The Freedom is a solid stick. I have been using it for 3 months and it's still working like the first day I bought it. The construction of the stick feels solid especially for the price. The bundled Wingman software is fairly feature rich and very easy to use. You will notice that, when idle for a short time, the stick drops connectivity. This is to save battery life but I would have liked to be able to adjust the amount of time that that it takes for this to happen. When playing games where you are in and out of vehicles, this can cause a small issue if you forget to tap a button on the stick to restore connectivity. Other than that, the stick is great for online gaming!