Thrustmaster eSwap Pro Controller
Just too many steps away from greatness
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ONE THING that will always endear a product to us is the presence of a little screwdriver in the package. It was true of AMD’s Threadripper CPUs, and Thrustmaster’s eSwap Pro pulls the same trick to open our hearts, with a simple metal Phillips-head model that might be small enough to repair your glasses with.
The purpose of the screwdriver is to remove two tiny screws on the gamepad’s triggers, so that they can be removed and replaced. The same is true of almost every other moving part of the controller, apart from the face buttons and bumpers. The screwdriver’s other end fits nicely into a slot in the D-pad to pull it out, while the analog sticks are big enough to grasp with your fingers— but you’re not going to want to lose that precious screwdriver.