This is my third lever of this type (the others passed on to children), the first having been bought there about ten years. It is virtually indestructible, they have seen of all colors and are doing all fine. The number of buttons is significant and the hardness setting (a big hand screw under handle) more significant. This remains the entry level but it's good enough in terms of accuracy to enjoy a Flight Simulator, of IL2 or a module of the DCS series.