Most third parties are fine. I’m divesting from companies that answer to or directly support China’s government.

Unfortunately, they’re only made by companies that I don’t want to support.

I’m hopeful that Hall effect sensors will be common in the next generation of controllers. In the meantime, My Sony controllers are still working well.

I think it depends on your computer’s Bluetooth module. I haven’t noticed an input lag problem with my DualShock on either of two computers, but some people with different hardware have reported lag until they switched to a different Bluetooth dongle.

YMMV, though. I have no experience with Rocket League.

The early ones had a battery life problem, but I believe they fixed that a year or two ago. Upgrading your firmware might help, if you haven’t already.

I think all the major controllers use Alps sticks, which (sadly) are susceptible to stick drift. I wonder if you got a bad batch, though. My 5-year-old DualShock sticks are steady unless I turn the dead zones down to almost zero. And I haven’t even bothered calibrating them.

DualSense is on sale in some (North American) online shops right now. If you’re in the United States, Target has them for $50.