First of all, a thank you to customer support. All questions I had were answered in under 24 hours.
One of the questions was about shipping. I live in Germany and normally you pay 19% import fees on the value of the goods and also customs duties above a certain amount. As was already answered in my email, both were taken over by the seller and there are no additional costs for the buyer. Thank you for that too!
Regarding shipping, it should also be said that it was very fast. I was promised 5-7 business days and the controller arrived after 6 days. Thumbs up for that.
Now to the controller itself. I'm a big fan of the Xbox Elite Controller. However, I repeatedly had technical problems with this controller. This “premium feeling” of the Elite Controller was always something I liked so much about the controller. Quite apart from the features. And you also get this premium feeling here with the Flydigi APEX 4 EVA. We'll see how it holds up after months and years of use.
I don't want to go into all of the individual features. However, it should be clearly mentioned that both the sticks and the mechanical buttons feel very good. I can't describe it, especially with the sticks, but they feel so good. The fact that they are also Hall Effect Sticks makes it even better.
However, what I could do without and which is the only thing about the controller that I don't like is the LCD screen. Certainly something useful for some, but not so much for me. Unfortunately, I haven't found an option in the software to turn it off yet.
And since I mentioned the word software, a few more words about that. I find the software visually simple and not particularly attractive. But the setting options are largely extensive and absolutely serve their purpose. Better than some software from bigger brands.
The cool design of the controller and all the goodies are really nice and look great. I have to admit, I don't know the Evangelion series at all and was inspired purely by the design. To me, that was worth the extra cost compared to the standard APEX 4 controller design. Fans of the series will probably have even more fun with the controller and the design.
In the end, I can give a clear purchase recommendation for this controller. For me there is currently nothing better on the market.