Pimax Sword Motion Controllers for Pimax Artisan, 5K, 8K Series, HTC Vive Pro, Pro 2, Cosmos Elite, Valve Index and Varjo VR Headset

These controllers are top of the line. Ive tried the index controllers as well and these are easier to hold and not activate the middle finger trigger button.

The Sword controllers seems to be a combination of Oculus, Vive, and the Valves controllers. Its has Oculuss easy to hold handles, and its light weight dynamics,. It has Valves knuckle straps that keep my fingers free for when I have to do something else with my hands such as adjust settings on the computer, but the controllers are too small for Adult men’s hands and it doesnt have finger tracking. Pimax Controllers also has Vives track pad instead of Thumb joystick controllers. Which was a BIG mistake. The track pads are annoying and too sensitive when playing most games. My finger sometimes brush against part of the track pad by accident causing me to move in the game when I didnt mean to. I cannot understand for the life of me… why Pimax put a track pad on their sword controllers instead of Thumb Joysticks like Valve Index and Oculus Quest. Movement is much more precise with Thumb Joysticks, and the directional buttons are separated from the press(ENTER) buttons. These Controllers are practically trash.

Was able to pair these with my Index pretty easily - just held the button till it entered pairing mode and they were found almost immediately. Love that the battery is replaceable in case it dies. I do find them comfortable but they dont feel overly secure to me. With Beat Saber I constantly feel like they are going to go flying and the elastic that secures them doesnt feel tight enough for me. I have thin hands but long fingers so they are the size of your average male hand (the same size as my partners hands except he has sausage fingers haha). Both of us felt the same insecurity while playing Beat Saber. For other games I quite like them but for fast movement I just cant focus on the game because Im too worried about losing them. Maybe with more time Ill get used to that but for now Ill keep using the original Index controllers for Beat Saber at least.

The Pimax Sword controllers are really well made, they delivered pretty fast, and Pimax does a really good job at caring for their customers. Make sure you use the PiTool software (download is on their website) to setup the controllers and that you have at least one base station, because I didnt know about the app and it made setting up more of a pain than it shouldve been. The controllers track amazingly with little to no tracking loss, and they fit nicely in my hands. Thank you again Pimax!

After many trials and comparisons between the Swords and the Index controllers, Id say that the Index beats them by a few points. Here are the differences between the two: • Swords have interchangeable batteries that are easy to find in Amazon • I couldnt try the finger tracking because its not available yet (hopefully soon) • Trackpads are finicky and a lil hard to get used to • Swords do not weight enough to realize youve been doing long beatsaber sessions TL;DR If you can get Index controllers, go for those. If you wanna try something new with almost all functions as the index controllers, give these a try

Heard about the hardware of the finger tracking is fine but Pimax team is still working on the software yet, hope its coming soon. A bit disappointed that the Sword hasnt a thumb stick, but its still a good Index alternatively.

I had vive controllers before this and the difference is night and day. The straps make holding them feel real comfortable. Only drawback may be the price. If it was slightly I would recommend as a must.

Nice controller but using track pads awkward when trying to use top part of pads. Can see now why some would prefer thumb stick instead.

An Honest Opinion about these controllers is that in my opinion, these are modernized Vive Wands but with more features. Removable Battery Packs and USB-C Charging in an ergonomic design makes these controllers ideal for those like myself who want to do gestures in games like VRChat a lot easier. The only caveat to these controllers is that its an adjustment curve if you recently swapped over from using Vive Wands. The only other complaint is that the controllers in my honest opinion need something like a pull tab to remove the battery packs. I messed up one of my controllers battery pins because I oriented the battery in the wrong way and as I was wedging it out I bent the pins in the controller. I would recommend these if you want a decent replacement to the clunky design of the original Vive Controllers.

so far it appears to be an overpriced Vive wand. no finger tracking. judging by the way they have placed the button B, they are ready to abandon finger tracking completely no user manual in the box. there is only a piece of paper directing you to the pimax.com. unfortunately pimax.com does not have installation manual for Swords either. I got it as a replacement for broken down Valve Index controller - there is absolutely no official info on how to do this setup . in fact, there is no support page for Swords at all. you are on your own on the bright side, once you get it running it appears to work fine. positioning is good, buttons work good. the trackpad feels weird, but I think it can be used to the grip feels weird. in bitsaber I get a constant feeling its slipping out of my hand