Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad Review

The Bottom Line
If you are a PC gamer that prefers to play games with a gamepad rather than a mouse and keyboard, the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad is a very good gamepad. No matter if you prefer the Xbox 360 style control layout or the PS3 controller design; the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad can do what you want and has robust programming options. Overall the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad performs very well.

Pros

* Changeable layout
* Programmable buttons

Cons

* USB cable is too short


Description

* Robust, but somewhat overwhelming software allows lots of programming options.
* The Cyborg-module is hot swappable during a game if you decide to use a different layout.
* No drivers are needed to use the Cyborg Rumble Pad.

Guide Review - Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad Review

The most unique feature of the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad is the Cyborg-module that houses the D-pad and left analog stick. An eject button on the bottom of the controller releases the Cyborg-module and allows you to arrange the left analog stick in two positions, a PS3 style layout puts the left and right analog sticks next to each other and the Xbox layout puts the left analog stick up higher on the control and places the D-Pad next to the right analog stick. You can change the module around during a game as well.

Another nice feature of the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad is the FPS buttons that when pressed lowers the sensitivity of the game pad to a setting of your choosing to make activities like sniping in game easier to pull off. The buttons on the controller have a nice tactile feel and the entire gamepad feels well built.

The only real problem I had with the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad during testing was that my desk is large and my PC far from my display which made the USB cable too short. The cable is about six feet long, but if you work from a large desk like I do you may find that isn’t enough cord. The Saitek SST software allows you to bind any mouse or keyboard stroke to the controller for complete customization. It is also nice that you don’t need to use the software or any drivers; you can simply plug the Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad in and play.