Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT Joystick [Precursor to JLX-TP-8YT]

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1. Good product, after taking it apart to fix it

   The item was shipped very quickly, and the products components are good quality, although it is a little annoying that I had to take the thing apart to fix a sticking issue with it prior to using it.
   
   There is a washer under the switch board where the joystick goes through the hole (that's what she said), part of the stick was sticking to the washer whenever I rotated it (which was due to excess grease/lube), once I used a q-tip to remove the additional sticky stuff and put it all back together everything worked fine. Unknown on Nov 18th 2015

2. Excellent Stick

   Ordered this to replace a basic stick on my Quanba Q1. Inputs are much crisper now. Never miss a DP anymore. TGRygo on Oct 29th 2015

3. Nice but i think you should go for Seimitsu if you play sf4

   fast soft spring with big gate you need to move more to achieve your combo i find the Seimitsu LS-56 is the best as far as the gate and spring stiffness you will move faster and never drop a combo and block fast.
   all this if you play street fighter and some fight games else this Joystick is just fine
   however the Kowal 1mm Oversize Actuator will help the gate but still the Seimitsu will win.
   the 2lb Tension Spring for Sanwa is too stiff for fight games you need 1lb or 1.5lb
   
   take a look at my build here
   http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/202789/acrylic-arcade-joystick-fight-stick-tek-innovations#latest mesharyHD on Oct 20th 2015

4. Perfect

   I've tried two brands so far and this one has the best feel IMO. To me the movement is right down the middle. There is some resistance, but not too much. I use it with an octagonal gate. I feel it's well built and will last through many hours of use. Sean on Oct 14th 2015

5. Excellent

   I'm currently using this joystick in all of my fighsticks, and just recently ordered a backup just in case. I absolutely love it and would highly recommend it for Players of any skill level. The joystick is engineered exceptionally well, and is easily customized via higher tension springs and actuators of different sizes with relative ease to suit any players personal prefrence. Unknown on Oct 12th 2015

6. Get this one. Seriously, the Chinese copies can't hold a candle to it.

   Before I knew that there was such a huge fightstick (didn't even know that was a word!)/arcade repair/MAME cabinet community, I bought a Chinese version of this joystick from a popular online DIY electronics company. I was happy with it, for the most part, until I built a custom controller for myself. I ended up looking for shorter buttons (so I could use a thinner enclosure) and thought I would customize the look of my joystick. Well, taking apart the Chinese clone left my fingertips almost bloody raw just to get the restrictor plate off.
   
   So I got this joystick, and the first thing I did was pop the restrictor plate right off and replace the 4-way ring with a circlular ring. All with no problem, with perfectly happy fingers, and all done in 20 seconds without having to pry anything with a flathead screwdriver.
   
   Also, this thing is perfectly even in side-to-side and front-to-back distribution of the "click zones" (the Chinese joystick needed a little bit more distance to the right before a click than to the left), the microswitches have a much higher quality feel to them, and the stick returns to center much more firmly than the Chinese knock-off. This thing just feels like money compared to the Chinese version, even though I probably only paid $5-$7 more for it. Matt on Aug 14th 2015