eXtremeRate Face Clicky Kit for Steam Deck OLED Handheld Console, Custom Dpad View A B X Y Menu Keys Face Buttons Mouse Clicky Kit for Steam Deck OLED Console - Without Console

First, I only installed the dpad tactile button mod, which is the critical one. Not that much of a fan of ABXY button mods as no controllers afaik have clicky (tactile) buttons, but it's there if I need it.The dpad mod makes the dpad feel much better, mushiness is gone and the diagonals respond perfectly. The dpad does require more pressure to activate than before and this will take some getting used to.What is really special about this kit is what they give you. They give you a huge assortment of replacement torx screws, and a few extra springs (I believe bumper and trigger) which is a very nice touch, since it is very easy to lose a spring since if a spring hits a hard floor, it can bounce deceptively anywhere. And they even give you *two* membrane pads for each side (dpad and buttons), so you have one pad and a spare replacement. I never knew those would ever wear out but it's really nice to have an extra. You also get an extra dpad protective layer as well.Really pleased and happy with the attention to detail here, and most kits you buy only give you what you purchased and absolutely nothing else.As for longevity, we'll see. The one thing about the 'stock' capacitive layer is that those things basically last forever (until the contacts wear out, if they ever do). Note that you do have to peel off the stock capacitive layer from the original button board(s), and it's not clear whether (even if you protect the adhesive) the original can be re-used after being bent (you can see bends in the pads after removal), so it's recommended that you buy a spare button and dpad board from ifixit just in case you need something to go back to.*Edit*After seeing some of the posts here and in the extremerate subreddit, I decided to take apart my dpad section (3 months later) and checked the membrane, and the membrane looked flawless. There was no damage that I could see. Maybe the cover for the dpad has something to do with that, but I went ahead and put on another membrane that I had already applied tiny cutout squares of kapton tape to, inside of the dimples, just for good measure. I have not done the button mod at all, as I find clicky buttons a bit strange (only the menu button, which is part of the dpad set itself, is a clicker), but I can see the ABXY long button travel combining with the small hard clicky microswitches causing issues for anyone there. I am rather sure that applying kapton tape inside the button membrane dimples would help preserve the membranes-kapton tape is very resilient (it's used for high temp solder applications). But the dpad part of this kit is flawless and is a must do for anyone who hates the stock dpad. But the button section needs extra attention. Extremerate mentioned on their reddit that they were looking into a fix for this, so you can ask there for any redesigned membranes for the button section.

The mushy buttons on the deck were my biggest issue with it and these replacements were easy to install, work great, and feel so much better than stock.

Update 1.23.25 - After giving this a 1 star and writing the review below the seller was nice and reached out to understand my issue better. They provided me with a handful of replacement membranes and were very professional about it. Updating my rating to a 4/5, I think the membrane issue is still a very large issue (3 out of 5 stars) but I gave a 4th star because I think it says a lot about a company based on how they respond to feedback like this.Similar to another review on here, at first after I installed the new buttons I was very pleased. They felt great, responded great, everything that I was looking for. However, within a few days I noticed the A button feeling very squishy and requiring quite a bit of force to click. Once I took it apart again I noticed the membrane/rubber button for the A button had actually torn. Initially I chalked this up to just an unfortunate happenstance and went ahead and replaced it with the extra one that came in the box. The A button was back to working like the rest of them. However, again just a few days later it happened again and this time I didn't have a replacement membrane and the factory ones that come with the SD are not compatible with the clicky kit. I looked online for replacement membranes to no success. At this point I'm pretty disappointed and stuck with a squishy A button.

Installation is a bit of a chore, but that isn't the fault of the item but due to the design of the Steam Deck.These buttons are absolutely amazing they are very clicky and they are extremely responsive.

Every about 4 months I have to replace the membrane or else the A button feels awful. I have been through 4 membranes. Whenever I get a chance, I'm removing this mod from the console completely. It's depressing because the clicky mod on my LCD steam deck that I sold to a friend of mine is still working. I saw a review from a guy named Brian. That's exactly what all of my broken membranes look like. Until this is fixed. I recommend people avoid this. I just attached a photo of three of the four membranes and if you look where the a button would be, you can see that the top of the micro switch for the button has cut into the membrane. I reached out to them in the past and showed them this. They never replied. Again, unless you want to take apart your steam deck every few months to replace the membranes, I recommend you avoid the clicky button mod