Okay this actually showed up unexpectedly today (tracking went from customs to Dallas to some guy chucking it at my door).
It’s heavier than the Hori Compacts (as you’d expect), and ergonomically a little different. Not in a bad way, just not how I’m used to with the Hori.
Instead of that patented Hori mushy feel, the whole thing is using micro switches, so everything has a nice click to it.
I immediately dug around in the little accessory box (it looks like the faceplates pop off so you can choose between circular or octagonal edges for the sticks to follow) and swapped the weird disc D-Pad for a traditional one.
Fired up UnderMine (since it was already in standby) and…it feels good! Nice little rumble, though I miss the width of the Hori stick tops (these are much narrower).
Totally worth it so far, but I only used it for half an hour with one game. I’ll try something that never feels good in handheld (an FPS, probably, or a fighter) and see how those fare.