Speedlink Quinox Pro USB PC Gamepad Review

Performance

The controller is pretty robust and feels how you would expect it to feel compared to something like the Xbox One controller. However, there’s a freaking huge amount of extra functionality here, likely more than most people will ever need. Of course, it’s better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. The two control dials on the front are packed with extra functions that allow you to reprogram the controller on-the-fly. By pushing either one in, or both at the same time, you can scroll through modes to adjust the analogue stick sensitivity, assign commands to the rear and bottom paddles, even add multiple profiles. This is awesome, as I can have one configuration for a racing game, say Forza: Apex that’s well suited to one racing discipline, and another for FPS type gaming, giving me all the gears and camera controls I want for one, with push-to-talk, team scoreboards, melee actions for another, all without the need to remap the game or use additional software.

The analogue sticks are robust, with a good throw to them and they’re clickable, giving you yet another control switch. As I said before, you can tweak the dead zone as well as the sensitivity on the fly, so tweaking them to your liking shouldn’t be hard. The face buttons are glossy when powered off, but as you’ll see in a moment, they have LED lighting inside that brings them to life. They’ve got a nice pop to them, easily comparable to the buttons on the Xbox One controller.

The D-pad uses the trusty 4-point system, with a nice convex cutout and design that makes it really easy to control. It’s smooth, accurate, and much better than I was expecting; great for Street Fighter.

Gaming on this controller is a blast, it’s a little over-engineered, to say the least, but when you have so many programmable buttons, you can’t help but use them. For games like Star Citizen or E:D, having more controls is never, ever, a bad thing. Of course, set a few cheeky macros to those triggers and you’ve got a big advantage for a lot of game types.

The OLED display is nice and clear and easy to read even in a dark room.

Another thing I like is that the face buttons light up, but there’s also a soft red glow to the red domes under the analogue sticks; not going to make your gaming better, but it looks cool.