Widebody,
I can say from personal experience that the force feedback is awesome. The Precision Pro 2 (I think) also provides an adequade amount of control. Sadly I do not own either. I am actually going to be getting one soon. But lately all my extra cash is going towards flying, lol. I decided on the precision pro2 model b/c I dont think the extra fifty bucks is worth it.
Right now I am just using a regular joystick, no name. It works fine. If all you are doing is practicing theories the keyboard works just fine too. If you want to play MSFS as a game that is where a bigger better joystick would be needed. But I also have the fun of rudder pedals.

If you are concerned with realism and if you are going to be spending the money for the ff, (and you mainly plan on using it for FS) you might consider the yoke instead. When I buy my joystick I will be using it for other things so the yoke was never a seriously considered option, but if you want it for training, I suggest CH products.
Ali
PS. If you want to talk in real time, IM me on AIM