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DSD Short throw bend shifter review
NOTE: This review is my personal opinion. It is based on my personal findings with this product.
After buying the Thrustmaster TH8RS shifter i knew immediately i needed a more sturdy sequential shifter. I would use the TM purely as H shifter in which i find the TM TH8RS is truly amazing. So i started my research and after reading a lot of posts i choose to try the DSD short throw. I liked the bend shaft and i hooked up on the term short throw.
Yesterday i received it with a big smile! No more looking at the track and trace
Inside Simracing has a very nice review of this product, i wil not repeat them. Now...im going to be honest from my point of view. Let me get one thing clear: this a a very sturdy shifter that does its job very efficient and or effective. I have red stories of people finding this too loud and yes...it is. But if you are a bit handy your can easily overcome the loudness. On the other side the tension would be too strong. No problems with that. I like it! P&P, within 30 seconds it works. Make sure to have or buy a USB A male -> USB B male cable.
I do feel something else and that is a lot of free play around its dead centre. Curious as i was i unscrewed the top four screws and got the top lid off to have a peak inside. That is a very nasty habit of me. Allmost everything gets a peak inside before usage...anyways.
Now, looking at Dereks website it all looks very professional. To me, 160 euro's is a lot of money to spend on a sequential shifter. I expected something professional made and the inside mechanism is, i mean, i would have never ever been able to create a such a good working mechanism. The mechanism itself works flawless. Nothing to say about that. The outside look of the used materials: sturdy! It feels heavy, and sturdy. A truck could run over it without breaking it (figure of speech). But the box itself is not 100% square cutted or sawed. The top lid is not nice straight, it follows the curve in the edges of the box, which are not 100% square. Next to that, there is a bigger con: there is a lot of free play around the dead centre. The stick moves about 3-4 mm in a round dial. That is too much for me. As said before, the shifter does its job, it works and i can shift through gears like i cant with the TH8RS. It is limited to the fastest movement of your arm and hand during shifting up and down and it does it flawlessly with a lot of force. The free-play does not effect the working mechanism but it is there and somehow in contra-dictionary to the whole shifter sturdiness and well build quality look, the dead centre free play feels cheap.
So how does this adds up for me. I have divided feelings. It is sturdy, it works flawless and the mechanism works great. As far as i can see you can put a lot of force on the shifter during the heat of the battle and it wont break at all. But the production quality of the box and the free play at the stick centre is below my personal high quality standard and that is a shame. Im going to be honest: if i would sell this product on international bases, i would not accept the current outside quality. It looks like it has be made quick, without eye for detail. The outside box needs to be cut 100% square so the lid is also 100% straight, without following a curve. Next to that, the current free play at its centre is too much for me and feels cheap.
If you are not a nitpick like me (and i know that im worse), the DSD is a true solid shifter that wont bulge when played hard. It will do its thing gear after gear after...
Regards, B.
NOTE: This review is my personal opinion. It is based on my personal findings with this product.
After buying the Thrustmaster TH8RS shifter i knew immediately i needed a more sturdy sequential shifter. I would use the TM purely as H shifter in which i find the TM TH8RS is truly amazing. So i started my research and after reading a lot of posts i choose to try the DSD short throw. I liked the bend shaft and i hooked up on the term short throw.
Yesterday i received it with a big smile! No more looking at the track and trace
Inside Simracing has a very nice review of this product, i wil not repeat them. Now...im going to be honest from my point of view. Let me get one thing clear: this a a very sturdy shifter that does its job very efficient and or effective. I have red stories of people finding this too loud and yes...it is. But if you are a bit handy your can easily overcome the loudness. On the other side the tension would be too strong. No problems with that. I like it! P&P, within 30 seconds it works. Make sure to have or buy a USB A male -> USB B male cable.
I do feel something else and that is a lot of free play around its dead centre. Curious as i was i unscrewed the top four screws and got the top lid off to have a peak inside. That is a very nasty habit of me. Allmost everything gets a peak inside before usage...anyways.
Now, looking at Dereks website it all looks very professional. To me, 160 euro's is a lot of money to spend on a sequential shifter. I expected something professional made and the inside mechanism is, i mean, i would have never ever been able to create a such a good working mechanism. The mechanism itself works flawless. Nothing to say about that. The outside look of the used materials: sturdy! It feels heavy, and sturdy. A truck could run over it without breaking it (figure of speech). But the box itself is not 100% square cutted or sawed. The top lid is not nice straight, it follows the curve in the edges of the box, which are not 100% square. Next to that, there is a bigger con: there is a lot of free play around the dead centre. The stick moves about 3-4 mm in a round dial. That is too much for me. As said before, the shifter does its job, it works and i can shift through gears like i cant with the TH8RS. It is limited to the fastest movement of your arm and hand during shifting up and down and it does it flawlessly with a lot of force. The free-play does not effect the working mechanism but it is there and somehow in contra-dictionary to the whole shifter sturdiness and well build quality look, the dead centre free play feels cheap.
So how does this adds up for me. I have divided feelings. It is sturdy, it works flawless and the mechanism works great. As far as i can see you can put a lot of force on the shifter during the heat of the battle and it wont break at all. But the production quality of the box and the free play at the stick centre is below my personal high quality standard and that is a shame. Im going to be honest: if i would sell this product on international bases, i would not accept the current outside quality. It looks like it has be made quick, without eye for detail. The outside box needs to be cut 100% square so the lid is also 100% straight, without following a curve. Next to that, the current free play at its centre is too much for me and feels cheap.
If you are not a nitpick like me (and i know that im worse), the DSD is a true solid shifter that wont bulge when played hard. It will do its thing gear after gear after...
Regards, B.