Drive style

[AlDee]

I've seen lot's of good posts here about Joysticks vs. Gamepads, and other devices. I understand the pros and cons of both. I'd like to hear some opinions on what your favorite stick/gamepad/other device is and how you use it. For example, Do you use a stick with throttle or twist grip? If you use a button box, how many buttons does driver one or two typically end up using? Do you use special function switches? Potentiometers? Do you have a preference for different types of buttons or switches?

For us we tend to use Joysticks. (Logitech Attack 3's) We experimented with the Logitech F310 gamepad, but found our drivers tended to have better control with joysticks. We vary from arcade to tank style to drive the robot, but driver 1 seems to end up with two joysticks either way. We found that driver two generally has little use for the joystick so we went to a button box with arcade buttons that worked very well.