Founded in 2011, SCUF Gaming “SCUF®”, is a global innovator and creator of high-performance gaming controllers, providing superior accessories and customized gaming controllers for console and PC that are used by top professional gamers as well as casual gamers.

The SCUF Reflex Pro unit that I bought was the white one. You do get other color options, but those were out of stock when I got mine. Not that it matters as I really enjoy the simplicity and general appearance of the white controller.

There’s a “greyscale” feel going on here with the main white front, grey back, and grey accents. The buttons are pretty minimalistic too – there are no icons on them and they’re just plain white like the d-pad buttons.

There’s a home button at the center of the two thumbsticks, and a profile button at the back of the controller right near the top.

Generally, there’s not a lot to see in terms of design, but I will say that it looks classy, and I’m a fan of its minimalism.

As far as build quality goes, the SCUF Reflex Pro definitely feels premium. Once you pick it up, it has a nice, reassuring heft to it that suggests that premium materials were used here. It’s not so heavy that you need to put it down after a while, it just feels… loaded.

You can change the thumbsticks and remove the back paddles pretty easily without requiring any tools, but you’ll have to be careful applying too much force while doing so, especially with the back paddles.

The controller also comes with a paracord USB-C charging cable which, again, feels very high quality. It has a bronzed finish and is one of my favorite things about the pad.

I should mention that I was slightly put off by the fact that the “home” and “profile” buttons were not perfectly set in the middle. I’m probably being nitpicky but it’s just something I noticed.

Overall, I would say that I get a good feeling from the build quality of the SCUF Reflex Pro. It looks and feels every bit like the premium controller that it is advertised to be, and I don’t think many people will have any problems with it in that department.

A clean design and solid build quality are both great, but what matters the most in a gamepad is the features that it has and how it performs in real-life tests.

On that note, I’ll start off with the back paddles. As you’ll see in the attached picture, there are four back paddles here. It feels like overkill and I actually took two of them out because I really didn’t need more than two to play. However, you may find more uses for them than I did, so that’s a very subjective preference.

The paddles allow you to customize your button layouts so you can execute different moves without moving your fingers or playing with a claw grip as you would have to do with the regular PS5 controller.

As I mentioned previously, you can also swap out the thumbsticks. You just need to get your fingers underneath the bottom of the controller, pull off the front cover, slide it out, clip the thumbsticks off and line up the replacements as best you can.

The additional ones are domed and they come in two different sizes. In my opinion, the larger one for the right stick is better for slower, long-range, main AR-type fights, and the smaller one didn’t really work out well either.

I ended up sticking with the default pair, and they definitely feel nice to grip and to the touch.

One other key feature of the SCUF Reflex Pro is the grip. The entire back of the controller is made from a texturized rubber material that really makes holding it feel nice and comfortable.

It’s not often that you have a major, real-life practical use for the way a controller’s grip is built, so it was nice to see how this one helped my naturally sweaty palms to hold on better while gaming.