn’t harm the stick in any way. I have used this joystick for over 6 years now, and quite intensely, I might add, and I’m surprised by the lack of wear on it. All of the buttons feel very well made, and I have neither found any problems with them giving false-positives or not responding to commands. The stick has a little play in the center when new, but this was very small, and thus perfectly acceptable. Although helicopter pilots may want it otherwise. They are not very loose to move, which I like. Especially the stick and the throttle lever are quite though. I was very pleased with the Extreme 3D Pro when I first got it. However, if you use your left hand all the time, I’d suggest looking for something truly ambidextrous. This is clearly not an ambidextrous stick, evidence of that is the thumb button on the left side of the stick, and the 6 buttons on the left side of the base, but even so I have found it’s not uncomfortable when you have to use your left hand. For people with small hands, these buttons on top might be hard to reach with their right-hand thumb, but when you have average to big hands, this is no problem at all and these controls are very easily reached. It features a trigger in the front, a thumb-controlled button on the left side, and 4 buttons and an 8-way hat switch on top. The stick itself is very comfortable to hold, and in my opinion neither too big or too small. Your right arm arks around it, and it’s easily reached with your left hand in this case. This can be the case if you place the stick at the right side, like a sidestick, but I have never experience trouble with it when using it centered in front of my pc. This placing has received some negative remarks from people saying it is easily actuated by accident, or is in the way for your right arm controlling the stick. The small throttle lever is placed on the base between you and the stick. The stick is centered on the base, with the 6 buttons on the base to the left of the stick in a 2 by 3 arrangement. This gives a very stable stick that doesn’t go sliding over your desk. The base that supports the stick is quite flat, but quite wide with rubber pads under the 4 corners. The Extreme 3D Pro is built out of black plastic, with gray plastic buttons on the stick, and a gray base with black buttons. The fact that’s it’s still available for purchase proves the fact that it’s a decent piece of hardware. It’s not a new product, I bought mine more than 6 years ago, but in my opinion, it deserves a review here nevertheless. It has all the necessary stuff: 4 control axis (stick fore-aft and left-right, a stick twist for the rudder, and a throttle lever), 11 buttons (1 trigger, 5 extra buttons on the stick, and 6 on the base) and a 8-way hat switch on top of the stick. The Extreme 3D Pro is a simple but sturdy USB-joystick that requires no extra connections. I’ve owned a very cheap, and not very good joystick before that, but it was my 3D Pro that paved the way for me to go into serious flightsimming. The Logitech Extreme 3D Pro was my first decent joystick.
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