Qanba Drone: The Best Stick Under $100?

In the sub-100 dollar price tier, the Qanba Drone is arguably the best out-of-the-box experience. With great features like a highly responsive board, tournament lockout, and a very well thought out layout. While the buttons and lever are clones, they're easily the best feeling clones I've used.

For all that it only has a few downsides. It's platform support is limited to the PS3, PS4, and PC. The stock buttons, while they feel good are unusually loud, and it's modding options are limited to only the most common after market parts.

The Qanba Drone feels tailor made for someone who's looking to get out to local tournaments and get more competitive on a budget, and optimize down obvious paths.

In this video I'll give a complete review of the Qanba Drone. And I'll also go over how to mod it, and what modding options are available.

Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro cinematic
0:38 Actual Intro
1:03 Wait, how do you pronounce "Qanba"?
1:14 First impressions
2:04 Button volume comparison
2:25 The biggest issue with the Drone
2:46 Smaller, more specific issues
3:19 What (I think) the Drone was designed for
4:22 Standout features and selling points
5:52 Getting the stick open
6:18 The Drone's very unique cloned lever
6:45 What other kind of sticks you can use
7:27 Overview of your modding options
7:49 Getting the buttons out... dead or alive
8:05 My modding choices, and dealing with the noise
8:29 Let's test these new parts out with a trial
9:34 I modded it just a little more
9:59 Closing thoughts, pros and cons
11:08 Like and Subscribe!


Arcade parts you saw in this video:
5-pin connection wires: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Sanwa JLF: https://arcadeshock.com/collections/j...
Sanwa OBSF 30mm (Silent): https://arcadeshock.com/collections/p...
PhreakMod Detachable Shaft: https://arcadeshock.com/collections/f...
Otto Mod Kit V5: https://arcadeshock.com/products/copy...
KINU Silky touch balltop (yellow): https://focusattack.com/kinu-silky-to...

Music:
Mister Lady - Freedom Trail Studio