The last stick repair you'll ever need.
TMR joysticks read stick position through magnetic tunnel sensors — no physical contact, no wear, immune to drift. Sharper response and finer precision than the Hall Effect sticks they replace, with lower power draw. Fitted into your existing controller: same buttons, same shell. $90 per controller.
Every controller drifts. It's not a question of if.
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all use the same $1 USD stick modules from Alps. Inside each one is a tiny rotating carbon resistive track. Your thumb moves the stick, the track rotates, the controller reads voltage from the contact point.
Every time you push that stick, the wiper drags on the carbon. After 50-300 hours of play, the track wears down enough that the controller reads a constant voltage even when you're not touching it. That's drift. It's why your character walks on its own. It's why your aim creeps. And it's a known design flaw — Nintendo has even paid class-action settlements over it.
A standard drift repair swaps in another stock module. It'll drift again. Maybe in six months. Maybe in two years. Same outcome, different timeline.
No carbon. No physical contact. TMR (tunnel magnetoresistance) sticks read the stick's position through magnetic tunnel sensors — nothing rubs, so nothing wears, so they're immune to drift. It's the newer generation of anti-drift stick, a step past Hall Effect: sharper response, finer precision, lower power draw. We've moved from Hall Effect to newer TMR sticks — it's what we now fit on every anti-drift upgrade.
Side by side
| Stock Module | TMR | |
|---|---|---|
| Sensor type | Carbon contact (wear) | Magnetic tunnel (no contact) |
| Drift lifespan | 50-300 hours | Indefinite (no wear) |
| Precision | Degrades over time | Finer, and it stays that way |
| Power draw | Low | Lower (better battery) |
| Compatibility | Native | 100% native — no firmware |
| Our warranty | 3-month workmanship | 3-month workmanship |
TMR stick upgrade — $90 per controller
One price, every controller type. Includes the drift repair, premium TMR modules, recalibration, full testing, and our 3-month workmanship warranty. A flat $100 shipping (both ways, fully insured) is added to your final invoice only if you approve the upgrade — nothing to pay upfront.
Notoriously drift-prone — the biggest improvement of any controller. Priced per Joy-Con.
Book Joy-Con →Xbox Series / Elite Series 2 — premium TMR modules, factory-grade feel.
Book Xbox →Custom shell upgrades coming soon — ask about options when you book.
How the upgrade works
Book online
Free booking form. Pick your controller and ask for the TMR stick upgrade.
Prepaid, insured label
Mailed to you within the hour. Drop the controller at any AusPost.
Workshop fit
We open the controller, desolder both sticks, fit premium TMR modules, recalibrate.
Test & return
Full input test across all axes. Express Post back with tracking. 3-month workmanship warranty.
Because the technology has no wear path.
Stock controller modules have a known failure curve. TMR modules don't. The stick's position is read through a magnetic tunnel sensor — no contact, no friction, nothing to degrade. That's why TMR sticks are immune to the drift that kills stock sticks.
We used to fit Hall Effect sticks for this job. We've moved to TMR because it's the newer generation of the same no-contact idea: sharper response, finer precision, and lower power draw. Every upgrade is covered by our 3-month workmanship warranty, same as all our work.
That's the difference between a fix and an upgrade.
TMR upgrade questions
What is TMR joystick technology?
TMR (tunnel magnetoresistance) joysticks read stick position through magnetic tunnel sensors instead of physical contact potentiometers. Because nothing touches anything, there's no contact wear — which means sharper response, finer precision, lower power draw, and immunity to the drift that wears out stock sticks.
Why do stock controllers drift?
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all use the same Alps potentiometer-based stick modules. Inside is a tiny rotating carbon track. After 50-300 hours of use the carbon wears down and the controller reads a constant signal even at rest — that's drift. It happens to every stock controller eventually.
How much does the TMR upgrade cost?
$90 per controller — PS5 DualSense, Xbox Wireless Controller or Switch Joy-Con. Includes the drift repair, premium TMR modules, recalibration and full testing, covered by our 3-month workmanship warranty. Custom shell upgrades are coming soon — ask about options when you book.
Didn't you offer Hall Effect upgrades?
We did — we've moved from Hall Effect to newer TMR sticks. TMR is the next generation of the same no-contact magnetic principle, with sharper response, finer precision and lower power draw. All work, past and present, is covered by our 3-month workmanship warranty.