If you wish to pick up the F7 for yourself, head over to GAMESIR direct.The box contains 1 CLAW Shoot Wired USB Gamepad Controller and 1 user manual. Huge thanks go out to GAMESIR for providing us access to the F7 Claw Tablet Game Controller for review. Aside from that though, this is another quality product from the under-the-radar GAMESIR company which is fast making a name for itself in the mobile gaming landscape. The only real issue is that the F7 Claw Tablet Game Controller is only actually going to be of use for those games in which the virtual button setup can be fully customised, and that could be extremely restrictive for many. In fact, as long as your tablet is between 6-12mm in thickness, the F7 Claw should work fine.
Just a little disclaimer if we may – we’ve tested fully on Android but there should be no reason why iOS players are left out. With promise of 120 odd hours of charge coming from just 2 hours of USB-C power – something that we can’t dispute as the power held in these has kept us going for a few weeks already – as well as 200 days of standby use and a great feel to the F7 Claw itself, should you be one of the many who have found solace in the tablet gaming scene and are looking for just a little bit more, this may well help you out. If you’ve got a game that you love, but think it could be all the better with some super fast button pressing, thanks to a Turbo option on the triggers or bumpers, the F7 Claw is going to cover what you require.
We don’t use a case on our tablets, but should you find that to be the, um, case then it may well be best to remove it we’re not totally sure that the suction cups of the F7 Claw will play nicely with every case on the market.īut it’s not just a standard attach and play system here though and much like found on the GAMESIR X2 Bluetooth, a Turbo button can also be configured. GAMESIR even throw in a couple of additional stickers that they request you to stick to the back of your unit for increased grip, but even without these, the F7 Claw rarely gives up. The back of each unit is textured to ensure your hands don’t slip on it, but each of the gamepads are then held in place with no less than 16 tiny suction cups this ensures a really strong bond between the tablet itself and the Claw. Once connected, the F7 Claw rarely gives up any slip either. In fact, through testing I’ve even ocassionally been using this attached to a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 even when not gaming – it just makes the entire tablet experience all the more better. Not only do these therefore allow you to hit the buttons with ease, but with the F7 Claw attached to the tablet, it’s a whole load better in terms of comfort too. Your hands naturally sit pretty much as perfectly as you could want, as you grip the two units, with your index finger sitting in prime position on a top button which acts as R1 or L1 and then your middle finger situated right over the R2/L2 positioning. It’s here where the F7 excels and by attaching each of the two units to either side of your tablet, gripping it in place with the suction cup attachment, you’ll find that it’s a joy to hold your tablet with this attached.Įrgonomically it feels great. Split into two separate gamepad units that work side-by-side as one, these allow the gamer to rework the trigger and bumper buttons (or R1/L1 and R2/L2 if you prefer), allocating them to proper tactile presses.
What that means though is that the likes of the Razer Kishi, and GAMESIR’s X2 Type-C and Bluetooth controllers have come into their own, giving direct connection to every touch screen command necessary. We’ll be honest – much of our mobile gaming is taken in via Xbox Game Pass and the power of xCloud, mostly on phone but occasionally through tablet.