Best 3rd Party Bluetooth Controller?

[Eat it iPhone]

Have a Shield Tablet and i have ordered the official Nvidia wireless controller from Amazon but they are taking forever to send it (currently doesnt even have a shipping estimate and i pre-ordered it). Im considering getting an affordable bluetooth controller for the time being (and using it as a secondary controller later).

The issue is all of the controllers ive come across have very mixed reviews. I dont need anything fancy just something thats functional and reliable. Id like it to offer analog sticks and all the required buttons.

So whats the best brand/model 3rd party controller thats 100% functional on the shield tablet?

Thanks

 

[dcaplinger76]

I'm gonna try the Moga Pro, kinda expensive but I shouldn't have to buy the Nvidia one if I have it.

 

[Smabbage]

The one for the Amazon Kindle Fire TV works quite well.

 

[erkut]

Moga pro looks awasome

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[NZtechfreak]

Moga Pro. Had the first Moga Pro and updated to the Moga Power Pro when that came out too.

 

[dts924s]

how do you map your 3rd party controller's buttons? I have the Asus controller that I ordered with my Nexus Player. It seems to work great, I just need to map the power button on the controller as being the start button.

 

[MadZiontist]

I own a couple of the Nvidia Shield controllers, and they're great and all. Particularly as they were made for the console, they work pretty well. But after taking a look into the Power A Moga Pro, have decided to order a couple of them. Despite their steep price, they seem to be well worth it. Especially as I can also use the MP with a phone.

 

[runswithascript]

Certain members of my family, namely my luddite partner, have found the official shield remote complicated to use. For our second Shield this time I ordered the Amazon Kindle Fire Voice TV Remote, as it has all of the buttons on the official Shield remote, but the addition of a pause, fast forward, rewind, and menu buttons. It also has properly labelled Android buttons for home and back. I have hoped this will encourage her to use Kodi etc. more.

We have been using it for two or three days now and my first impressions are these; this is much cheaper than the official remote, it is a very nice bit of kit although being made of plastic is does not have the same premium feel as the official remote, and the buttons make noise when you click them which I personally find ever slightly cheapens the experience. That is not to say it feels cheap - it is of good build quality. Opting for this remote you also lose the functionality of a micro USB port to charge, and instead have to use batteries, starting with those included, and you will also lose the 3.5mm headphones jack port. The voice control does work but you need to hold the button down to speak rather pressing it just once - we have had some issues with voice not working, as in not responding at all to the audio of our voices, and Android apparently getting stuck on the screen where it listens. To resolve this we needed to cold reboot the shield. Sometimes it also takes a few button presses to get the Shield to start responding, but once it does it keeps working at least for that session. We have our shield behind the TV so I am not sure whether that may be a factor with the signal or not.

All of that said, I would still recommend this over the official remote and not just because of the difference in price. For the room this Shield is in we are less likely to need to use the headphones, and we always have the game controller for that.

 

[runswithascript]

I am retracting my recommendation for using the Amazon Fire TV Voice Remote with the Shield, it just has too many issues, half the time it does not work and a reboot is required, and often it takes several keypresses to get a response on screen, and often I cannot boot the shield using the remote, even pressing the different buttons repeatedly.

I started using the official remote again and it was a relief, it is overpriced, it lacks rewind, fast forward etc. buttons, but it just works all of the time.

 

[hollandnigel]

I've got a Razer Serval, can't map the buttons, so it's pretty crap really