Mayflash F500 VS Mayflash F500 Elite: What’s the difference?

Mayflash F500 VS Mayflash F500 Elite Comparison Table

	Mayflash F500 Check on Amazon	Mayflash F500 Elite Check on Amazon
Height	9 in.	9 in.
Width	15.7 in.	15 in.
Depth	5 in.	5 in.
Weight	6.53 lbs.	6.56 lbs.
Platforms	XBOX ONE / XBOX ONE S, XBOX 360, Nintendo Switch, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 4	XBOX ONE / XBOX ONE S, XBOX 360, Nintendo Switch, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 4
Features	8 button layout and joystick Can be played on most platforms Support for Sanwa Denshi Buttons and Joystick Turbo Button Headphone Jack Replaceable Top Acrylic Panel and Top Paper Cover Panel Cable Cabinet 2 Metal Panels	8 button layout and joystick Can be played on most platforms 9 Built in Sanwa Denshi Buttons and Sanwa Joystick Turbo Button Headphone Jack Replaceable Top Acrylic Panel and Top Paper Cover Panel Cable Cabinet 2 Metal Panels

What’s the difference?

The Mayflash F500 is an excellent stick in its own right. It’s relatively cheap compared to the more premium fightsticks but still is decent in terms of quality.

Perhaps the only thing that slightly lets the F500 down is its performance. Whilst not bad, it certainly doesn’t have the responsiveness of the more expensive fightsticks on the market. And that’s really only for one reason: The standard Mayflash buttons and joystick are not Sanwa.

Whilst it’s true you can just as easily mod the F500 and install your own Sanwa parts, not everyone will want to do this and may want a pre-built fightstick with Sanwa parts instead.

Fortunately, this is where the F500 Elite comes in. On the outside, the F500 Elite is essentially the same stick. Apart from the subtle design change, it still has the same features, shape, and robust quality backed by the built-in metal plates.

There is one crucial difference, however. It comes with built-in Sanwa buttons and a Sanwa Joystick Lever. This already makes it better than it’s predecessor, especially in terms of performance.

The caveat is that, because of the added Sanwa parts, it obviously increases the price. But not by a lot.

In fact, if you were to take the original F500 and mod it to have Sanwa parts, it would probably work out the same price. Therefore, the increase in cost is pretty much justified.

So which one should you go for? if performance is a factor then the choice is obvious: the F500 Elite is the clear winner.

At this price range, however, you could also look at other mid-range sticks such as the HORI RAP 4.