🎮 Analog sticks compared – Which one suits your playing style?

Whether FPS, racing or fighting games – the choice of your analog sticks has a big impact on your gaming experience, your precision and the longevity of your controller.
In this article, we introduce you to the four most common types of sticks – including recommendations for professionals , technology fans, and bargain hunters.

1️⃣ Standard Analog Sticks – The proven classic

Most controllers use them – classic standard analog sticks with mechanical potentiometers.
They are affordable, proven, and offer a direct, familiar gaming experience.

✅ Calibrable : Many models can be readjusted using software.
🛠️ With regular exchange, you can also perform with them at a professional level .

✅ Advantages:

• Classic feel

• Direct feedback

• Low acquisition costs

• Calibrable

• Preferred by many professional gamers

🚫 Disadvantages:

• Not drift-free (wear with heavy use)

• Higher power consumption compared to TMR/Hall

For whom?
Beginners, retro fans – and professionals who value classic feeling and fast response.

2️⃣ Hall Effect Sticks – Contactless & drift-free

Hall Effect Sticks operate using magnetic fields and require no physical contact between moving parts. This makes them particularly durable and 100% drift-free .

✅ Software calibration is easily possible.
🚨 However, they consume slightly more power than TMR sticks.

✅ Advantages:

• Drift-free

• Very precise

• Calibrable

• Durable

🚫 Disadvantages:

• Higher energy consumption

• Slightly softer feedback (not ideal for all playing styles)

• More expensive than standard sticks

For whom?
Tech fans, heavy gamers, anyone who doesn't feel like drifting.

3️⃣ Standard TMR Sticks – the middle ground

TMR stands for Tunnel Magneto Resistance – a modern sensor system similar to Hall, but cheaper and somewhat easier to implement.

✅ Also drift-free and more power-efficient than Hall
❗ But: Not all standard TMR sticks offer precise calibration options.

✅ Advantages:

• Drift-free

• Lower power consumption than Hall

• Good value for money

🚫 Disadvantages:

• Limited calibration capability

• Slightly less high-quality than high-end TMR

For whom?
Gamers with a medium budget who want more than standard – but don’t want to go straight to the high end.

4️⃣ Gulikit High-End TMR Sticks – Maximum performance

Our Gulikit TMR Sticks are currently the benchmark:
✔️ Drift-free ,
✔️ Calibratable ,
✔️ and with the lowest power consumption of all stick types.

Designed with extremely low input lag , clean feel and maximum efficiency – ideal for pro gamers and tournaments .

✅ Advantages:

• Drift-free

• Calibrable

• Lowest power consumption

• High-precision & robust

• Perfect for competitive gaming

🚫 Disadvantages:

• Higher price – but worth every cent

For whom?
Professionals, e-sports athletes, technology perfectionists – everyone who doesn’t want to make compromises.

🔍 Power consumption comparison (from high to low):

1. Standard analog sticks

2. Hall Effect Sticks

3. Standard TMR Sticks

4. High-end TMR (Gulikit) ✅ most energy-efficient

🧠 Conclusion: Which stick is right for you?

✅ Our recommendation:

We clearly recommend:

• Gulikit High-End TMR Sticks → For those who want the best

• Standard Analog Sticks → For classic reaction fans and competitive players who rely on proven feeling

🎮 No matter how you play – we have the right stick for you.