GuliKit Joysticks for Steam Deck Review

Hey guys, it's Kris, the Steam Deck guy, and in today’s video, I'll be walking you through the steps to replace the stock Steam Deck Joysticks with the new solderless Gulikit Hall Electromagnetic Joysticks. I'll also be letting you know if it is worth it!

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[og-stoie]

I installed mine yesterday, I think they made a pretty big difference. Mine were like yours "perfectly fine" but I've noticed that while the return to exact centre is basically the same as the OEM sticks... the accuracy when off center (aiming in an fps for instance) is much more precise.
I've played about 4 hours with the new sticks now and when I took breaks, I'd be like... man I'm finding this game so much easier, like aiming is no longer an issue...
I used to overshoot my target, then go to adjust and undershoot, then overshoot etc. etc.
Now I find I am much more bang on target.

(and it's days gone which I know is third-person, but same diff and I have over 200 hours on the game with several play throughs, and I swapped mid-play through so it's not like my skills just improved in the last 4 hours)

[fdkhlglkfghlhdfghfgkl]

Thanks for the honest review. When I first heard about them I thought they would be great. But my default Steam Deck controller is already great so it seems like too much of a hassle now.

[lgroves]

Unless you have broken joysticks pass on this. 2 percent more accurate is a wast of money.

[monkeybase]

Good honest review!

I had a bad module with a lot of play before it has some tension, can't get a replacement from seller, so be careful where you buy these. Also the stick's material quality is a lot worse, it's just hard plastic in stead of the rubbery original ones.

[pshearduk]

Thanks for the video, mine arrive on Tuesday (from Amazon US). I'm in the UK.

[SnailedMail]

Kinda an unrelated topic but Honestly this needs more attention. The steam deck has a huge issue with getting a black screen where device works but the screen just doesn’t. Everyone on reddit is reporting this issue and all valve does is replace it than actually do something to fix this issue. I wasn’t lucky they wanted to charge me 145 to fix the deck even though it’s they’re fault for the faulty hardware.

[fastfiddler]

TL;DR you won't see much difference between a HALL effect and a new OEM potentiometer. But over time, the HALL sensor should work well for longer.

So having dealt with HALL effect sensors for flight sim gaming, I can shed some light. The return to center is an effect of the gimbal mechanism, NOT the sensor. At least on a new device. The main advantage of HALL effect is a more consistent input along travel and resistance to wear/contamination (dust). Typical potentiometers will lose center and accuracy as they wear and get contaminated. This is because they use physical contact. HALL sensors measure the relative change in orientation of the magnetic field of a magnet (without contact), where potentiometers (the stock sticks) physically touch two wires together, sliding one along the other, and measuring the change in resistance to estimate position.

This is why you have to do this weird calibration thing. When the magnet is put in place, it can be in any orientation. The software has to decide what position is center. And unless the hardware you're putting it in knows this, the input has to intervene and translate it into familiar data for the steam deck or console.

[lgd]

Just a word of caution be very careful when prying around the triggers, on some older models they were a weakpoint due to the way they are mounted, I found out the hard way just how easy they break off when prying in that area even when being gentle

[majorgnu]

I get the impression that the centering issue is not an accuracy problem with the sensor, but with the physical centering of the sticks themselves.
Is it not normal for sticks like these to have a tiny bit of play in the center?
Maybe they'd need some lubing or stronger springs to get perfectly centered every time.

[kensik]

been waiting for someone to do install the new ones.

[freevbucks]

6:31 - Apparently you can just do it on desktop mode without pressing the buttons

[breather]

I'm thinking about buying these because a couple of times one of my sticks started to drift and so I had to open up my steam deck and use compressed air to blow out the dust out the stick. Worked liked new but I would prefer the drift chance to be lowered to almost zero. I do travel so this is a must have from what I can see and experienced. I can't open up the Deck with no tools ikr?

[ryue]

Calibrating on the Nintendo Switch was much easier with the Nintendo-built-in calibration setting. These are a pain to do with the small dot, even on the OLED model ones., still tho they feel miles better then the standard ones but do feel a bit sticky, maybe I need to wear them in to get that feeling to go away

[dsteeezy]

Thanks for the video mine are now calibrated all it took was to go into desktop mode and your right this set up is a pain

[gzaos]

My left joystick starting to fail jumping from 80% to 100% randomly, really annoying as I play a lot of racing games. The calibration thought scares me a little on the gulikit.

[Goober]

Mine had defects out of the box. The left joystick would lean to the right. Gonna send it back for replacement.

[leonardolemos]

This is a two person job just because of that lil button

[aarepelaa]

Are they less stiff than the normal steamdeck joysticks? That's one thing I think could make them worth it if my steamdeck joysticks ever get the drift badly.

[christiandamerau]

Does the touch functionality of the sticks work with these thumb covers?

[CimInc]

I'd kill the deadzones on these as well, as they're hall effect joysticks.