My favourite is TAC-2 (made in USA, not the ####ty chinese model). And adding microswitches to the buttons made it even more accurate and more gentle to the thumb
I have upgraded mine with microswitches and autofire with led
Never got TAC-2 to break.. although when I got angry to some game, I pushed the joystick so hard that stick bended little
And if I'd had to pick the worst joystick ever, then it would be The Boss
Awful stick... handle was rotating and you never knew which way it happens to be and the only button was on the top of the handle, which forced you to hold it from the top too making accurate controlling impossible
And the turning radius was too big too..
EDIT:
The differences between USA and chinese TAC-2's are at least metal vs plastic stick and chinese version has much worse rubber thing that centers the stick, it's first too hard and then it changes it's strength with time. My US version has been just right from the beginning through the years
