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    My Logitech F310 broke... again.

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by lupusarcanus, Aug 6, 2011.

  1. lupusarcanus

    lupusarcanus Notebook Consultant

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    Hai. Alright, so I bought a Logitech F310 gaming controller at Best Buy and after about 2 months it started disconnecting a lot, only working in certain positions and eventually dying. (It's pretty obvious it's some issue with the wire.) So I called Logitech support, got a patient overseas rep with a heavy accent, and went through the idiot gauntlet :p. They sent me a new unit (not asking for the old one back) without much trouble, though it took 2 weeks. The unit itself has a 2-year warranty and an observed life expectancy of 1/12 that.

    When I got the new unit, I opened up the old unit and as I suspected, the USB cable had gotten severely pinched inside of the chassis. It's most definitely a manufacturing flaw. :no:

    I've had this new unit for about 2 months, and the same issue has begun happening. I'm probably best suited to do the same thing I did last time, although I am really not motivated to wait 2 weeks again just to get another piece of garbage. I was wondering what other members would do in this situation; call Logitech normally, complain, buy a new controller or, under another members' provision, try a cheap hack on my current POS.

    The controller was never that good to begin with (cheap, sub-par accuracy/compatibility/ergonomics), but it was at least bearable and certainly better than nothing (...WHEN it worked). I'm really pondering if this forum post is even worth the time, lol.

    Life exp. LEVEL UP: You get what you pay for. :rolleyes:

    Thoughts?
     
    lupusarcanus, Aug 6, 2011
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  2. kfruit

    kfruit Notebook Consultant

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    Wow, I was about to buy this controller. I was getting sick of buying $5 dollar controllers that broke in a week and thought It would be an investment to just get this $20 one. If I were you I would call up Logitech again, but if money is not an issue I guess you could just buy another. Is it really not that good even when it worked? What other options are their for gaming controllers?
     
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  3. lupusarcanus

    lupusarcanus Notebook Consultant

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    I just ended up calling Logitech and they are going to send me a new one.

    It was decent when it worked. The biggest problem with it is the thumbsticks -- they aren't very sensitive and have limited directional abilities. Oh, and the ergonomics aren't anything to phone home about, either. Honestly, your best bet is the Xbox 360 controller for Windows. I wish I'd gotten that instead.
     
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    ASCI_Blue Notebook Consultant

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    I use a 360 controller + adapter back when the standalone wireless adapter was easy to find.
     
    ASCI_Blue, Aug 7, 2011
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