After 5 months of games, without excess, I take care of my material ... Rubber sticks deteriorate rapidly and the worst are the sears L2 / R2. Let me explain. I had the original pad with PS4 and I bought this red pad complements. Today, sears L2 of 2 pads broke in the same manner. (I play in various games but mainly BF 4 to give an idea of using sears). I expect a first return Sony to get a pad and return it to Amazon for exchange. This is abnormal, there really was a manufacturing problem. A thread on the official forums of Sony is full on these two subjects ...