![]() ![]() (Hands On Throttle And Stick) which means the pilot can access every setting without ever having to take their hands off the controls. As you can see the X52 Pro out of the box is a complete H.O.T.A.S. So I can see a lot of people thinking just over £100 for what can basically only be used for a handful of games is a lot of money.Īs you can see the size of the box gives away just how big the X52 is and it will take up a lot of space on your desk so I hope that you have made room (it took me a good half an hour of cleaning my desk space before I could set it up). The X52 is created for a very small market. That market being both flight and space simulators although I have also heard that it can be used for the Mechwarrior series. I know that I said I’m currently not averse to purchasing one of these if I like what I see, but I can also see the other side of the coin as well. With that in mind today I will be testing the Saitek X52 Pro Flight system. I think that it may have backfired for him a bit because I’m more than up for the challenge of testing a peripheral that I might also be looking to purchase in the up and coming months. True, the Saitek stick is either half the price (or less) of the complete set of CH Products' controllers, but you're likely to never have to return your CH Products controller (or if you do, CH Products makes a concerted effort to get the stick back to you as quickly as possible.Īll in all, I'd really like to have the $130 I blew on the X52 back so I could either give it to CH Products, or go buy something from Beta his infinite wisdom, my editor Steve decided to give me something that he thought I might find interesting to test or it might have been a hint that I might be talking a bit too much about 2 certain Kickstarter games called Elite: Dangerous and Star Citizen. The features of the Saitek stick and supporting software really pale in comparison when up against CH Products' complete set of offerings. The fact that you occasionally have to unplug and plug back in the X52 to get it to work (Personal experience)įinally, you should consider what you're getting. The fact that the latest set of drivers released by Saitek to Microsoft Update don't work, and are a pain to roll back (Personal experience. ![]() In addition to those particularly bad experiences with Saitek sticks, you might want to consider these experiences, too: This is compared to the 0% of the switches that have died on me on the 4 CH Products controllers I've owned. However, this is the second Saitek stick I've purchased that has had a switch die on me, meaning that this has happend to 100% of the Saitek sticks I've owned. ![]() If you want to know what's happening with your stick, you will have to call them, make a request for information, and then wait 24-48 hours (and by that I can only assume they mean 1 to 2 business days) to see if your request was, in fact, honored.Īs far as your chances of experiencing this situation, I don't have any hard numbers on which to base my estimate of 25%. This means that should something go wrong with your stick, you will be without your stick for around a month (the week it takes the stick to get to them, the 2 weeks they take get the stick back in the mail to you, and the week the stick spends in the mail on its return trip).įurther, during this entire process, Saitek cannot easily provide you any insight into where in their process your stick is, or even if they've received it. Replacement/Repaired units are shipped back via UPS Ground(typically takes 7-12 business days)." Saitek's RMA policy is as follows: "Turnaround time for exchanges/repairs is 10 business days after we receive the unit at our offices. The worst part of the X52 is Saitek's RMA policy, which I suspect any purchaser of the X52 stands about a 25% chance of experienceing first hand. “The worst part of the X52 is Saitek's RMA policy.” ![]()
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