iKKEGOL USB Double 2 Foot Switch Control Pedal Video Game Customized PC Keyboard Multimedia Key Free Drive HID

Works great and easy to program

It can be worrisome to buy a product that has such mixed reviews. The bad reviews make me question the good reviews and the good reviews have me questioning the bad reviews. That is the reason I wanted to post this review, having just received iKKEGOL USB Double Foot Switch Control. First, my reason for purchasing it. I have arthritis in my hands but still enjoy video gaming on my PC and Xbox. I am currently playing “Satisfactory” on the PC which requires a lot of in-game walking (W) and sprinting (Left Shift). I’ve tried reassigning keys and using gaming mice with programmable buttons but in the end my hands would ache no matter what I did. I wanted to give this device a try to see if I could let my feet do the walking for me, just like in real life. The manual is in the all too familiar broken English used by foreign companies, often comical and frustrating at the same time. Considering I speak no foreign languages I won’t fault them too heavily. This one isn’t bad and didn’t leave me scratching my head. It referred me to software.pcsensor.com for the current version of FootSwitch. The version was newer than the one mentioned in the manual, updated in January of this year. Following the clear instructions on page 2, I first downloaded the software and then plugged the single USB cable from the foot pedals into a free USB slot on my computer. Windows told me it had discovered a new device and shortly thereafter said the device was ready to use. I then installed (Windows warned me about installing software, per usual) and launched the FootSwitch program. For about five seconds the program displayed a red circle with diagonal line (think Ghostbusters) and said no device was recognized but then found it and opened up to a screen where I could program the two foot pedals. I tried programming one pedal to the left shift button but it wouldn’t have any of that so I chose a letter not used by Satisfactory and then remapped the key in the game to match. Everything went smoothly and I was surprised, given some reviews, how easy and uneventful the whole process was. Having just gotten it I can’t speak to its durability but it seems solid and well built. There is an audible click though if one is absorbed in a game it shouldn’t be distracting. There’s a strong spring under each pedal but I quickly found a position for my feet that applied the appropriate pressure without my feeling like I was holding the pedals down with an unnatural force. The angle of the two pedals, something I was a little worried about, seems fine. It’s very comfortable to press the pedals with both feet. I tried both with hard-soled slippers and stocking feet and both were fine. My feet are size 9 so if you have some really big feet your mileage may vary. The USB cord is plenty long. If you sit near your computer you should have no issues. Most importantly, the device works wonderfully! I now press the right pedal to walk and the left pedal to run. No more awkward pressing of keys or buttons with my fingers.

I was initially hesitant to order this product, as nothing I could find in the description was clear on the whether or not the functionality I need for my particular use case was possible with this device. Just to explain, I am a musician. I often play along with musical notation in my software. I was constantly being forced to take my hands off of my instrument (guitar) to (mouse) scroll forward or back. I could play or I could scroll... I couldn't do both at the same time. So that's all I needed... One foot pedal to signal the score to (mouse) scroll forward and the other foot pedal to scroll backwards. The instructions that came with the unit are vague (at best), so I had to play around with the unit a bit and figure it out for myself. It's really not that complicated, but with poorly written instructions, a bit of effort was involved in figuring out the functionality. The "scrolling functionality" isn't quite what I had in mind, but I can live with it. I was hoping one "press and hold" of a pedal would start the scrolling process and not stop until I let up with my foot. The pedal can't do that... It can only scroll by a certain pre-defined distance. A user can chose how many lines will be scrolled with each tap on the pedal). So again, it takes just a little bit of testing to find the optimum number of lines to scroll with each foot tap. In retrospect, that "discrete number of lines scrolled" system works quite well. By the way, I'm using Guitar Pro 8 as my guitar music score software. The pedals, as I have them programmed for scrolling, work great there. They also work for any other window I might have open on my laptop. That is, when I change the "focus" (where the mouse is pointed) to another app or webpage, those scrolling functions from the foot pedals work there as well. So it was a bonus for me to find out the pedals will allow be to scroll up/down on just about any software running on my PC. I'm giving the foot switch 4 out of 5 starts. It might have earned a 5 had the instructions been "in real English". So far, that "iffy" documentation has been the only real "flies in the ointment". All in all, I like this product and am happy with its functionality. On last mention... I like that the foot switches are bright yellow. That makes them easy to see in an otherwise "black everything" music studio that typically has low light conditions.

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It does the job and has not broken down on me even though I've been using it heavily. I would have given it a 5 star if the rubber pad beneath it didn't come out so easily. The original double sided tape used to hold it in place is too weak. Do note that the device will scratch the floor without the rubber pad. This problem was solved by replacing the double sided tape.

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Easy to use, set up was simple, no delays great piece for my streams to mute and unmute.

as title says i use left paddle for Discord mute and right paddle for in game PUSH TO TALK