I'd go with anything that looks like a PS2 controller made by a major manufacture.
I have a Game Pad and a Game Pad Pro...
My Pro recently stopped functioning and I opened it up to find that I wore out a trace on the PCB right in the middle of the Directional Controller...
I play hard
I think i'm gonna try for the next gen Game Pad Pro, which may be the Eliminator Game Pad Pro...