As of January 31, 2024, this controller appears to have been delisted from Amazon. It is unknown whether this is temporary or permanent. You may be able to purchase this controller through other sellers.
This controller's Recommended status has been revoked due to unavailability. If the controller becomes widely available again, it will have its Recommended status reinstated.
Members of the community have generally regarded this controller with slightly positive sentiment. Learn more.
¶ General Information
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Common Name | GYCHEE, ISENPENK, TOPWOLF |
| Model | HS-SW531 (manual) |
| Manufacturer | ISENPENK |
| Leaderboard Legal? |  Yes |
| Connection Modes | Bluetooth Wireless, Wired USB |
| Battery Bank Capacity | 600 mAh |
| Sentiment Power |  |
¶ Recommendation
Members of the community have generally regarded this controller with positive sentiment:
2024: An extremely good budget wireless Nintendo Switch controller that has good build quality, four mappable paddle buttons, and few drawbacks. Unfortunately, it appears as though it isn't manufactured anymore.
2022: Inexpensive relative to a Pro Controller, has good build quality, and mappable paddle buttons.
¶ Programmability At a Glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Turbo? | Yes |
| Companion software? |  No |
| Custom Button Mapping? |  Back paddles only |
| Adjustable Stick Deadzone? | No |
| Adjustable Analog Curve? | No |
| Macro Functionality? | No |
| Can be remapped in Nintendo Switch software? | Unknown |
¶ Turbo At a Glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Turbo Button Remappable? | Yes |
| Buttons that can use turbo function | A,B,X,Y,L,R,ZL,ZR |
| Adjustable Turbo? | Yes |
| "Sanity Check" Indicator? | No |
| How to adjust turbo speed? | Hold T, then press up or down on the D-Pad |
| How to activate turbo function? | Hold T, then press desired button |
| Is there a global turbo reset function? | Hold T for at least three seconds and then press - |
| Advertised Fire Rate (Hz) | 8, 12, or 15 |
| Turbo Time to Live (TTL) | Short |
| All Turboed Buttons on Same Duty Cycle? | TBD |
¶ Detailed Turbo Information
This controller has two turbo modes: a traditional turbo mode, and a "lightswitch" turbo mode, where pressing the button once activates the autofire for that button without needing to hold the button down. Pressing the same button again turns off the autofire. When you need to deactivate turbo for a specific button, you will have to hold
Tand press the desired button twice.
| Mode | Actual Hz | Distance under leaderboard cap |
|---|---|---|
| Wireless (8Hz) | 8.6 | -5.4 |
 Wireless (12Hz) |
12.2 | -0.8 |
| Wireless (15Hz) | 16.6 | Above cap |
preferred modes for Dread speedrunning
¶ Turbo Gold Skip
| Mode | 0 Lock? | 1 Lock? | 2 Lock? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless (8Hz) | No |
No |
No |
| Wireless (12Hz) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wireless (15Hz) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
preferred modes for Dread speedrunning
¶ Sticks At a Glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analog Layout Style | Switch |
| Analog Sensor | Potentiometric sensor |
| Stick Circularity Average Error (SCAE) | TBD |
| Advertised SCAE | Not provided |
¶ Stick Assessment
- Hardware: sticks have large digital notches and are generally inaccurate
- Firmware: no reported issues
¶ Buttons At a Glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Back Paddles? | Yes, 4 |
| Back Paddle Turboable? | No |
| Y Button Shape | Convex |
| Trigger Type | Digital |
| Actuation force (g) | Not measured |
¶ Button Assessment
- Hardware: cannot depress back paddles that are on the same side at the same time
- Firmware: no reported issues
¶ Positive Sentiment
As a budget pick, this is probably the best you can do. Sits firmly within impulse buy range.
It's easy to toggle turbo buttons on and off.
The back paddles can be custom mapped.
¶ Negative Sentiment
The sticks aren't very good, the actuation force on the buttons is fairly high, and you cannot assign turbo to the back paddles.
As a budget pick, this is probably the best you can do. Still, you get what you pay for. If you want a higher quality controller, you'll probably need to spend about $10-15 USD more.
¶ Autofire Data
This controller's turbo speed was verified by manually counting frames. Learn more.
¶ 8hz
range 192-491: 44 shots counted in 300 60fps frames -> ((44 - 1) / (300 / 60fps)) = 8.6Hz
¶ 12hz
range 1013-1312: 62 shots counted in 300 60fps frames -> ((62 - 1) / (300 / 60fps)) = 12.2Hz
¶ 15hz
range 2057-2356: 84 shots counted in 300 60fps frames -> ((84 - 1) / (300 / 60fps)) = 16.6Hz