Thanks for visiting to read our Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller review. We’ve got a whole load of products in the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category to compare against, but for now let’s take a look at what’s so good about Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller to make it worthy of an overall score of 9.1 out of 10.

To start with we’ll look at some of the key areas you’re interested in, from the quality of the product, to the price and then look at customer reviews to bring you a review score. This all then gets rounded up to give you an easy to digest overall score.

Once we’ve spent a bit of time looking at the Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller reviews, we’ll compare it against some of the other 2 products from the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category, as well as other products from the brand Afterglow.

Quality

8.9

Price

8.4

Reviews

9.9

Overall

9.1

 

Latest Price: £19.99

Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller review

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  • Release date: 1 January 2015. Enhance your Xbox 360 gaming experience with Afterglow, the #1 selling 3rd party controller brand. Featuring a clear polycarbonate casing revealing the inner circuitry, Afterglow signature lighting, and upgraded with PDP's new custom engineered SmartTrack technology, these controllers are a great blend of performance and value. Officially Licensed for Xbox 360. Vibration feedback rumble motors & upgraded with SmartTrack for better analog stick performance. Integrated headset/communicator port. 3 Lighting Modes: Off, On, and Pulse (rumble). Manufacturer's 2 year guarantee. EAN: 0708056000295.
  • Product codes: 708056000295 2306094

Whatever you buy, when it comes to buying online, there are a number of things that you should always consider. That pretty much goes for any product, but we want to highlight these as they are particularly important when it comes to shopping for products in the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category. Follow these tips and you’re sure to find the best product for your needs, whether that may be Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller or perhaps an alternative.

Price and budget

The actual price of the product that you choose is of course one of the most vital aspects of choosing the right product, we will go into that in more detail in just a moment.

For now I’d like to touch upon budgeting. Setting yourself a budget before getting too deeply involved in your shopping online is one of the best pieces of advice we can give. It’s very important to do this, because it’s all too easy to get carried away and choosing a product that offers those little extra features but spending a lot more than we could or should have spent.

Set yourself a budget and make sure you stick to it. We often recommend that when you’re using shops like argos.co.uk to use their price filters so that you’re not tempted into spending more.

Price is then of course the second part of this tip, and the advice here is to take the time to really study the price of Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller against other products in the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category. To help you with that, we’ve run some analysis for you.

To start our price analysis we searched the web to look for the best prices for Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller, in our search the cheapest we found it was from argos.co.uk where it was available for just £19.99. This is below average of all of the 2 products in the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category. The average of all products was actually £19.99. Whilst the most expensive product we were able to find in this category was £19.99 and the cheapest came in at just £19.99.

The next level of our price analysis was to look at the price you can expect to pay for products from the brand Afterglow. Which interestingly the average price was actually £18.99, and the lowest price was £16.99 with the highest being £19.99 of the 3 products they offer.

However that did highlight that if Afterglow were offering products in a variety of categories then that’s not a fair comparison to use the average prices for all their products. So we went a step further and looked at the average prices of Afterglow products but specifically in the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category, of which there were 1 products. Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller actually came in below average against the average, which was £19.99. Then to give you an idea of how much the prices vary for Afterglow products in the Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels category, they varied from £19.99 up to £19.99.
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Reviews

Next up, Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller Reviews. Reviews are one of the most valuable pieces of research we can do if we’re planning to buy online. Reading reviews gives us a real insight into a product, from a genuine customer, which helps us to learn things about the product that we are otherwise unable to see for ourselves when shopping online.

So we really encourage you to spend a decent amount of times reading through the reviews of Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller to get a really good idea of how good the product is and how likely it is to meet your needs.

Quality

Quality is another important element when shopping for a new product, particularly if you’re looking for products like Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels. However it’s really worth setting your expectations and needs right up-front so that you’re not expecting the world’s best quality products from the cheapest products in the range.

To get a good idea of the quality of Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller, the reviews you read will be really important. There are of course other ways to get a good idea. For example you can look at the specifications and features section of the product description, which should give you an indication of the sort of quality you can expect from the product.

Brand

Another consideration under quality is the brand. Some brands are of course well known for delivering exceptional quality, and likewise some are known for poor quality. Stick to the brands that you know, such as Afterglow, which you know will deliver an excellent quality item.

Seller

All too often, we see incredible deals for products like Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller. And they seem to be so cheap that it’s almost too good to be true. In most cases these are from sellers that you and we have never heard of. Trust your instinct, when a deal seems too good to be true, and isn’t from a seller that you recognise, it probably is too good to be true.

Stick to sellers that you know and trust. Sellers like argos.co.uk have built up their reputation for offering excellent service, returns, products and prices. You know you’re going to be getting a good deal from them.

Returns Policy

One of our final pieces of advice for your shopping is to check out the returns policy offered by the retailer, this can make quite a significant difference to your purchase decision, or at least who you buy from. Many retailers offer a really simple returns process which definitely helps give you that extra peace of mind.

If you do then find that Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller isn’t exactly as you thought it would be, you can easily return it.

The other element of the returns process that is worth reviewing is the warranty/guarantee offered by the retailer should your product develop a fault. Again it’s going to be worth you spending the time to look at any information you can find on the warranty or returns process so that you know that you’ve got the confidence that you aren’t going to be out of pocket if it’s faulty. Of course there are some statutory rights, so it may be that you’re covered already but again you’d need to look at this information as factor it into your purchase decision.

Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller Reviews

Hopefully the information and advice that we’ve given above really helps you when you are shopping for your Xbox 360 controllers and steering wheels. Whether you choose to buy Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller or an alternative product, we’d really like to hear your thoughts. Drop us a review of the product you buy so that us and our customers, just like you, have more genuine customers reviews to help them in their shopping.

Summary

We’ve given Afterglow Xbox 360 Wired Controller an overall score of 9.1 out of 10 because it’s clear that it offers an all-round fantastic package of quality, spec, good customer reviews at a great price from such a well known brand.

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