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SteelSeries Nimbus Bluetooth Mobile Gaming Controller - Iphone, iPad, Apple TV - 40+ Hour Battery Life - Mfi Certified - Supports Fortnite Mobile
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- Victory Royale is in your hands with the fortnite ready Nimbus controller
- Enjoy a true wireless console experience on your iOS device or Mac via Bluetooth 4.1
- Compatible Devices iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPad Mini 4, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 2, iPad (4TH Generation), iPad Air 2, iPod Touch (6TH Generation) and Apple TV (4TH Generation)
- Pressure sensitive buttons and familiar ergonomic console layout
- Recharges via Lightning cable for 40-plus hours of nonstop gaming
- 4 LEDs display your player status during multiplayer gameplay
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ASIN | B01AZC3III |
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Release date | October 1, 2018 |
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #33,183 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #406 in PC Gamepads & Standard Controllers #1,252 in Mac Games & Accessories |
Product Dimensions | 4.33 x 2.49 x 5.9 inches; 8.48 ounces |
Type of item | Personal Computers |
Rated | Everyone |
Item model number | 69070 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 8.5 ounces |
Manufacturer | SteelSeries APS |
Batteries | 1 A batteries required. (included) |
Date First Available | January 20, 2016 |
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Play hundreds of your favorite controller supported games with the new Nimbus wireless Controller on your Apple TV. This controller is full sized, wireless, and based on an ergonomic console design. Other features include 40+ hours of gameplay with just a quick charge via Lightning connector, LED notification, an easy to navigate menu button, and to top it all off, pressure sensitive buttons for the most precise controls. Experience some of the best features that Apple and steel Series has to offer, all in the palms of your hands.
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SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Controller
Play hundreds of your favorite controller-supported games with the Nimbus Wireless Controller on your Apple TV.
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Pressure Sensitive Buttons |
Menu button for instant navigation |
Rechargeable 40+ hours of battery life |
Lightning connector compatibility |
Nimbus Companion App
The free companion app gives you instant access to charts listing the top free and paid controller-enabled games. The best new games are just a click away!
The app also keeps your controller up-to-date, and makes sure it's always compatible with your devices.
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Customers like the comfort of the video game controller. For example, they say it feels great in their hands and has unbelievable ergonomics. They also appreciate the battery life. That said, some complain about the buttons and triggers, saying they're awkward to press and spongy. They disagree on performance, quality, connectivity, and gaming.
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Customers like the comfort of the video game controller. They say it feels absolutely great in their hands, has unbelievable ergonomics, and fits nicely. They also say it has minimal lag and feels about as responsive as a PS4 controller. Overall, customers are satisfied with the comfort and functionality of the product.
"...The triggers have a shorter range, and are slightly more ergonomic/curved. I would say that they’re better than the Nimbus in that regard...." Read more
"...Now it grabs the controller amazingly well, I think you can really slam the controller around and it will never come off, so that is fantastic...." Read more
"...POOF, CLOUD NINE. Unbelievable ergonomics allowing the controller to fit nicely in my hands and give an excellent feel allowing me to play for..." Read more
"Works nicely, feels good on your hands" Read more
Customers like the battery life of the video game controller. They say it has a convenient battery-life monitor.
"...Battery life seems great as long as you use the dongle and not Bluetooth.The DetailsLook and Feel..." Read more
"...Fantastic, responsive, accurate, good connection and battery...." Read more
"...works sometimes and other times it works for a little while then starts to die out...." Read more
"...Connected via BT very easilyI guess the battery life is great...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the video game controller. Some mention it works nicely, feels good on their hands, and has great functionality. However, others say that it doesn't work properly, doesn' t do anything, and is unresponsive.
"...Also the mechanism that keep the phone locked in a specific angle works very well and is very sturdy, my phone is very heavy with the case, and I..." Read more
"Works nicely, feels good on your hands" Read more
"...saw that someone had posted on YouTube that this controller does not work with OpenEmu, I thought that I would clarify that at the time of this..." Read more
"...Excellent D-pad and analog sticks--very responsive and comfortableFeels very solid and well made, not cheap at all..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the video game controller. Some mention that it's well-made, reliable, and has a nice heft. However, others say that it was not built with the love it deserved, and broke with light use.
"...The Wi-Fi connection dongle has an amazing range and was fairly reliable on windows...." Read more
"...night, this is an excellent choice, but beware, it was not built with the love it deserved or the love we deserved. Keep pushing Steel Series." Read more
"...keep the phone locked in a specific angle works very well and is very sturdy, my phone is very heavy with the case, and I get no impression that my..." Read more
"...Feels very solid and well made, not cheap at allGood looking: matte black with glossy black accents, classy and understated..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the connectivity of the video game controller. Some mention that it's easy to connect and pairs seamlessly, while others say that it has lost connection a couple times and that it sometimes disconnects while they're playing a game.
"...It's easy to connect as well. I tried it out on my iPhone as and it works with Minecraft woo!..." Read more
"...PC, where if you turn the controller off, it will often connect as the second player controller when you turn it on again, which means that you ca..." Read more
"...Connecting this controller is super easy, on both Windows PC via USB adapter, and my Nvidia Shield TV via Bluetooth...." Read more
"Good controller, connected right away. But not sure if it's my copy, but the controller joy stick was unusable for FPS...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the gaming with some saying it's great for playing games on their iPad Pro, and brings their Go games so much more advantage. However, others say that it'd be better suited for first-person games and doesn't work with most regular Mac games.
"This controller has great response in game I only use it for driving but with that said it handles great either plugged in or wirelessly it’s a..." Read more
"...Also, although this controller doesn't work with most regular Mac Games (including Steam games), you can make it work with many games by using a..." Read more
"This controller has been great for playing games on my IPad Pro (2nd gen if it matters)...." Read more
"...This nimbus controller is only compatible with so many games to be careful to research what it's compatible with before purchasing and avoid being..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the buttons on the video game controller. They mention that the center buttons are awkward to press, the buttons and triggers are spongy, and cheap feeling. They also say that the trigger button is extremely sensitive, and it's easy to hit other buttons like Pause and Menu, disrupting game play. They say the placement of the select and start buttons is awkward, and when attached via USB it mapped buttons weirdly. Customers also report that the Bluetooth connectivity and dead buttons are the big issues with this product.
"...; Emulator (which runs GameCube games), except that it doesn't sense the start button...." Read more
"...Select and start buttons are sharply recessed and an obnoxious PIA to pressTriggers have a much shorter travel path than on most gamepads..." Read more
"...The button is not stuck. The input is stuck. In other words this controller is now useless.I'm about two days into the RMA process...." Read more
"Controller feels great. Buttons are good , and it works good. But it seriously needs vibration." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the charging of the video game controller. They mention that it doesn't have a rechargeable battery, and that it takes a lightning cable to charge the device. Some customers also say that it seems like the controller needs charging, but in fact it is fully charged.
"...Okay technically that's not true, but doing so requires pulling the batteries out, leaving the lid off, and plugging a micro usb cord into an odd..." Read more
"...THEIR DEVICES BRICK ALL THE TIME AND THEY DO NOT REPLACE THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER IF AT ALL...." Read more
"...Charging takes no time at all with a fast charging brick.-..." Read more
"...Mine didn't come with batteries, probably because some poor sap before me couldn't get the controller connected and returned it but kept the..." Read more
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Nimbus Review:
Because I saw that someone had posted on YouTube that this controller does not work with OpenEmu, I thought that I would clarify that at the time of this review (Feb 19, 2017), it does work. It connects just fine to the Mac via bluetooth, and there is no button that does not get detected and function just fine (including the joysticks).
Don't be fooled though, outside of OpenEmu, there was no game on my Mac that worked with it. Obviously it works great with iOS though and I definitely preferred it for that over other MFI controllers that I found.
Edit: I wanted to add that I have further tested this controller and it also works with the "Dolphin" Emulator (which runs GameCube games), except that it doesn't sense the start button. In case you're wondering, this doesn't work at all with the "Boxer" emulator (that's a DOS emulator for Mac).
Also, although this controller doesn't work with most regular Mac Games (including Steam games), you can make it work with many games by using a program called Joystick Mapper or something similar. If you go that route, you can remap the inputs to read as keyboard inputs inside of your games, which still doesn't work in every game (plus the D-Pad and Start Button aren't picked up at all by that program), but it certainly extends the usefulness and capabilities of this controller.
Stratus Duo Review
Summary
The Stratus Duo feels just like the Nimbus Controller for iOS, except for small improvements to the triggers and D-Pad. The Wi-Fi connection dongle has an amazing range and was fairly reliable on windows. The Bluetooth is essentially useless for anything but an android phone. Battery life seems great as long as you use the dongle and not Bluetooth.
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Look and Feel
This controller looks and feels almost identical to the Nimbus controller. I was a big fan of the Nimbus, so having one that works natively on PC is awesome. The things that are different are the triggers, D-Pad, and front LED’s. The triggers have a shorter range, and are slightly more ergonomic/curved. I would say that they’re better than the Nimbus in that regard. The front LED’s are a step down in the sense that they’re white instead of red. This makes them a lot more distracting in dark environments compared to the Nimbus’ red lights. They also seem brighter. So they constitute a strange design change in my opinion. The D-Pad is bigger than the Nimbus, the surface is different. It feels better to me than the Nimbus but is definitely more stiff than the PS4 controller.
Wi-Fi Dongle
When you plug in the dongle to a PC, it’s basically is plug and play, and the range is incredible. I was planning on using the Bluetooth setting to connect to my Steam link a couple rooms away, but the connection is so good using the included dongle, that I was able to play on my Steam link while still connected directly to my PC. That means that the connection has a greater range than even my Xbox One Controller when I connect it to my PC through Microsoft’s proprietary USB dongle. It’s also substantially better than the Bluetooth range on my PS4 controller, which cuts out before even reaching my living room (where the steam link is). As far as negatives go… This does not work at all with an Xbox One. I tried it, and it doesn’t even detect that something is plugged in. It also has a strange issue on PC, where if you turn the controller off, it will often connect as the second player controller when you turn it on again, which means that you can’t play any one player games because of being considered a second player. You have to restart your PC to fix that issue. Windows is fairly buggy with controllers sometimes, and this could very well be their issue and not the this controller’s issue. However, I haven’t had that problem with my Xbox One controller or my PS4 controller.
Bluetooth
By far the biggest failing with this controller is its extremely bad Bluetooth. I guess when they say that it works with Android and VR, they really just mean those two and nothing else. It connected with the Steam link, but had a bug where the left joystick moves the mouse slightly, while also moving the joystick at the same time. No other controller has that issue on my Steam Link. iOS 13 brought xinput and direct input controller support with it and I can confirm that both the Xbox One and PS4 controllers connect and work just fine. This controller… not so much. iOS can’t even see this controller in the Bluetooth connection menu. I tested that on multiple iOS devices. So don’t plan on using this with iOS. My MacBook was able to see it and connect to it, but then I couldn’t use it in any way, not even in OpenEmu, which is something that even the Nimbus can be used with. The lights also indicated that the connection was unstable or something, since they went back and forth from showing the looking-for-a-connection pattern to the now-connecting pattern. So don’t count on using the Bluetooth for anything but Android.
Durability
The controller’s durability has yet to be evaluated, so I might update this review with that in the future. I will say that the Nimbus had a design flaw that caused the triggers to become sticky within a fairly short time. iFixit has a page about how to fix that issue, and they also explain what causes it. This controller feels very similar to the nimbus as far as the triggers go, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it has the same flaw.
Overall, it's a pretty good joystick if you don't have to switch devices often and you use it on your PC only, like I do, it's reliable, battery hasn't budget in 2 weeks of everyday usage which is amazing and it's a pretty reliable piece of electronics.
And of course there is no way I am trusting that my $1000+ phone will stay in some phone clip without a case perfectly fine. I'm not risking it. So I returned the controller.
In the mean time I tried out the stratus duo controller and liked it.
Found this phone clip and it claims it will fit up to a 4inch wide phone. They weren't kidding. My phone is like 3.97" wide with the case , and it barely fits, but it does fit!!
Now I realllllllly wish this had a ratcheting style holder that uses a button to release the tension. I trust that way more, but instead this thing uses spring force to hold the phone in place. I think due to the size of my phone and thus the tension on the springs, I get a somewhat trustworthy grip.
I sure as heck would not shake the thing with my phone on it, but I can even lay back or hold the phone upside down in the clip and so far it will not fall out. So it's good enough for an teen to adult gamer that will play with care.
Now it grabs the controller amazingly well, I think you can really slam the controller around and it will never come off, so that is fantastic. But I am using a steel series stratus duo, and do not own any xbox controllers or other types, so I really cannot say how well it grabs other controllers. But it grabs mine with some serious force which is very reassuring.
If I get more controllers to test with, I'll update this review with the results.
Also the mechanism that keep the phone locked in a specific angle works very well and is very sturdy, my phone is very heavy with the case, and I get no impression that my phone might change angle due to the weight/angle at which I am playing.
Otherwise if you are looking for a phone clip that will fit a ridiculously large phone/case combo, this is a winner and you won't regret it.
Excellent product!
Steelseries please make a ratcheting version that can handle the same dimensions or maybe even a little bigger. I will pay 10-15$ extra on top of the price of this one just to have that reassurance !!!
I can confirm it fits a steam controller well, like it was meant for it
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Ele é feito pra linhas de controles da marca steelseries, maaaas com uma pequena modificação o controle de Xbox se torna compatível também.
Tem uma espuminha que quando retirada permite o encaixe perfeito do controle, o controle fica bem firme.
É bem melhor que comprar aqueles suportes de qualidade duvidosa, por que este é de qualidt altíssima, não digo premium mas é quase lá.
Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2021