It's been a decade since KontrolFreek first burst onto the scene with their CQC Performance Thumbsticks. Today though they are commemorating the anniversary by reissuing the classics with the return of the OG of thumbsticks.
Coming from KontrolFreek, purveyors of items to stick onto your Xbox controllers, come a new set of performance thumbsticks. These are branded with some glorious Call of Duty: Vanguard ideas, and promise to turn even an ageing old duffer like me into some kind of FPS god.
KontrolFreek and Call of Duty inspired performance thumbsticks pretty much go hand-in-hand. We've had a ton of options become available over the years, but now, as Call of Duty: Vanguard approaches release, we've got some more - the special edition thumbsticks for Xbox and PlayStation, inspired by the iconic Vanguard moniker.
Over the years KontrolFreek have found a place in the gaming market with all manner of accessories. They are best known for a range of brilliant thumbstick additions, but in their product range are also the Precision Rings. And now, they've just launched their softest rings yet.
For the $24.99 asking price, the KontrolFreek Gaming Lights aren’t going to break the bank, but when you can purchase similar lighting solutions at a much cheaper price, you’ll really have to be a fan of KontrolFreek in order to take a hit on these.
KontrolFreek have been making Performance Thumbsticks for Xbox for longer than I care to remember, pushing out a multitude of products with varying features, specifications and ideas. You can get high-rise concaved designs, you can caress your thumbs with mid-rise convex options, and you can put the lowest of height increments on your standard controller, giving an increase in grip, surface area, feel and overall user experience. It is with the latter in which the OMNI come into their own.
should you buy the KontrolFreek Precision Rings? Well, the asking price of under $10 is fairly negligible, but then, for all the microbial science and promise of game changing properties, these really are just pieces of foam that stick around your controller thumbsticks. And typing those words right there makes me feel like they are an even harder sell.
So you've got the console, you've got the controller, and you've got the games. In fact, chances are you've also got the headset, the gaming chair, and the thumbsticks. Thought you had the lot? Think again because KontrolFreek are here with more accessories with their Gaming Cable, allowing you to add your own style to the humble play and charge procedure you never normally think anything of.
I’m a big fan of the Borderlands franchise, and I’ve been known to wax lyrical for an hour or two about the products that KontrolFreek drop to the gaming market. That should therefore mean that I’ve got nothing but good to say about the latest thumbstick additions to come from the KontrolFreek team, that of the Borderlands 3 ClapTrap edition. Well yes, that’s exactly right, for these are a set of thumbstick enhancers that any Borderlands fan, or not for that matter, will want to see placed on their controller.
