Pair of Arcade Pad 6 (Duo-RX) controllers on ebay

[Keranu]

As I've stated several times before, I prefer the grey 6-button / RX pad over the Avenue 6 a lot more. Looks wise, Avenue 6 smokes it, but the grey pad is more comfortable and plays better for me, not to mention it has a sturdy end connector unlike my Avenue 6 which I have to plug in a special way. I just wish the grey pad had concave buttons like the Avenue 6.

[grahf]

I own both a Hori Fighting Commander and a Duo-RX pad. I will say that the d-pad on the Hori pad is better, but I prefer the overall feel of the RX pad. Its super comfortable in your hands. I would go so far as to say its one of the most comfortable controller ever (for my hands at least), even comparing new gen stuff.

I generally either use the RX pad, or the avenue 3 (if i need easy access to run/select and turbo switches).

[nat]

I'll concede the RX/PC-FX pad is [extremely] comfortable to hold, but the D-Pad is a mess.

[Keranu]

The d-pad looks like a mess, but it works better for me. Personally I prefer a good old NGPC click stick over them all! 

[nat]

The d-pad looks like a mess, but it works better for me. Personally I prefer a good old NGPC click stick over them all! 

It's not that I think it looks like ass, it controls like ass because it's too f*cking stiff.

[Keranu]

It's not stiff at all for me, maybe you just need to use yours more (just like how I need to use my Turbo Express' d-pad more!).

[Turbo D]

Somethings get stiff when you use them more 

[grahf]

Like you said Keranu, Its partially due to use. My one Express/GT had a stiff dpad, but the other one has a super soft pad. Also, I have one or two REALLY fresh coregrafx pads that are still super stiff. My avenue 3 pad is very soft.  Ive taken a lot of these apart, and they all have pretty much the same rubber contact pads (dont know about the RX). I think a lot just comes down to "breaking in" the controller. My RX pad (which i bough from another member here) is not really stiff at all. Its softer than my coregrafx pads.

[nat]

Keranu, do the D-Pads on your PC-FX controllers feel the same as the RX D-Pads? Because I have two FX pads and both have super-duper stiff D-Pads which is where I'm drawing the conclusion from.

They are by far the stiffest D-Pads out of the 30+ controllers I own for all my game systems. You could be right about needing to "break them in" but they just don't seem like they'll really loosen up all that much.