Hardware & Technical Logitech Acquires Saitek
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It's pretty basic budget stuff, as you say, but general quality is actually rather high from my experience, especially on the electronics and firmware side of things. Those small USB unifying receivers that I can just swap around between different OSs running on different computers and have everything just work is a huge advantage for me.
Logitech Wingman Extreme still in use here - a flight stick so old, it uses a game-port to USB adapter...
Logitech are good at maintaining a mass market product range, not so good at looking after niche products. Has anyone else here owned the Squeezebox music streamers that were taken over by Logitech and then reduced to the simplified UE 'kitchen radio'?
Considering the crappy quality of Logitech's mice (the short livetime of their buttons especially) I don't see how that will rise the quality of Saitek products.
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I've got an old Sidewinder Forcefeedback...adapter doesn't work without some tinkering though
Awesome stick though, from back in the day when PC gaming meant you had a joystick.
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Moved to Off topic - but not sure if it shouldnt be in the Hardware discussion forum......
Logitech WILL NOT TOLERATE the kind of horrible QA MadCatz were pushing out on the Saitek product line. I have a pre-MadCatz X52 and it's been rock solid since I bought it. Just like my logitech kit from the same time period. Look to see the Saitek brand return to the kind of position it was in before they sold out to MadCatz.
The fusions/acquisitions are fashionable. Who will acquire Logitech ?
Yeah, was to late to jump on that train. I'am very happy with the LMS and some raspberry pi for multiroom music streaming at home. But a nice easy to use squeeebox would be great.
On the overall quality of logitech i have mixed feelings. Had some keyboards, mice and a gampad from logitech and was never realy disapointed.
My worst experience was with the g9x gaming mouse. The hardware itself works great till today. But the rubberish coating of the mouse cover was pure trash. It was stripped down by normal daily use in under a year. The sticky remains on the cover made it not fun to use. And for exactly the same reason i had to change my Saitek X52. It had the same or an equal low quality rubber coating. I had it for years and realy liked it, but the stickiness was the main reason to change to a CH Setup.
At least for the quality of the soft grip rubberish coatings i have low expectation that they will improve it.
Fantastic news, hope they impose their own quality standards on Saitek now.
What is this talk about Logitech not making reliable stuff? Tell that to my MX518 which died after 8 years of daily 3-5 hour use. Or to my DFGT which is still in use after 7 years. Or to my G11 keyboard which ive had like 6 years..
i had similar experiences but i would say their quality goes cheaper with time, i guess that's a general trend. ah, those ibm keyboards!
i also wonder why logitech is suddenly interested in such a niche market now. i'm afraid this wont last long. sounds very much like when nike started a roller skates line but had to cancel it after just a couple of years. a shame, bc they did manage to manufacture some very nice skates, but the big piece of the pie they expected did never come.
Saitek quality is dreadful, however back in the day they made very good products.
The last two HOTAS (x55/x56) I have passed on buying due to the terrible reliability issues that have plagued them.
Logitech make excellent quality kit, never had any issues with their products.
I see the buyout as a great encouragement if they can bring quality to the Saitek range.
Yeh same here for me x52 & x52pro pre madcatz still working fine after thousands of hours use.
My 2¢ is that I've never touched a Logitech stick that I felt confident in, and the few I've used were bad to the point of one actually causing injuries. Here's to hoping that they've upped their game.
