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Switch owners how are your Joycons holding up
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Serious drifting on one of my left joycons, pretty disappointing given the price of those things
My left stick started drifting and my L button only worked 10% of the time. Yesterday I bought an electric contact cleaner and applied to small gaps underneath the button and stick (without opening the joycon) and now everything works as it should again. Best $5 I've spent.
There was no need to take it apart for me. Just lift up this soft plastic skirt with tweezers etc and squirt a can of compressed air in there from different directions. It's not much hassle
They are in a terrible state. My right joy con won't sync as a second controller anymore :-(, can't milk cows with friends anymore.
Pretty much have to play in handheld mode to have the joy cons work correctly... overall pretty dissapointed considering the premium pricing.
Mostly fine because I rarely use them. But all these reports are concerning. It's such a fragile controller.
I recently began to experience drifting on my left Joy-Con after 19 months of use, which is not acceptable if you ask me.
It also has the infamous disconnect problem of early units, and I'd been putting off sending it for repairs because it didn't cause me much trouble at the distance I usually play, but somehow it seems to have gotten much worse recently.
A couple of minor issues too: my ZR buttons seem to have different travel distances, and one of the face buttons on the right Joy-Con has this thing where it clicks down a bit if you press it lightly.
As for wobbling on the rails, they've been like that for a long time now.
It also has the infamous disconnect problem of early units, and I'd been putting off sending it for repairs because it didn't cause me much trouble at the distance I usually play, but somehow it seems to have gotten much worse recently.
A couple of minor issues too: my ZR buttons seem to have different travel distances, and one of the face buttons on the right Joy-Con has this thing where it clicks down a bit if you press it lightly.
As for wobbling on the rails, they've been like that for a long time now.
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Had to send my launch gray ones in for repair due to drifting but my neons are holding up just fine.
Not good. The SL/SR buttons on the right joycon don't work, the lights too. Took it apart and can see what the problem is: the ribbon cable that controls these has a fold in it that has broken the traces - it's too tight of a fold that has caused the connection to break.
My left joycon has drifting issues on the analogue stick too, thought it was a bug in Smash bros at first but it has only just started happening.
Don't have replacements and my Switch is getting a lot of usage at the moment so don't want to send them off to be repaired and be left with nothing to play. Think I'll just buy replacements or wait it out to see if a revision model is made.
My left joycon has drifting issues on the analogue stick too, thought it was a bug in Smash bros at first but it has only just started happening.
Don't have replacements and my Switch is getting a lot of usage at the moment so don't want to send them off to be repaired and be left with nothing to play. Think I'll just buy replacements or wait it out to see if a revision model is made.
Mine work fine in handheld mode though the left joycon has the problems from the early builds when used on its own. Never bothered getting it fixed since only occasionlly used it for multi-player Mario Kart. Speaking of Mario Kart never take a hammer to your joycon if you slide the bottom extensions in the wrong way. Did this to my right joycon and, before I had worked out that the hammer was unnecessary (trying to free the extension the wrong way), I had already dislodged something inside the joycon causing the Z buttons to no longer work as described in the post above.
Neon blue bought in September with the console has drifting issues, yellow one, bought at the same time has disconnect issue, no drifting.
Yeah, not buying a new one, waiting for a decent redesign or a good third party replacement.
I'm using the yellow joycons for the time being.
Yeah, not buying a new one, waiting for a decent redesign or a good third party replacement.
I'm using the yellow joycons for the time being.
My right Joy con is quite latent at times depending on the location of where I'm holding the controller so I'd say not great.
Can you share how you fixed your issue? The massive drifting has deterred me from playing the switch in days.
Mine are doing well, despite having zero grip on the analogue sticks. Usually just use my Splatoon Pro Controller at home.
My Switch console can no longer use the JoyCons wirelessly in docked mode despite testing with multiple sets. Button clicks missed, random inputs I haven't made happening on screen and frequent disconnects a plenty. Although this can be considered a console fault in general, the fact that the Pro Controllers work perfectly highlight how absolutely horrendous the signal these things give out is. Incredibly disappointed to be honest.
Tabletop mode works fine funnily enough.
Tabletop mode works fine funnily enough.
My left joy-con broke, but I don't know how or when it happened. All I know is that the connector is dented and now it doesn't always register imputs when in handheld mode. It means i can only play tabletop mode and docked with the joy-con.
Nintendo refused to repair it for free though, because I was just out of warranty. They offered to repair it for €30 but I refused.
Nintendo refused to repair it for free though, because I was just out of warranty. They offered to repair it for €30 but I refused.
The only issue I have is the R button in my right joycon sounds a bit weird.
Otherwise, they are holding up fine.
Otherwise, they are holding up fine.
Only the left stick is a little loose; will probably need to try blowing air into it at some point...
While they're a bit pricey, I'd recommend these Gametech grips;
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B071J1W6P8/
I had non-branded silicone grips that are exactly the same as these – they're okay, but I still found myself cramping up, so not that much of an improvement.
While they're a bit pricey, I'd recommend these Gametech grips;
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B071J1W6P8/
Yeah drifting and poor connectivity here too. Already replaced a pair and have done the usual fixes. Build quality is nothing short of scandalous, they better make this a priority for the revision.
The sr and sl buttons probably don't work either. Mine had the same problem.
My launch Neon's are still working perfectly fine and I never had any issues with them though I only use them in handheld mode. My red Joycon has a strange, oily "scratch" all across it though and I don't know how that happened.
Left Joycon had sync issues but would work if resynced, now it won't work wirelessly at all, sent it to Nintendo a few days ago.
Thing is I haven't been using it since August since getting a Pro controller, only noticed last week when randomly wanted to play in tabletop mode.
Thing is I haven't been using it since August since getting a Pro controller, only noticed last week when randomly wanted to play in tabletop mode.
They were ok til the wife accidentally knocked the Switch dock over last weekend. Down went the Switch and killed the right stick. Had to go get another replacement pair.
My wrist strap broke yesterday when playing Smash using single joycon. Lucky that just the strap is ruined and not the joycon...