8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller for Windows PC, Apple, Steam & Android, Gaming Controller with TMR Joysticks, Hall/Tactile Triggers, Motion Control, RGB Fire Ring, 1000Hz Polling Rate, Black

I bought this to use with my Steamdeck. Connecting it was a breeze. The built in wireless receiver stays neatly plugged into the controller’s charging base and I keep that plugged into to my docking station. This charging base is super handy. It fits the controller perfectly and turns it off as soon as you place it on it. It also glows temporarily to let you know it’s charging. The controller feels great in hand and the buttons and sticks function perfectly. I love the trigger stops that allow you to adjust length of pull. The connection is flawless. Battery life is insanely good. The icing on the cake is that you can cycle through fun colors around the ring’s around thumb sticks. I highly recommend this product and I will be buying another to sit at my gaming PC.

The 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller is absolutely worth every penny. The build quality feels premium, the buttons are super responsive. The connectivity is smooth with no lag at all. Battery life is excellent and the overall performance is even better than I expected. If you're looking for a reliable, high-quality wireless controller, this one is a must have!

If you’re looking for a good all around controller with connectivity ability's of Bluetooth, and Nintendo switch, this is 100% the controller for you. Its sleek, Feels great, has adjustable settings in the 8BitDo Controller application, Great customizability with the colors, Connects to Pc, Any bluetooth device, Switch, and Switch 2. And is overall one of the best feeling controllers Ive had, You even get reliable Thumbsticks, these jhons are Hall effect, meaning unlike other Controllers, Your not gonna get drift, and its gonna feel a whole lot smoother to use, You also get 4 Extra button’s, Swappable Mouseclick Triggers, and nice Squishy Button’s. Also bonus, it comes with a Charging dock, with an included Dongle, meaning you can just Plug the dock right in and start playing! It should be noted, these wont connect to Playstation or Xbox, and the Xbox ones 8BitDo does sell, are only wireless for Bluetooth, and are forced to be wired for Xbox. Connectivity and Delay times on this controller are astonishing, I have had absolutely No problems with this thing at all, Great battery life, Comfortable feel, All around one of the best controller brands Ive ever bought. Also color options are a plus

After extensive researching, this is one of a handful of controllers I've found that supports direct input mode on PC. This protocol allows the gyro and extra buttons to be seen by the OS and bound to things like keyboard presses via Steam Input or other programs. This functionality is highly sought after, but for some reason controller manufacturers dont yet realize this. Holding the star and B buttons while powering on the controller in 2.4ghz mode enables direct input. I'm including this information because for some reason it is not in any of the manuals or information provided by the manufacturer. Pros: - Direct Input mode!!! This cannot be overstated enough. On PC the additional buttons and gyro functionality are very helpful for flightsim games. - Value: This controller provides excellent build quality, features, and a charging dock at a very reasonable price. - Onboard profile storage. Storing up to 3 profiles is great and they can be swapped to with a single button press. - Inputs feel great. Buttons have just the right amount of travel, they arent clicky, but arent excessively long either. Sticks are very smooth and accurate. Cons: - Powering on the controller via the power button seems to revert from direct input back to xinput. Most of the time if I just pick it up from the charger it auto-wakes into direct input mode, but sometimes still reverts to xinput here as well and needs a reboot. There needs to be a way to force the controller to stay in direct input mode. Perhaps this can be a setting in the Ultimate Software profile. - Auto power off. It shuts off after about 15 minutes of inactivity. For my use case, this is a bit annoying as I will regularly leave it inactive, but need to pick it up and have it ready on a moments notice. There is no way to disable the auto-power off, this should be a setting in the Ultimate Software as well. You can get the controller to stay on by plugging it in, but that defeats the purpose of a wireless controller. Feedback for 8BitDo if you read these reviews: - Thumbsticks: The thumbstick caps are removable, it would be amazing if there were longer thumbstick caps available for purchase. - Direct Input mode: This feature should be more evident in your marketing, and more supported by your software. Many PC users desperately want this functionality, and you have it. But the steps to take advantage of this functionality are nowhere in your manuals or documentation. I had to find it in a random reddit post. Also, it needs some work as the controller frequently reverts back to xinput mode. A firmware update addressing this would be very welcome. - Also a firmware update allowing users to disable the auto-shutoff feature would be great!

I'm not a frequent gamer, so I can only offer a casual opinion on the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller, but I have purchased many different controllers for my kids -- mostly other 8BitDo models or official Xbox controllers. We generally are using these with a Windows machine or a Steamdeck. The Ultimate Wireless 2 is a great choice for these platforms -- it includes a 2.4ghz dongle built into the charger, so one needs simply to add that charger to the PC in question to get it going. After having dealt with endless annoyances getting wireless to work with Xbox controllers (which seem to sometimes get in a state where they need firmware re-applied), it's nice to simply plug in a controller and go. These controllers also feel well-built. It is convenient that they come stock as rechargeable and with a recharging dock. I generally dislike lights on controllers, but the illumination around the sticks feels tasteful and well done -- and RGB is always a win with the kids. I wound up purchasing another of these so we could play collectively. If you are looking for a wireless controller that has no-hassle connectivity to Windows and/or the Steamdeck, this is a great choice.

Now apart of my daily use with Steam. Exceptional controller with back buttons and great touch feedback from the face buttons and sticks. All the RGB light stuff is just an added bonus. The lightweight controller made it hard to go back to my Dualsense Edge. Love this controller <3 Just make sure to update the firmware!

I love this thing. 98% of it is impeccable. 8BitDo's naming convention is a little bit confusing, but this particular controller is pretty much JUST for PC, and it is a very solid choice for PC at that. Very smooth sticks, nice membrane buttons, L2 and R2 triggers that can be transformed from analogue triggers to digital clicky buttons, all good stuff. The dpad is different from 8bitdo's earlier revisions, with it being more 'tactile' than rubber membrane. I think the closest similarity to another product might be a PS Vita dpad, where it has an in between rubber dome of most dpads of the past and the clickiness of XBOX controllers. In theory, this should be amazing for precision platformers or Tetris type of games, as you will feel when you press a direction the way you meant to or accidentally press a wrong direction input. Could it feel fatiguing? I can't quite tell, but playing games for over 2 hours at a time would fatigue me anyway. The input latency is insanely good, like you can have the dock connected to the PC and will connect with 2.4ghz to its dock and it feels just about the same as connecting the controller through a wire. You *could* use the Ultimate 2 Bluetooth if you want, but that would be better for Switch/Switch2 as I think it has more latency (according to Gamepadla) which is fine for the Nintendo Consoles and is more in line with how those controllers and consoles work. If your main focus is PC, get this instead for the better input latency. I also appreciate how classy, understated, and not 'aggressively gamer' it looks, compared to other third party controllers. My only complaint is about the R1 and L1 bumpers, but this is more of a taste thing. I would have preferred a rubber membrane button for the bumpers, but if I wanted that then I would use the older model Ultimate C that I have. If you were to get only ONE gamepad for your PC, I can highly vouch for this one.

Controller is on par with an official Xbox One controller in terms of build quality for a lower price point. Have been using it on PC for a while now and it seems to function well. After updating the firmware on the controller, all buttons are mapable using Steam Input which is a large plus. Thumbsticks are great and have a very smooth flow to them. Same with the triggers. Only complaint i have it that the controller uses standard tactile buttons for the ABXV buttons instead of mouse click style, but that is more of a personal preference as I am sure some people would prefer the tactice feel. Overall, I would highly recommend this controller for PC use. Easy, stable connection, good thumbsticks, good trigers, good build quality, love the charging dock.