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I want to get a second dock. Are third party options good? (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have one connected to my Television, but it's a hassle for games to unhook for games I want to play on the monitor for better latency like rhythm games.

I had heard of some third party ones potentially damaging switches back in the day, and wondered if they have improved since then.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My understanding after limited research is that it is still a thing to be concerned about, as the Switch is a bit unorthodox in its USB C power standards. Just FYI, Nintendo has refurb docks for a decent price. Even have the white OLED dock in stock if you want/need Ethernet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The switch docks can also use an usb-ethernet adapter to provide an ethernet connection to the non OLED docks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Do you know using an official switch power adapter helps mitigate that risk? I've seen some compact ones here that just look perfect for travel.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It’s not about the adapter, but how the switch manages power in docked mode. So any power adapter is fine, but when docked is when you are concerned. Also, there are several dock cases out there that you can transplant the chip inside the official dock into if you really want a smaller one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It helps mitigate that risk to a degree, yes, but why take the risk at all? There aren’t any really good alternatives out there, that I know of, and the official dock does it’s job just fine.