used 3 years running strong(x52)
Still on an X-36 here, never loses calibration, its like a pair of old slippers. Anything decent would be wasted on me anyway.
Are the "plastic" pieces breaking off not a quality problem? Not working out of the box not a quality problem? Programing issues and compatability problems not a quality problem? 27 years in the business and ave about 20 stick sales a week and all I see coming back for problems are Saitek and Logitech, Not one CH in 8 years I think that says a lot IMHO