I’m not going to help, because I actually down/side-graded from the Honeycomb to the Velocity One and I love it. TL;DR: Works well and hella easier to set up/take down than the Honeycomb combo.
Background: I bought the Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo. They are both excellent devices. But if you use your PC for other things, they require a fair amount of time to set up when you want to use them. I’d intended to leave the Bravo hooked up and just swap between the yoke and joystick depending on which sim/plane I was flying, but the Bravo was just too big and cumbersome to leave set up. So both of them spent most of their time gathering dust while I just used my T.16000m HOTAS setup. Then an online friend expressed frustration he couldn’t find the Honeycomb setup anywhere and he was about to buy the crappy Logitech setup. So I offered to sell him mine. He’s happy, he has his Alpha and Bravo. I’m happy, I have money instead of bulky devices sitting unused.
Then I saw the Velocity One design and decided to give it a shot. Looked easy to set up, and I could use it on my Xbox too; I’d have had to upgrade the Honeycomb to do so.
Got it and really, really like it! Installing it takes less than a minute – pop open the cover, grab the hex wrench, and tighten two clamps. Plug in USB and you’re ready to go. Removing is just as fast.
It’s not quite as feature-packed as the Alpha/Bravo setup, but the yoke feels really good, and I really like the vernier push/pull controls for flying single-engine props. The software still needs some work – the indicators behind the yoke are apparently going to work with January’s sim update, and they’re going to add more profiles on the LCD so you can do less configuration in MSFS for various plane types.
But overall, I really like the controls, it has lots of buttons, and the trim wheel’s the best I’ve used on a sim controller. And I had $200 left over compared to the Honeycomb combo!
Note that if you do want the Honeycomb, though, the combo (which is excellent, especially if you plan to leave it set up) is on sale for $508 for Black Friday on Adorama.