EasySMX X05 2.4g Wireless Gaming Controller for PC/Steam/iPhone/Android/Switch – Bluetooth Controller Gamepad with Hall Effect, RGB Lights and Turbo, Anti-Drift Controller by EasySMX

This was a good controller for the price. The quality of the controller is great, it can withstand my 2 year old son playing with it like one of his toys. I use it mainly for PC games (with Steam Input) and it works great on my one computer (Win 11) via BT on everything but on my Win 11 laptop, it only works with the USB dongle when I am not playing Minecraft.

My daughter and I play Minecraft on our server together and she uses this wireless controller via BT (doesn5t need the USB dongle) and it works well. I bought a 2nd controller in hopes to use it on my laptop but I came to find out it’s not working on my system via BT, but works with USB dongle. I assume it has something to do with the BT version and hardware since it’s an older laptop. The bad part is the controller in Dongle mode on my laptop works only when not in Minecraft, works everywhere else. I tried looking at the settings and just didn’t figure it out yet. The kicker is if I use another wired XBOX controller it works fine, everything is mapped right and it is being registered properly.

I tried to connect it to my tablet and it won’t discover it.

Overall it’s a great controller when you can get it to discover and work, but out of the 3 systems I tested it on, one works great via BT, one works with dongle but not consistently in all applications, and the tablet won’t discover it at all.

Battery life is decent, but I would have expected it to last longer. I would guess when my daughter plays, she gets maybe 4 to 5 hours of use before it needs charged.

I could have paid 25% more for these and still been happy. They are amazing quality for the price. Battery life could be a bit better, but in my situation at a pc if they run low I just plug it in and keep gaming. It’s my dedicated PC controller now for those games where mouse and keyboard just doesn’t feel right. Now I don’t need to pair my PS5 controller to my PC every time I play those types of games.

I’m not a big fan of RGB but I can just turn it off anyway. It has programmable settings such as vibration strength different colors with the RGB and a turbo mod.

If you understand the benefits of hall effect joysticks and triggers, you’ll know that some of the most expensive controllers on the market, some even in the $150+ range, don’t even have them. Not acceptable for that price range. I’m tired of replacing old controllers, repairing them to get another short usage span out of them, or just outright having to trash them. I only buy hall effect now.

Now I could say any hall effect controller is good, and having used nothing but them for the past couple years, I’d be mostly correct, but this controller feels solid and plays even better. I can’t get over the $17 price tag either.

The controller was instantly recognized by Windows. No extra setup. Just plug in the dongle and hit the center button on the controller and it will sync right up. The RGB is easy to play with. You just double tap the “M” button and use the left joystick to play with your options, one of which includes no lights at all. When you’re decided, just tap “M” again and your set. It comes with two thumb grips and a USB C charging cable as well. All in all, it was a pretty seamless process. I was in game within seconds of powering it on.

Triggers and all buttons are very responsive. D Pad is sufficient no matter what games you play, including fighting games(not the greatest, but will suffice. You should be using a fight stick anyway!). Joysticks feel great and again, the ease of mind knowing they’ll last is what is most exciting here.

EasySMX have done a good job here. I’ll likely be picking up a second or even a third to keep in their boxes until my friends finally wear out my older, potentiometer joystick controllers ha!

Works great! I got this for my gaming pc. Mostly because I’m new to pc gaming, and thus I’m better with a controller than keyboard. Should I learn the keyboard, probably. Will I? Unlikely. I enjoy what I know. Anyways, it connects great and is very responsive. Amazing especially on a budget.

Update: after about 2-3 months, the controller trigger broke- no longer returns to original position after being depressed. Tore it down to see if it was an easy fix- plastic on the trigger itself is just snapped. Glue doesn’t fix it. Threw away the controller. Disappointing as this wasn’t after a lot of time being used.

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The sticks, triggers all feel amazing. Really is quite precise and ergonomic. Probably my favorite controller I’ve ever used or owned, and I own an embarrassingly expensive controller.
For me and my pc/games, I don’t have much issue with the sub par battery life. I just plug it in via usb and it keeps playing while charging

But on full wireless mode it seems to get 4-8 hours max. Sometimes less?

This has been consistent for me, and a friend of mine who also bought one. He seems to have issues with it not playing while charging, but I don’t know if he’s just doing something wrong (I suspect)

If you don’t mind plugging in the controller, and just want something that feels great, this thing is an absolute must. Even just as a backup controller, for the money it’s a no brainer.

We are looking into modifying one of these to accept a bigger lithium battery.

Outside that, I love the feel and the Hall effect stuff truly is a step above. Maybe one of my sticks has gotten dirty sooner than I would expect (doesn’t really clean off very well), and white isn’t the best color (shows everything), but personally I couldn’t care less about that.

Given the price, and the performance, it’s hard not to give this thing 5 stars. But the battery is a let down on it.