Well, because i now have the Warthog for exactly one month (and because it's true that you usually read about problems on these forums):

No problem whatsoever, i'm very happy with the HOTAS and can highly recommend it .

That was (almost) a month ago. Euro date formatting. 12-11 = "12 November".

Ah, dang Euro format. That's why I like military date format of 12NOV2010. No room for error!

In the UK we are protected by the Sale of Goods Act. Basically, if a product fails (within the first six months) then it is deemed as faulty from purchase and you are entitled to a full refund or new replacement. The seller is the point of contact/contract (never get fobbed off with dealing direct with the manufacturer). You should only need to contact the seller and request that they arrange collection of the item. They are required to pay for shipping.

Of course, this is in the UK. Since you bought it outside of the UK then you are not covered by this directly.

Thanks Magic Man, yeah I guess I could end up a bit of a gotcha due to that. Anyway I contacted guillemot support and they dispatched a new warthog handle to me (not the whole joystick), should show up in the mail any day now. It took a bit of emailing back and forth, but they took care of the problem, so solid support if not lightning fast. It's just one direction on the countermeasures hat that is dead, so I have continued to use it in the meantime.
Cheers /Per

No problem.
A heads up to those in the UK, currently down £50 from what Amazon UK originally had it for, currently £279

And the rest ! Its now down to £199 on Amazon ! ! ! !

Tempted to get another at that price !

Does Amazon know something we don't ?!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrustmaster-Hot...2018&sr=8-1

When I updated the firmware of my Cougar I needed to disconnect the throttle from the stick because otherwise there were reports of pot damage.


Do I need to disconnect the Warthog throttle from the stick to have a save firmware update ?

Well amazon here in the US has them for $499.99 now, I got mine for 523.26 including shipping so the price in the US hasn't changed much.

The Warthog throttle doesn't connect to the stick; the throttle and the stick connect to the PC via seperate and independent USB connections.