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TSW2 Pots?

7 posts by 6 people · 17 Feb 1999 - 07 Mar 1999

Adam 17 Feb 1999#450653
I was considering getting a TSW2 Wheel, but I've heard a few people mention in the past that it uses low-quality pots that wear out within a month or two. Does anyone have any experiences with their pots in a TSW2? I hate to spend $200+ on a wheel that has poor quality parts. Thanks
>I was considering getting a TSW2 Wheel, but I've heard a few people mention >in the past that it uses low-quality pots that wear out within a month or >two. Does anyone have any experiences with their pots in a TSW2? I hate to >spend $200+ on a wheel that has poor quality parts. >Thanks I got my TSW wheel about a year ago and the pots did wear out in about a month, having said that I replaces them with Digikey pots that have lasted all this time. This wheel with these pots seems to have a life span of forever. You can't go wrong with a TSW wheel. Mickey-POPS-Kerkes
Adam 17 Feb 1999#450655
OK, that's what I figured. For $225 it should include high-quality pots. Not pots that last ONE MONTH. That is totally ridiculous. I'll shop around for another wheel. Thanks for the input.
Please what is the Digi-key part number for the replacement pots?
Quoted text (12 lines)> >I was considering getting a TSW2 Wheel, but I've heard a few people mention > >in the past that it uses low-quality pots that wear out within a month or > >two. Does anyone have any experiences with their pots in a TSW2? I hate to > >spend $200+ on a wheel that has poor quality parts. > >Thanks > I got my TSW wheel about a year ago and the pots did wear out in about > a month, having said that I replaces them with Digikey pots that have > lasted all this time. This wheel with these pots seems to have a life > span of forever. You can't go wrong with a TSW wheel. > Mickey-POPS-Kerkes
Please do not judge the wheel based on the pots. The wheel is phenomenal. It blows away the $75-$150 toy junk that TM, Microsoft, and the rest produce. Yes, plastic, low quality, junk. Try a TSW, you won't settle for junk after using it. I own a TSW2 and one pot went bad after 2 months. Pots go bad, this is not a major revelation. Go to their site. They don't put the $$$ pots bc they can last a month or several years just as the cheapo pots. Instead, they offer the pricey digikeys as replacements. Would you dismiss a Porsche 911 because the wiper blades wear out? Pots are cheap and will always deteriorate. Look at the $1300 wheel (forget the damn name). Those wheels have pots that wear out too! Amazing. A TSW is a quality piece of hardware. Heavy metal and wood. Not plastic crap. Try it you'll never go back to junk. BTW, don't count on finding a better buy for the money, it's not out there. PS-This is my opinion, not a paid adverti***t. Feel free to disagree, just remember that I don't care. Joe > >I got my TSW wheel about a year ago and the pots did wear out in about > >a month, > OK, that's what I figured. For $225 it should include high-quality pots. > Not pots that last ONE MONTH. That is totally ridiculous. I'll shop around > for another wheel. Thanks for the input.
Choh 06 Mar 1999#454363
In your blind rush to judgment you disregarded the most important sentence of Kerkes' post... "you can't go wrong with a tsw wheel."
John Bodin 07 Mar 1999#454516
Quoted text (9 lines)>>>I got my TSW wheel about a year ago and the pots did wear out in about >>>a month, >>OK, that's what I figured. For $225 it should include high-quality pots. >>Not pots that last ONE MONTH. That is totally ridiculous. I'll shop around >>for another wheel. Thanks for the input. > In your blind rush to judgment you disregarded the most important sentence >of Kerkes' post... "you can't go wrong with a tsw wheel."
FURTHERMORE, TSW offered to replace those pots which failed prematurely in some of the early TSW2 wheels. I've had mine for a year and a half, and I just replaced my first pot, and I agree -- YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A TSW WHEEL. -- John Bodin Publisher, The IRL Insider Magazine On-Line http://irlinsider.adnetweb.com/

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