Skippy B. Coyote

I've found it's fun to try out all kinds of joysticks from very nice ones with arcade parts to cheapos...I prefer nice ones, but sometimes it's cool to try something that was a bargain.

Yeah, I know what you mean. It just gets tiresome when every time you think about buying a new system your next thought then becomes "Oh yeah, I'm going to need another $200+ controller for this." You feel awesome when you get your first high end custom arcade stick, but by the fourth one it starts getting tiresome on just about every level. Especially when propriety non-replaceable parts in them start breaking.

Non of my stuff has any non-replaceable parts. Of course mine are stand up arcade cabinets with switches. I agree that it's pretty hard to go back to little tiny NES pads when you've played something standing up like in an arcade and can back away and go "WHOOOOO!"! Those people who are fine without stuff you can easily fix and will last forever will also often be playing on aftermarket pads that suck or always in a search for good original, expensive parts.