Do not buy the Competition Pro Retro Joystick by Individual Computers

[runequester]

Seriously, don't waste money. The first one I got broke after 1 hour of use (and I am particularly careful) - the microswitch on the left button broke. Now I bought another one - only to find that (again the same microswitch) one of the buttons does not work (yes, dead on arrival).
 
Will have to send back to Vesalia, and most probably incur more charges!
 
On a side note, anyone knows if these can be easily modded with Sanwa or Seimitsu parts?

Hate to be the dissenting opinion but mine has been rock solid. So either you were unlucky or I was lucky
 
Buying joystick is always a frustration for me, as most you can get on ebay are knackered and will barely work, after the seller dug them out of a garage box.

[runequester]

I've got three of them that still work perfectly. My only issue with them is the overall design - they just don't fit my hands and I cant get a good grip on them. I prefer "fighter pilot" style joysticks with 2 buttons on the stick and industrial type suction cups that remove the varnish from your table top when they break loose. Unfortunately nobody seems to be selling them.

yeah, they arent overly comfortable.
 
I was disappointed in all the buttons being wired the same too, though apparently its easy to rewire.

[runequester]

I have a comp pro CD32 pad.. one of the old ones.. which would be amazing but its pretty worn out.
 
I normally use the amiga version of the Gravis gamepad which is outstanding