how much would you spend on a controller
50 60 bucks what about $200 the scuff
band whose controller is packed full of
features like back paddles side buttons
and tons of customization but all of
those features don't come cheap but what
about something cheaper more like $25
the easy SMX controller is just that
it's a cheap build with no fancy
features I tried both of these
controllers to find out if the scuff
Vantage is really eight times better
than the easy SMX
so right off the bat it feels a lot
better than I expected it has a decent
weight to it which will only get a
little bit heavier when there are
actually batteries installed it feels a
little bit smaller than I'd like
so this controller it is Wireless but it
doesn't use bluetooth the dongle is
honestly bigger than I was expecting it
wouldn't matter if it was plugged it's
like a desktop PC but on a laptop
they might look pretty silly so next up
is the scuff Vantage controller it's a
super large box I mean compared to the
easy SMX box the difference is pretty
substantial
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so this controller has a ton of features
some of those extras include these four
bottom paddles you can see down here as
well as these side sacks buttons this
one feels way sturdier than the EZ SMX
that one almost felt Hollow this feels
like there's some weight to it you can't
really take this controller in its first
iteration because you can change a lot
of this out to exactly what you want it
to be it can work over either Bluetooth
or if you want the lowest latency
possible with this controller you do
have the option to use a wired
connection I do like that it's an
internal battery you have to worry about
boys having double A's or switching out
double A's but there's actually a lot
more included in this box
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so you have different thumb sticks you
also have longer triggers you could
easily swap these in we're gonna test
both these controllers out to see how
the $200 scuff bandage compares to the
$25.00 ez SMX wireless controller so
after using these controllers for a
while I got a pretty good idea about how
they compared and honestly the results
surprised me this controller is really
good but it's not perfect and I almost
expect it to be at this price point I
really love the customization of this
controller you have so many options and
it was a lot of fun trying out each of
the different control sticks and just
seeing what I could do for each game
insecure Oh for example I tried to remap
things like one of the bottom paddles to
using an item so I could easily heal
while still controlling the camera with
my right thumb but it still didn't feel
super necessary when I was playing the
game normally with the EZ SMX for
example I didn't feel like I was missing
out on anything and the inner most
paddles are actually really difficult to
press and I didn't end up using them at
all but with all of these added features
I'm still not sure if it's worth $200 so
now on to the cheaper controller the
easy SMX
it feels like it's worth $25 but not
much more
the easy SMX controller gets the job
done with literally no bells or whistles
at all this controller does feel kind of
cheap like it would probably break if
you dropped it I don't think it would
survive as long as the scuff would but
you kind of get used to that at least I
did after half an hour to an hour of
using it although I will say that for a
little less money if you don't need
wireless you're almost better off going
with the wired option of this controller
because you don't have this giant
battery pack I can ignore it a little
bit but every so often if I adjust my
grip you can just kind of feel it
between your fingers but this is only
part of the picture there are a lot of
game genres that I just don't play so I
asked two of my co-workers to check
these out so yeah when I first picked up
the EZ SMX it clearly was an Xbox 360
knockoff even within that it doesn't
have all the features of an Xbox 360
controller it doesn't have
headphone jack it still relies on
double-a batteries and you need a
wireless dongle to pair it I just want
to point out for the sake of it I think
this controller actually has a better
d-pad than the original Xbox 360 one
because that one was terrible and they
should still be ashamed for the sake of
accessibility it's good that the scuff
has all these modular options but I
don't know that the average person would
be able to make use of all the different
settings that there are I like using it
for Apex legends but it has like these
huge other problems where for instance
aiming is floaty and inconsistent and
that's kind of something huge if you're
playing a first-person shooter it's hard
to understand the value of the scuf
controller at $200 if they both work
there's essentially no way that one is
going to be eight times more valuable
because they're accomplishing like
mostly the same things in general I
didn't have any issues with the scuff
but I will say occasionally when I was
switching out the thumbsticks if I
didn't press down one of them all the
way it would almost stick and it
wouldn't pop back into place like that
it's something like this it's really not
something you want to see on a
200-dollar controller there were also
little things like changing out the
triggers you almost feel like you're
going to break something when you're
spending so much money on a controller
I'd be apprehensive to just yank these
off all the time and switch them out I
should note there were some firmware
issues with the scuff Vantage that was
reported at launch but most of that
seems to have been fixed and a firmware
update released a couple of months ago
in terms of connectivity
they both paired easily and there wasn't
any noticeable latency or lag I think
the buttons on the easy SMX controller
are fine but not very good and it feels
like the triggers have a lot of distance
to travel before they're actually
pressed down also l1 and r1 are super
clicky the easiest MX controller has
really smooth thumb sticks and it's a
very stark contrast between the scuff
Vantage controller which has extremely
grippy thumb sticks the d-pad on the
scuff Vantage controller feels way
better than the EZ SMX in terms of
unique or standout features the easy SMX
doesn't really have any
it's got a turbo button that's as one
different feature the scuff on the other
hand is all about the customization you
could spend more time customizing this
controller than playing games with it
but all this customization and all these
unique features are only useful if you
will actually use them for context I
bought my ps4 for $200 it seems kind of
hard to justify a controller when you
could spend the same amount of money and
get an entire console that also comes
with a controller if you pick up one and
then you pick up the other you can tell
that there's a huge difference in
quality and the easy SMX feels a lot
cheaper but if you play with one of them
for a little while that kind of goes
away so without considering the price
the scuff wins hands down but if I was
shopping for a controller I'd pick the
easy SMX not to scuff do you remember
when Homer made a car Homer made a car
on the Simpsons and it just had like
everything like it just had like a bunch
of nonsense and it was more or less just
like a bunch of innovation for the sake
of innovation but wasn't very good at
being a car I feel like the Vantage is
that