Beerrun never bad mouth a Saitek joystick in these forums again!
Actually, Saitek's USB/JOY port sticks are to me the absolute best joysticks for left handed people. The feel and manuverability of the joystick is a dream for space games. For setting the top buttons for missiles and such kick ass.. makes me think of Robotech cockpit controllers. The only thing they lacked IMHO was the roll built into the actual joystick rather than the roll bar being built as a separate leaver.
For me to play X2 with a keyboard and joystick the roll bar was too awkward... so I defaulted to my MS joystick. I don't much care for the g-shock type crap because most programmers fork it up during the execution. Anyway.. love the Saitek's for space games.. especially FREESPACE/FS2.