CRKD Neo S review

pcgamer.com:

Controllers are better than mice and keyboard for gaming [Editor's note: nope]. A keebmouse set-up is definitely going to get you the better kill death score yet controllers are more comfortable, accessible, intuitive, flexible, and fun. As you can see, I have my funeral plot all picked out atop this contrary PC gaming take hill, that puts the joy of experience above my score, and am more than willing to die there. The Neo S controller from CRKD really seems to get this mentality, offering a great gaming companion far beyond what its looks and dollar tag suggest.

Quality and comfort are paramount to controller choice. These aren’t things I expected of the Neo S based on initial impressions garnered from its awkwardly boxy looking form.

This large rectangle looks about as comfortable as a dad delivering ‘the talk’ far too late while sitting on a pineapple, wearing wet socks. In reality, this deceptive daddy is surprisingly cool with everything. What I mean is, CRKD's Neo S is super, and surprisingly, comfortable. I’ve gamed for hours on this thing and haven’t had so much as a hand twinge.

It’ll also pair with basically anything willing, and quickly change between them as necessary. Once set up, I can easily swap the Bluetooth connection from Switch to iPad to Android phone by holding different buttons on the D-pad when connecting. What's really surprising is how responsive the connection is.

Weight: 192 g
Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0, USB Type-C, Aux
Features: Hall effect sticks with deadzone options, motion controls, remappable buttons including back triggers, customisable rumble and trigger actuation depth
Battery: Internal rechargeable 750 mAh
Price: $50 | £50 | $91 AUD

In this house we've been hammering some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate—aka TMNT flavoured Hades with couch coop—so out of curiosity we did some controller swapping. None of us noticed much difference between the CRKD's connection and that of the Xbox controllers on their specialised