When the first Elite controller came out it was light-years ahead of the standard controller in terms of build quality, functionality and design; it was hard to imagine what Microsoft could do to could make it better (apart from stopping the rubber grips from peeling off after a year or so of use) . The Series 2 is about as far away from the original elite as the original elite was from the standard controller. The best bits from the original are better and the new features really give the edge over any other controller on the market. Standardised Bluetooth makes it a must have for PC too. It may be expensive as far as controllers go but it's worth every dollar.

Much easier to play games. Don’t have to take your thumb of the right toggle stick to press a,b,x,y. So on COD u can shoot and jump and run at the same time. Really helpful to beat people-

Best controller I've ever had.

I owned the series 1 which was plagued with Build quality issues. After reading that this series 2 had supposedly fixed those issues I reluctantly brought this one since the series 1 was a great controller despite it failing multiple times in the lifetime I owned it. Well turns out after just two months of owning the series 2 this one has already begun to fail. The left stick has permanent drift upwards and also gets stuck 50% time when pushing it left or up. The A button has also started having phantom clicks (pushed once but sometimes double taps). To say that I’m beyond disappointed is an understatement because if it wasn’t for the build quality issues this controller would be 5 stars. All I can say to other potential buyers is buy at your own risk and pray that you get one of the good batches (if they do infact exist!-)

I bought the Elite wireless (Series 2) controller from Mightyape when it was first released last year in November, though I'm still getting use to it as well as still using the “regular” Xbox One controllers, this is hands down the best gaming controller ever, especially with the mapping to use the paddles underneath so your thumbs don't have to leave the thumbsticks.

Sticks have so bad stick drift and the left bumper is broken. When I click it once it registers as twice randomly in game

I have purchased two elite controllers in the past year, and that should tell you something. They are an excellent controller, with fantastic customisation, and the paddles on the bottom give you a real edge in battle royales. My only grief with them is the thumb sticks. After a year of use I started to get drift, unresponsiveness and paddles not working. But I can’t go back to the original Xbox controller because this one is too good

The SCUF ELITE SERIES 2 PADDLES.

My Elite V1 grip peeled after 1 year, filled in the repair form on the Xbox site. After 3 weeks, I am shocked that they sent me 1× Elite V2 for free. Thanks, Microsoft!

Great gamepad to use, works effortlessly with Windows PCs and the remappable buttons and changeable trigger / stick depth etc are all nice features, though be aware Microsoft does not let you remap the buttons to keyboard functions without external programs.