Of all the upgrades I expected to make to my Steam Deck over the year since buying it, I had not expected to switch out the thumbsticks. That's perhaps why I'm still not sold on a thumbstick upgrade being of much benefit to most steam Deck owners. Yet along comes GuliKit with an Electromagnetic Joystick Module for Steam Deck kit and I thought I ought to at least give it a go.
I've been surprised by how easy it is to switch out the thumbsticks on the compact handheld. Valve has made its handheld relatively repairable for its size, provides plenty of spare parts via iFixit, and ultimately I wasn't too put off by the job ahead when deciding to undertake a thumbstick transplant.
