PowerA Enhanced Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch with Lumectra, wireless video game controller, gaming controller, officially licensed, RGB controlle

PROs:- Love the RGB lights- Very solid controller- Mapping buttons is great- Charging cable also very good quality, and very long can charge when play.- Gyro is better than other 3rd party controllers, even the official pro controller.- Great programmable back buttons on the grip.- Battery life is great, been playing for 18 hours since first charge.CONs:- Cannot find any at the moment

Bought this because the ZL trigger on my Switch’s original controller went out, which made playing Metroid Dread a nightmare. The PowerA controller was great for about 6 days of play; it’s comfortable to hold and has an intuitive button layout, and I really liked the programmable buttons on the back. But today it just randomly stopped working in the middle of a game. The LEDs shut off, and no inputs were registering except for the left joystick. My Switch didn’t prompt me to reconnect the controller like it would if the battery died, so I decided to restart my console hoping it was just a connectivity issue. Now it doesn’t do anything at all. I’ve had it plugged in for over an hour now hoping a charge would fix it, but it won’t do anything. The indicator light doesn’t even light up when I plug it in. Don’t waste your money on this garbage.

Works great. Easily connected to Switch. LED lights look great and not too bright.

No vibration feature which is in so many games in today’s world I don’t understand why they would leave that out. Controller is firm in the hand so disappointing to see. After 2 uses and playing with RGB lights, I couldn’t get them to work again. Lights on the bottom still went but otherwise controller not what I expected.

The PowerA Lumectra controller offers a great feel and experience for a 3rd party controller option. However you will be missing out on some more notable features that other controllers have in turn.Pros:Wake up the console from the controller. Many third party controllers lack the ability to wake the console from sleep using the controller, but this one can do it! It's a little thing but it's my favorite little thing.RGB Lighting - The controller lighting is divided into 4 zones that you can toggle through to customize and adjust. Everything from using one of a few different lighting modes, brightness and color, to the speed of the lighting mode. This allows you to set various colors and effects to the different quadrants of the controller customizing it to your personal preferences.Buttons and feel - The controller feels really good in the hands and the buttons feel responsive and accurate. Analogs have a nice texture lending to a slip free touch.Gyro: Works perfectly. No issues in my testing. In fact compared to other 3rd party controllers, the gyro in this is perfectly compared to the official pro controller.Extra long USB cable include - The cable is long! 10 feet in fact. Perfect for when the battery dies but you want to squeeze in that extra bit of gameplay.Programmable back buttons on the grip.Cons:(These are listed in the product description but it's easy to miss.)No Amiibo supportNo RumbleBattery life is shorter at 20 hours, and I suspect that is with the RGB turned off. If you are using RGB, expect a shorter time. I used mine for about 16 hours before recharging, and I had the RGB turned on in all quadrants, at full brightness. Personally I don't see this as too much of a con because my longest game session will average around 12 hours, and I always charge my controller when I am done.Confusing RGB programming - Setting up the RGB and customizing it requires a lot of patience and learning. The instructions aren't as clear, giving mainly pictures. You just have to play around with it and learn it slowly. If clearer instruction were provided, this wouldn't be a con.Other notes and thoughts:I really like this controller. For my switch I have about 15 different controllers now, ranging from the official Pro controller, the 8bitdo Pro controller, and some no major name controllers. When I have company over to play Mario Kart or Smash Bros, this will be one of the controllers I have out.Wasn't sure if I should put this in the cons section because it could just be the unit I received, so instead I will just add it here in the other thoughts. Some sections of the lighting seem much much dimmer than others, and some spots have "hot spots" in the lighting. Hard to capture in photos because of light exposer, photography blah blah blahs.I know many people will be looking so I will just lay out here that the analogs and buttons are NOT Hall Effect. It's not listed as a feature, which most companies will list it if it is. Just something to be mindful of.Overall I am really really happy with this. HD rumble is a bit of a bummer, amiibo I seldom use (only if I am material farming in Zelda). But the quality, feel and features that do exist make this a solid 4.5/5 for me in the controller line up. Good work PowerA!

I love this more than the official Nintendo Pro Controller

Bought this for my son for Christmas. It’s such a cool remote. He is very happy with it.

Worked great for about a week. And then just shut off. Tried trouble shooting and nothing. Save your money.