Tighe
Well-known member
Irritated with Groovy Gear cheaping out on actuators!
So back a few weeks ago I started a thread about which HAPP joystick to get.
Now it was suggested that I order the HAPP competition sticks from Groovy Gear. I ordered to red ones for my MVS and they turned out to be awesome. It was great that groovy gear sold the sticks with the white nylon actuators and pivot cylinders.
So fast-forward 2 weeks to Monday, I needed to new sticks for my Marvel Vs. Capcom, so I go to Groovy Gear's Web site and order two Competition sticks in green. They came yesterday I open the package and they have the black plastic actuators! I had read here that HAPP switched to these and that they are subpar, but I couldn't really see the difference, until I installed them.
Now if I had never used competitions with the white actuators I wouldn't know what I would be missing, those black actuators SUCK!
I went back to Groovy Gear's site and noticed that they had removed the text that stated that the competition sticks they sell include the white actuators.
I wrote an e-mail to them and asked them to send me the white actuators. I haven't heard back yet, but for now my advice for now is to NOT buy the competition sticks from Groovy Gear for now and instead get them from Lizard Lick who will sell you the white actuator and pivot cylinder for $.50 and $.40 additional.
http://www.lizardlick.com/pages/joysticks.shtml
So back a few weeks ago I started a thread about which HAPP joystick to get.
Now it was suggested that I order the HAPP competition sticks from Groovy Gear. I ordered to red ones for my MVS and they turned out to be awesome. It was great that groovy gear sold the sticks with the white nylon actuators and pivot cylinders.
So fast-forward 2 weeks to Monday, I needed to new sticks for my Marvel Vs. Capcom, so I go to Groovy Gear's Web site and order two Competition sticks in green. They came yesterday I open the package and they have the black plastic actuators! I had read here that HAPP switched to these and that they are subpar, but I couldn't really see the difference, until I installed them.
Now if I had never used competitions with the white actuators I wouldn't know what I would be missing, those black actuators SUCK!
I went back to Groovy Gear's site and noticed that they had removed the text that stated that the competition sticks they sell include the white actuators.
I wrote an e-mail to them and asked them to send me the white actuators. I haven't heard back yet, but for now my advice for now is to NOT buy the competition sticks from Groovy Gear for now and instead get them from Lizard Lick who will sell you the white actuator and pivot cylinder for $.50 and $.40 additional.
http://www.lizardlick.com/pages/joysticks.shtml
