Hi Nigel, I have a Gladiator II, which is gathering dust. Yours for P&P if you want it?
Hi Chris, sorry for my delay in replying as have been out for most of the day and only just got back. Firstly, very many thanks for your kind offer of the Gladiator II had I seen your offer earlier I would have taken up your offer however, yesterday afternoon I ordered the Thrustsmaster T.16000M FCS Joystick.
I had thought about adding the throttles but had read that they are not very smooth along the rails and tend to be a bit jerky, Babs told me to go for what I wanted rather than make do however, TBH there were very few other Joysticks that took my interest probably due to the fact that some joystick/throttles were difficult to obtain due to companies having to shield their workforce for the past year thus production fell well short of market demand.
Will have to see how this joystick is when it arrives, so Paul..........Watch out!!
Seriously though Babs had mentioned that my CH Throttle Quadrant is older than 12 years and the levers are not as they used to be nor the switches either but going to hold off and maybe in a few months time go for separate throttles.
It is a modern dilemma. Buying something as personal as a Joystick or even a mouse is a lottery. Where are the stores that stock such things in any sort of variety? It has all gone online now and you have to reply upon guesswork, biased opinions of others and just blind luck. Locally we have a Staples and a Best Buy. Neither stock joysticks and the variety of mice is pitiful one or two Logitech and the rest MS. These things aren't cheap either to be making a guess. Oh but we are so much better off allegedly. Are we?
How true that is Alex, I remember the days when PC World started and had everything you needed on the shelves so you could ask for a demo before buying, even Comet had a few add-ons in their stores as well as Curry's and some smaller outlets, sadly though a lot seemed to have just folded or been bought out.
As you wrote, it is now more or less a lottery and if a product does not turn out as you expected then a lot depends on the goodwill of the company in either a refund or exchange. Personally even though I read through some of the reviews these are given by people you have never met or know so how reliable are they? You Tube Videos go a bit further thankfully and do give a full review though come to think of it I have never watched one where the reviewer ever gives a bad report, probably due to fear of being indicted!!
Regards
Nigel.
I used to be an optimist but with age I am now a grumpy old pessimist.