Any Reviews on Cheap Joysticks?

[bobross419]

My mom sent me a $20 Walmart gift card and I wanted to pick up a cheap joystick. I recently got X3:Terran Conflict and would like to be able to use a joystick instead of just the mouse. I don't really have much money to spend on a good quality joystick, so I found 3 on Walmart.com. I was hoping that someone that has one of these could give me some feedback.

Genius MaxFighter F-23U V2 Joystick - http://www.walmart.com/catalog....do?product_id=9904228

Logitech Attack 3 Joystick PC - http://www.walmart.com/catalog....do?product_id=2413236

Genius MaxFighter F-31U Vibration Joystick - http://www.walmart.com/catalog....do?product_id=9904230

I haven't used a joystick since back in the Xwing and TIE Fighter days and remember how quickly the calibrations on our el cheapo joysticks would go out. Are cheap joysticks still plagued with these issues?

I'm not going to spend money anywhere else (Unless you can show me a better one for less than $10), so if all of these suck then just tell me not to bother. I have a firm price cap of $30 bucks ($20 on the gift card plus a little cash) and can't fudge that at all.

 

[mpilchfamily]

You get what you pay for. So i wouldn't expect much form them. But all 3 should get the job done. But overall joysticks are only handy in flight sim games. With those kind of things you kind of want to get a good joystick.

Personally with only $20 i'd just buy some music. That is if Wlamart still offers MP3s online. I think they dropped that. So go buy yourself a movie.