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For a non-competitive shooter player, the Edge is hard to justify at three times the price. Its real advantage is replaceable stick modules, not…
Garrett LindsayVerified Gamepad Tester team member
Hardware Reviewer And Input Performance Specialist at Gamepad Tester
Reviews controllers on measured numbers: deadzones, polling rate and how long the parts actually last.
Garrett reviews gaming controllers the slow way. Instead of a week of impressions he runs a fixed battery of measurements on every pad: resting deadzone on both sticks, raw polling rate over wired and wireless, trigger travel consistency, and how the face buttons and stick modules hold up over extended use. The result is a review that can be checked rather than argued with, which is why his numbers are cited in the buying guides here.
On Gamepad Tester he leads the reviews and buying topic, and signs off answers that recommend one controller over another.
- Experience
- 14+ years
- Hands-On
- Runs a fixed, metrics-driven review process on every controller covered in the buying guides on this site.
- Answers On Gamepad Tester
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What Garrett Works On
Controller reviewspolling rate measurementdeadzone benchmarkingcomponent lifetimebuying advice
Tests Garrett Looks After
Stick Drift TestDetect unwanted stick movement while you keep your hands offFree · Open tool Joystick Deadzone TestMeasure and calibrate the deadzone on both analog sticksFree · Open tool Latency TestMeasure input lag and button response time in millisecondsFree · Open tool
Questions Answered By Garrett
The Team Behind These Answers
Calder WrightFront-End Web Architect And Gamepad API Lead
Elena RostovaHardware Diagnostics Engineer
Venom’s Tech (Abhishek)Peripheral Reviewer And Tech Journalist
Chloe HendersonHall Effect And Thumbstick Analyst
Thiago AlvesHardware Repair Educator
Devon MillerLow Latency And Input Timing Engineer
Liam DaviesBluetooth And Wireless Test Engineer
Nadia BrooksEsports Performance ConsultantEach answer is written by the specialist who owns that part of the hardware, tested on a real controller, and checked by a second team member. How we verify answers