I paid 159 for the x55. My stick buttons are pretty difficult to reach but not impossible. The throttle is better than the stick. The fact that dcs doesnt recognize some of the button presses and you have to slave them to keyboard binds via the madcatz software was a giant pita. I then found a warthog stick only for 200. End of the day, ive got 359 in my hotas and ive got, the x55's throttle, which is what i prefer, the warthog stick, and mfg crosswinds on the way. Its my perfect hybrid setup. Granted, ive never used the hog throttle, but i dont know what im missing. But, the extra toggle switches on the x55's throttle have proven priceless for all the hard to reach stuff in the A10c's pit.