Xbox Elite Controller thumbstick drift

they have turned into apple, they sell inferior cheap tack at a premium price.

I have seen loads and loads of posts about stick drift on a lot of new controllers, not just elite.

Best thing is i have three xbox one s controllers, all with drift on the left thumbstick, seems to be an issue when you click it in repeatedly for running in games it then gets drift very quickly. (mainly drifting up)

I bought a power A controller with two rear buttons and low and behold no drift even after three months of use.

We all know thumbstick drift is a serious issue at the moment with Xbox One Controllers. This is because in this generation, the thumbstick modules are really cheap and the quality of these modules is bad.The 2 main problems are (compaired to the Xbox 360
Controllers) that the two 'lines' you see running over the module are made of plastic, instead of copper and the module is surrounded by more plastic, instead of metal.

Thumbstick drift happends when the little plastic piece either left or right of the thumbstick module breaks (99% of the time it is the left piece, and on the left thumbstick, because that one gets used the most, because of using that thumbstick to move
in games). Once this little plastic piece breaks, it can not be put back on. The thumbstick will be permanently broken. All 'fixes' out there are all temporary fixes. On the Xbox 360 Controllers, this was mostly made out of metal, and basically never broke
(EDIT: did not break nearly as much as the Xbox One Controllers! After reading the comments there are apparently loads of people that have Xbox 360 Controller thumbstick drift! This is pretty strange, because if it was such a big problem in the first place,
then why did they 'downgrade' the quality of the materials even more?! One thing that I do know is that we are now seeing a thumbstick drift post every single day, and that was not the case in the Xbox 360 era).

I, and countless of other people, were very excited to find out how the inside of the Elite Controller would look like. But I've got bad news; the Elite Controller uses exactly the same thumbstick modules as the regular Xbox One Controller!

You know what this means? You are just as likely to get thumbstick drift on your $150 controller compaired to the regular Xbox One Controller. This is not a good thing! This is a big factor for a lot of people when thinking about buying this controller,
especially if they experienced thumbstick drift before and know how annoying it can be. Combining this with the horrible warranty, we will see a lot of angry customers in a few months!

I also don't like the way Microsoft addresses this issue. They just tell you to buy a new controller. But I don't think this is entirely Microsoft's fault. This is probably the thumbstick module manufacturer's fault, they decided to switch to this cheaper
alternative. Please Microsoft, order the Xbox 360 thumbstick modules (or even better ones!) if you can, and put them in the Xbox One Controllers!

If you've got any questions, please feel free to post them down below. Please don't see this as an attack on Microsoft of any kind, I've been with the brand for over 8 years and I still love it! I've personally not experienced this issue before, but I do
know this is a real issue and that Microsoft's response to it is not so professional. I'm just here to point this problem out and to suggest a way to solve it.

Day 1: New Elite Controller purchased.

Good Sticks seem tight.

First rotation of left stick appears ok.

First rotation of Right stick: worrisome, can hear a click as it rotates past the 4 O'Clock position.

Xbox accessories app shows sticks are stable and no jitter.

All buttons seem ok, including the shoulder buttons.

Triggers seem ok too.

I wont do every day obviously, but want a time stamp record of moments of concern.

I have the same issue, but with the left stick. I bought the Elite because I could not get a regular controller which would work for more than 3 weeks before the left stick started failing.

I cant believe they used the same cheap pots in the elite.

It's not only drift, though when you fire up the accesories app, you can see the drift, but when you physically move the stick it about as smooth as sandpaper with the curser jumping and twitching all over the place.,

Currently I am having to use the left stick bare with no top on it, it can no longer reach top dead center (left/right/bottom) with any of the Stick tops attached. Almost like the whole assembly has sunk a couple of millimeters.

I'm out of warranty and want, no, need a new one, but am reluctant to buy, Ive nearly spent as much on controllers as I did one the xbox it's self. Planned obsolescence for the win. Just wish my 10 year old XBOX360 controller would work with the ONE. 10
years and it never failed me once - guess reliability is not such a good business model though.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Elite controller is the worst console accessory of all time and that includes the Virtual Boy, Nintendo Glove, 32x etc etc. The quality is so bad it’s shocking.