# GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gulikits-new-switch-controller-features-next-generation-anti-drift-thumbsticks/
- Published: 2026-08-11T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-11T13:05:01+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/976972/gulikit-es-max-anti-drift-tmr-switch-2-wireless-controller-price-availability
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- GuliKit's ES Max controller uses improved anti-drift TMR thumbstick technology
- Costs $49.99, cheaper than Nintendo's Switch 2 Pro Controller
- Adds remappable buttons, swappable caps, faster triggers and a new app

## Summary

GuliKit has unveiled the ES Max, its first wireless Switch controller to use an upgraded version of the anti-drift tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks previously seen in its budget ES Pro. The new sticks measure a magnet's rotational angle rather than changes in magnetic field strength, meaning the signal never weakens and movement is registered more accurately, addressing the stick-drift problems that have long affected Nintendo's Switch controllers.

The ES Max costs $49.99, more than the $29.99 ES Pro but still less than Nintendo's own Switch 2 Pro Controller, and is compatible with all Switch models, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Steam. It adds two remappable rear buttons, swappable thumbstick caps, and Hall-effect linear triggers that can switch to micro-switches for shorter travel. GuliKit is also bundling a Hyperlink 2 Bluetooth adapter for lower-latency wireless play and launching its first mobile app for customising and updating its controllers.

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