I have to say I absolutely love how enthusiastic you are about your reviews. You don't just go through the motions and touch on aspects that everyone else does. Your love for arcade sticks and fighting games really come through! Keep up the fantastic work!

My man! 3 videos in 3 weeks! I love it! Thanks for the work in putting these together!

You're incredibly articulate on why and why not you like something, as someone not even interested in buying one of these, you're just a joy to listen to.

Been waiting specifically for this video! I bought the drone 1 two years ago because of you and knew you’d have stuff to say about the update. Glad to know I can keep using it without worrying about getting an upgrade just yet. Keep up the awesome work dude!

Really liked the photoshop portion of the video. I could visualize what you were saying as far as the changes you'd make, but it was neat seeing you go out of your way to rearrange the layout.

this was the first video I came across but I've watched more on your channel now and every video I watched is super detailed, helpful, and authentic. thanks

It is very relaxing listening to you when explaining

Thanks for the review! You confirmed the suspicions I had about whether the upgrade was worth it. Also, the outdoor shots were nice!

Another excellent review with great attention to detail and you go the extra mile to show what you’d improve with the design. Fantastic job!

I really love your videos. You explain a lot intricate details to these sticks and it helps me out on what kind of fight sticks I wanna get. Can't wait to check up more videos

I really love that you took the time to show how you would improve the design if you had the opportunity instead of just going "I don't like this" and moving on. Your channel is one the absolute best when it comes to arcade sticks and FGC content. I look forward to all your uploads :)

⚠️ Quick note ⚠️ 1️⃣The drone 1 May not work with Native PS5 Games if the Game does not support Ps4 controllers or Sticks. So even though the Drone 1 works on the ps5, Theres a chance it may not work on SF6 or Tekken 8 On the PS5. Thank you to knightsabre and Robert for the reminder. 🙏 2️⃣ The Ps4/Ps5 mode connection has been solved, you have to plug into steam on pc mode, then pc mode will work. if you plug into steam on ps4/ps5 mode, steam will work too, but if you switch to pc mode, the stick will disconnect. 3️⃣ i was going too fast and forgot to mention you do need a extra cable to connect it to a sanwa lever, for now refer to my drone 1 video, i will make a drone 2 mod guide soon

Great vid bro! Always love seeing a new upload from you. Thank you for the thoroughly detailed review!

its been so long and now here's another video! I definitely missed your videos man, great to see you back in action, and Ill definitely keep my drone 1 for sure.

Awesome! Glad to see a touchpad that it so desperately needed.

Im glad that you are making more content, it was always nice watching your videos

Thank you for mentioning the gate difference, glad drone two is not that difficult to find an octagonal gate for 🎉

Love the content. I picked up an 8-bit do because of your videos. Look forward to the next one.

The in depth analysis of the design is so awesome

I love your videos. They're so helpful and very informative. Keep up the awesome job! How about some content with hit boxes? 😊

Bro! So happy to see you back doing reviews again! Hope all is well!

Aaah i remember when i watched your qanba drone 1 video years ago and buyed my first arcade stick (venom ps4). So nice to see you back. Now i have 7 sticks and join tournaments :P (My main is a stock fighting edge with a nobi bullet top, one of the best arcade sticks ever made for me). I notice that the prices are doubled, but the quality remains the same. In most cases the ideas are lacking, hope we'll see some actually interesting controllers in the future. I miss those times when you could buy a mayflash f300 for 50 bucks (official, not used) and the controllers were amazing! Again, nice to see you back ;)

Always love your videos. Thanks for the review.

Haven't owned a Qanba since the Q1. I'm intrigued by the Drone 2. I just wish that with the price almost being doubled that they were using Sanwa buttons and a JLF. I didn't like when Hori shifted to their first party hardware on the HRAP either when we get into the $150+ range. I do like that your critiques also had suggestions to add substance to your opinions

You are really a beast, dude i come to see how good is this new arcade stick, and actually wan't to learn things about SFV, and then you show us Karin and teach us things for us newbie, awesome, as always very great content, keep it up !

I love the little cute plants on the left while you play

We love you! You are always appreciated and welcome 😊

such a helpful and detailed review! thank you!

lol it was kinda refreshing to see your face again. used to binge your videos before i got my first stick in 2020.

Thanks, I've been looking to see if I wanted to upgrade from 1 to 2. Glad to know it isn't that big of an upgrade.

Finally you made a review of the Drone 2. Great work! One question, can a Crown Lever fit in the Drone 1/2?

glad to see you uploading again!

this is a really nice review, very well done man

Very intersting and usefull video men, I used these to decide what stick to buy. I decide to go on Drone 1, I'am a beginner and I don't wanna to rush or waste my money. Thanks for the review, continue like these, I'll follow you ;)

Good to see u dropping videos again hopefully u keep them coming for Sf6

Very informative, thank you!

Just ordered mine super hyped for sf6 and a nice stick to add to the collection

Thanks for this. I was almost tempted to go with the Q2, it makes much more sense to stick with the Q1 and mod it to my liking for less.

Hey! Good to see you back at work! I hope you will review hitboxes as well

It’s great some new sticks are coming out. I’ve noticed in the past few years the market dried up with not much new being released. I’m keen to get a new stick this year for SF6 and T8, been using a modded rap4 Kai for the past few years so due an upgrade.

You have a very relaxing mood. I guess you never get salty. Some times i watch your videos like an asmr kind.😅

Glad to have you back!!!

Nice review dude. Glad to see that you're back at making videos!

Another banger let's goo!!! Keep it up

First: 3 videos in 3 weeks! You're spoiling us! Second: thanks for confirming what I was worried about with this stick. Third: thought about posting videos of just you livestreaming sfv/sf6? I'd love to watch you play ranked and pick up some tips!

i agree the button placement is very weird. having the L3 R3 etc on the top right also would make them easier to press as they are really common buttons to use in training mode in games, having them on the left is super inconvenient. even putting them behind the stick on the right would be better for most people i think

Heyyy I absolutely love your videos they are helping me choose out which arcade stick I want to get but are you going to do a review on the Hori PS5 Arcade stick

It would be nice if they made the cable detachable. Also I really liked how you showed redesign concepts in Photoshop!

The new aesthetic scheme is reminiscent of Razer's sticks just without the green, and I like it. Makes it look more premium than it's parts actually are (though they still priced it premium? Quanba, what are you trying to pull here?), even though it means the name has lost it's thematic meaning.

Were you shooting that outside footage in Rockefeller Park, and around Battery Park City, on the Hudson?😅 Anyways, love how you give fighting game tips towards the end of your fightstick reviews😂

Thank you for this Great Review ! 👍

Bought this right after watching the video yesterday. The stick arrived today, so much easier to swap out buttons and knob. Mayflash f500 is ok, but I dont want to buy an adapter to play ps5 when I can buy this for the same price as the Mayflash and its accessory. The price I think is a bit much since the material feels cheap.

Can you do a video explaining the hit box vs the arcade stick and which one do you prefer/recommend?

For the PC setting, you may have to enable generic controllers in Steam big picture mode. I had this issue with a Qanba Dragon before.

thanks for your advice as always.

Thanks so much for the review!

Just a thought, you can recorder unboxing as a separate part, when you receive the product and just stick it to the beginning of the video

Thanks for the review. Do you a entry level stick that you recommend for modding with a Korean lever ? Thanks again, I'm glad you're back doing videos.

Touch pad over the stick will cause accidental touches as you move your hand around. Your right hand will be more static, so it makes ergonomic sense to put it there.

I love your content, keep it up!

With how the inside of the drone 2 looks a bit different than the drone 1, do you think there's additional space that would make mounting a low collar korean lever possible without significant modifications? I did check out the newer video and it seems like it's better than the drone 1, but $125 is a lot to pay to potentially be wrong.

Looking forward to the Qanba Titan review!!

Hello @JoystickNY, which entry level stick would you buy to play tekken 8 on ps5? Thanks for your great videos!

I love my drone 1 but the same dislike you had was the cable placement, after a year the cable broke because it was getting pinched by my thigh. I decided to mod my drone by adding a 5-pin to usb-c adapter so I could easily swap consoles by using a usb-c cable, i also put it at the center. everything works and i'm disabled so it's nice to not have to ask for help when swapping from pc to ps5. I hope qanba fix this in future stick design but if not it's fairly easy to mod the boxes

Yess!!!!! more CONTENT :)

I consider the riffled surface of the Drone 2 as extremely problematic too. It sure will be difficult to clean this device. The only thing worse would be a diamond shaped surface and then rubber.

I also feel the cable compartment overtime causes that cable to flex and bend too much increasing the chance of the cable simply breaking one day.

Very informative; thank you very much! I’m looking to get my first stick and heard the drone 2 was a great entry level It’s “unfortunate” the price for the drone 1 and 2 are not similar; considering the drone 1 and 2 are very similar Either way, thanks again!

WELCOME BACK DAWG!!!!!!! Hope you been well.

Great video and good insight. Were you using an octagonal gate or square gate when you were playing street fighter?

7:50 Great side by side comparison

i want to mention a couple notes, for the lever you cant just swap out the lever to sanwa parts because the standard jlf has the switches soldered onto a pcb that leads to a 5 pin output, but qanba's default wiring requires the cables to connect direct to the switches, which would make it impossible to just buy a jlf and connect it, you would need to also buy a 5 pin zero encoder and swap the default wiring with the encoder. also for the hardware mode switching to console and pc, when you swapped to PC mode your machine actually connected the controller (climbing pitch noise confirms) to the machine as it reads it as its own device, swapping to ps4 or ps5 mode disconnects your controller(low pitch dun dun noise), and when it rereads the device in ps4 or ps5 mode, windows 10 natively recognizes your controller in the ball park of a DS4 controller and not a "qanba drone". PC ports are weird (Blazblue wont read any new devices after its launched so you have to close the game if you want to connect anything new) but whats going on here in your example is that when you swap to PC mode, if SFV can still read new devices while its open, the reason why you cant control your character is because every FG allocates player control to the specific device, but since PC mode completely changes how your controller is detected on your machine, SFV reads it as if its a different device than what was set to be player 1 hence you can't control karin, this isnt exactly an issue with the controller itself, but moreso an unnecessary test case if you will because you really shouldnt be swapping device modes while connected to a game anyway

You know what else is missing on the Drone 2? There’s no tournament lock on and off switch like they did with the Drone 1 and Qanba forgot about that. Haha lucky for me, I took your advice and I still have my Drone 1 and I thank you for the review.

I’ve been looking into getting an arcade stick and I believe I’ll just go with the drone 1 but the thing I like about the drone 2 is the headphone Jack since my monitor doesn’t have speakers built in but I play on pc so it doesn’t really bother me

Great review thank you

I love your knowledge and opinion on sticks, but I can't find a review of the monoprice dark matter. Is it not very good or just something just equal to something else you prefer?

Love your videos! I'm a new player to SF6, and interested in investing a higher end arcade stick. Will you do the QANBA Q8 Silent Arcade Joystick review? Want to know will being quiet sacrifice the overall quality of the product. Thank you for the good work!

Nice video. Will you be reviewing the Qanba Obsidian 2?

Thanks for the review, Qanba Drone 1 sf6 work on ps5 version?

Would you recommend theh qanba crystal fightstick over the drone 2?

So you don’t need to replace the joystick with a Sanwa to use an 8 way restrictor?

yo someone hire this man on to help design controllers. It's funny cause I was saying to myself that he was making too big a fuss about the layout but then when he showed his ideas in PS I immediately agreed

This went from a stick review to a mini karen tutorial. Hoping to see the Titan and Obsidian II reviews.

Amazing video. You own a new subscribed for sure. Any chance to test a Hori Fighting stick Alpha?

Thank you for the review! Are you going to review Qanba Obsidian 2 when it comes out? I was thinking about getting Qanba Obsidian 2, but Qanba Obsidian 2 is almost double the price compared to the first one. I hope they have a good reason for it. XD

Hope you get to do a review for the Obsidian 2, I want one but I'm wondering if it's worth the big price tag.

I think that I'll get it and mod it just like my original Qanba Drone with a detachable cable

How do you think this joystick holds up to a sanwa jlf? Love your channel bro, respect from Australia. Look forward to future stick reviews

true reviewer

Can you recommend a PS5 Arcade Stick? (Something to plug-in and play without any additional adapters or out of the game button remapping.) No budget restrictions. I'm having a harder time finding any to buy in my region. The HORI Alpha PS5 seems to be an option for 200 Euro. There is a bigger and heavier Street Fighter 6 version coming out in 2 months for 250, but even with no budgets restrictions I'm not sure I want to spend 50 extra Euro for a little bit of extra weight. I'm new to fighting games, so I probably wouldn't even know the difference between different weights or super awesome buttons. I still want something sturdy that will last me a while.

the best reviewer!

Top quality video!

Great review!!!

Need an Obsidian 2 review. I'm trying to either purchase that or the Victrix FS Pro

Always the most detailed reviews on the newest sticks! 🤌🤌🤌

I love the Psd part and you are right qanba drone 1 is superior in many aspects and cheaper

return of the king

4:40 I agree the top does look a bit JAMMED !!!

I wonder if the PC mode input would show up in apps with key-tracking options, just to see what the controller is sending to the PC. Personally I would use AutoHotkey to do this. Any script would do. It could literally just be one word: _return._ Run the script, go to the "Show Hidden Icons" option on your taskbar, Left-Click it. Find your scripts icon: Right-Click it. Find Open: Left-Click it. A window will come up. Find View: Left-Click it (or Alt+V). Find Key History and script info: Left-Click it (or K). Now, if the PC is receiving any input from the controller, it will show up here. It likely will list the Down & Up of any button or switch separately and what the PC is calling those inputs. They might not show up at all, this is just one simple test.

What is about the PCB into in ? and the latency ? For me its the more important. (when i buy a stick its just a case and a pcb because i replace buttons and stick)