I don't have any experience with any third party or off brand ones as I've only used official controllers. I would suggest where the PS3 is concerned to stick with the official controllers as even the usually good third party brands like Logitech and Mad Catz aren't that great. Most if not all are missing one or more features or are not as practical. For example the Logitech one does not have sixaxis motion control and uses a USB reciever to communicate with the console as opposed to a direct connection.