Others say...

"A Must Have!!"
You will never go back after using this device. Imagine looking out your aircraft window at your engine--you will have views you never dreamed of w/o this device. There is a short learning cure--really just getting used to it after using your hat switch for so long. If you love Microsoft FSX you will love this. It's very easy to load and set-up. I will warn you though--to run any FS well you have to have a powerful computer/video card to make it all run smoothly and realisticly..DIDO for the TrackIR.

"Graet idea, exelent product"
About 5 years ago, when i jumped into the world of flight simulator after a real world Cessna 182 flight, and getting to know the many different controllers and devices available, i made myself a little wish list, first i purchased the Ch flightstick, just to make sure i'm really into pc flying, 2 month after that the CH yoke came, then the pedals. since then I wandered how and if a track ir system can help, but it never reached the top of my holyday gadget list, until 2 weeks ago when i ordered one. It arrived promptly and after unpacking i first installed the drivers(as some advised on other amazon reviews) then connected the Track IR 4 Pro Ultra and the head-set attachment to the computer's USB 2 input . both the wired and the unwiered head gears are working great, much better then i imagined. if you like to sim i warmly recommend this device but only after you get yourself the ch yoke or a good joystick and the pedals. check for track ir on youtube, some of these videos helped me make the decision. I'm going to fly now, have a great new year.


"Cheap Track Clip Pro!"
Ok I had to give this one 3 Stars...The entire idea is really cool...if you want realism or your into video making it takes it to a whole new level...Butttt....that stupid cheap clip that came with it for $40 bucks extra was a real waste of production...When I first got mine it came broken in the box and was completely useless. But all in all its a really cool thing to have trust me just dont waste any money on that stupid clip.

"Amazing. A must have!"
TrackIR is designed mostly for simming, rather than action games, where your view and weapons contol are integrated in the mouse and work just fine as-is.

Now, speaking about simulation... There it makes a difference like a night & day: by naturally moving your head around, the view changes accordingly: you have infinitely fine control over the view of the cockpit and outside. Forget POV hat, Active camera or anything else: this is the way simulation is meant to be. Words cannot do it justice, you need to *experience* it. You owe it to yourself to at least try it out and then decide if it's worth it. I doubt you'll ever go back. TrackIR might be a bit expensive, but it's one of the best investments you'll ever make in the field of simulation, together with a joystick and a throttle. Yes, it's that revolutionary. Enough said.

It might be a little tricky to set up, but nothing too difficult. It is actually very simple, just make sure you enable trackIR Pro instead of vector tracking in the "profiles" on the TrackIR applet. Yes, it caused a couple of 'blue screens' and reboots on few rare occasions when starting trackIR applet (never in flight). But even with that, I give it an absolute 5 star.

"Cool, but..."
OK, if you had this thing working from the beginning, it would easily be 4 stars. But because there's a critical piece of information required to ever work, it gets 2 stars!

If you connect this device into your PC, *once*, before installing the drivers (think plug-and-play), it will *not* work, possibly ever. Despite help from their tech support, and more reboots than you can imagine, I finally got this working by going to another PC, installing the software there, and then checking all the registery changes. Then manually redoing the ones in my gaming PC. After that, it is really cool. Flight Sim X and Combat Flight Sim are mega cool - I thought they would be and hence my extraordinary effort to get it working.

You can check the forums and see there's a bunch of dummies stuck in the penalty box for the same reason.

Do yourself a favor and install the SW before getting that cable anywhere near your USB hub. Hopefully they'll make a robust software installer someday.

Here's what it's like - turn your head a little, the view (on Flight Sim X which has builtin support) turns a little. Turn a lot, but not so much that you're looking out the corners of your eyes, and get the view behind you! Way cool. In fact, I can tilt my head, move my head in close to the instrument gauge, or lift my head to see over the plane cowling and it's just like being in the there. No more fumbling with a "hat" switch to pan around. It took me no time to get coordinated with the controller (ha - I already know how to move my head to look around!).

I have not tried this in any shooting games. I think it would require a bit more effort to sync up the direction you're looking with the one you're moving.