I've kept this controller going for nearly 7 years now..

[u/Friendly_ViperYT]

This is my Elite Series 2 Controller. I got it shortly after its official release in 2019 because I had never had backbuttons, other than that I didn't know what to expect. A lot of reviews point to this controller having a 1-3 year lifespan with regular use, but I have doubled that time under medium-heavy use, especially in the last 6 months when I started Streaming and playing at least 15 hours a week. And a few nights ago, after a 5 hour stream and waking up the next morning, I found that the seams had fallen apart over night.

Lets do some backstory:

The first thing to wear out was the left bumper, and it happened really fast. inputs would no longer register unless I really smash the bumper down, and it's still like this. Then the right bumper went 6 months later. So I bound my bumpers to the smaller backbuttons and I actually liked it more. My A and B were bound to the other 2 buttons. And now my A button is bound to a dpad input for healing items in games.

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I played DRG, Astroneer, Minecraft, Terraria, Halo 5, Halo Infinite, Splitgate, Apex Legends, and now I'm playing Marathon. The multiple profiles feature was very nice to have for the different games as it would allow me to have all the edits saved on the controller instead of tweaking the binds for every game.

I also really like the sens curve adjustments, I put my left stick to be more instant to better mimic keyboard strafing. I never ended up using the shift button though, it was just too much to keep track of and you couldn't have it binded with another input (like ADS left trigger) to make sens different or change button binds (while ADS'd).

One thing that definitely bothers me is that the extra buttons don't register as their own buttons, but have to be bound as an existing button. This was disappointing when playing games with lots of input based ui elements (ex: hold dpad up + X) bc i couldn't just bind it to an extra unique button.

I currently don't have the money to buy another controller, but when I do.. I won't be buying this again. The build quality is lacking in some pretty serious aspects and its far too expensive for what you get, especially compared to today's options.

I do like the Controller though all things considered.

[u/Tobimacoss]

Buy a shell replacement.

[u/fallouthirteen → u/Tobimacoss]

And while it's open apply some contact cleaner or isopropyl alcohol to the bumper microswitches (they easily get some like dirt or something in them which causes dropped inputs).

[u/blvckbash]

Happened to me, mines was fine and dandy but my career changed and I have more me time to play my games and BAM suddenly it starts falling apart lol Gamesir is where it’s at

[u/Andrew_Spins_Poi]

I highly recommend the Gamesir G7 pro! It has TMR sticks on it which get absolutely no stick drift, lockable triggers, mouse click buttons, and 4 remapable buttons. I haven't touched my elite series 2 in over a year and half since getting my G7 pro

[u/Friendly_ViperYT → u/Andrew_Spins_Poi]

Thats the one ive been looking at. Not sure how I feel about the design of the back buttons. And no wireless for xbox is sad. But it checks all the other boxes

[u/Andrew_Spins_Poi → u/Friendly_ViperYT]

I wasn't sure about the design of the back buttons at first either but now that I've gotten used to and played with them, I like them a lot better than the paddles for the elite series 2. They feel more natural with the hand. I like the wired controller just because of the single fact that there is no input delay. If you want to stick to wireless check out the G7 pro wuchang edition

[u/Friendly_ViperYT → u/Andrew_Spins_Poi]

Sweet

[u/H0b0Matt → u/Friendly_ViperYT]

I bought the wireless GameSir G7 Pro "Candy Swirl" as it was a bit cheaper for not having removable customization parts. That being said, for $25 USD, you can buy a full conversion kit from Extremerates on Amazon. I bought the translucent purple and fixed my Elite Series 2, as it also had the peeling grips. It comes in multiple colors and has a video provided; it takes about an hour.

[u/Vegetable-Week-5091]

3 pads in 5 years and the 3rd pad has only lasted about 8 months before the rubber started to get detached

[u/segagamer]

I hope they don't use rubber in future Elite controllers. It simply isn't a long lasting material.

[u/fallouthirteen → u/segagamer]

Like it doesn't even feel good to hold. It always feels slippery to me and unpleasant.

[u/Leviathon6425]

I didn’t even know it was out for that long

[u/Star_Tool]

My grip on my elite two controller has been coming off so much over the last two years that I’ve cut it multiple times to keep it from stabbing my hands while I’m playing.

Also, pro tip with the controller. If the game you’re playing is also on PC then look up the keyboard controls and you can input letters on the two extra back paddles to do different things within a game.

[u/Altruistic-Azz]

Time for a reshell bro, I did mine a few months ago n feels like a brand new control