I also went elitist (ehehe) on the Elite controller.
TLDR: I love it, if your not super into customization its very worth the (disposable) money. I would not want to use another controller. I even bought another one on sale as a spare. PC gaming 90%.
There is definitely a different, exquisite feel just from picking it up. Everybody i handed this to (casuals and hardcore alike) paused for a moment and had some positive reaction to the weight and heft of the thing. It really has that Apple marketed premium feeling you will definitely notice it even after a long time of using it. When you grab a normal controller you will notice how many shortcomings they made to be mass market priceable.
Build quality is very good, not excellent, i really put that thing through something in the last 12 months and it still feels (almost) new. My GF which plays casually but regularly isnt as nice to it as i am, and still,
The customization options are good.
Heres my (high level) nitpicks:
Customization:
As someone that loves to customize, i miss the L3 and R3 i had on the Razer Sabertooth, my favorite controller before the Elite.
I REALLY miss the Sabertooths little display and on the fly customization. It had a feature where you switch it to assign mode and then hold one of the additional buttons (4 paddles on the back and the aforementioned L3 and R3) and then just hit the controller function you want to assign. Unlike the Elite, as far as i remember you could map everything, including stick movement. You could also adjust Stick sensitivities on the fly and on the controller, no software or going out of game at all, and you could save profiles.
I really miss that, made me customize and enjoy game controls much more. For this one i just have to pedals for the stickclicks (most atrocious control ever imho) and usually X and A on the others so i dont have to take my thumb of the right stick for looting in games like Wolfenstein, Far Cry and basically every game now.
Build:
As others mentioned before, the Bumpers are gonna break, they hinge on plastic which is just hackwork for a controller of this pricetag and otherwise great quality. Its 10 bucks and a minor annoyance of 30 minutes to replace them. I recommend getting them with the controller, much less of a pain when it eventually happens, which it unfortunately will. And who knows if that stuff stays available forever.
The Razer Sabretooth also had microclick facebuttons which i enjoyed IMMENSELY and miss on the Elite.
Disclaimer:
I do not recommend getting the Sabretooth, really. Dont. The build quality is atrocious. Im careful with my stuff and still had to replace it 3 times in only 2 months. I had the sticks break quickly, firmware problems and Razerstyle they come with completely unnecessary custom cable input. I got addicted to the features so i stuck with it till the Elite came out. Still have 2 since i grabbed 4 refurbs cheaply at a sale a while ago.
I did order one of the new Razer Wolverines, if that thing has good sticks and the customization i might go over to that, although it looks like a dumb toy imho. I regret it already now that i think about it.
Sorry if this was too long, i guess i had some thoughts on it that i think might be useful if your on the edge. XD