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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/nintendo

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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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[–] kaseijin 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No special features besides removable usb-c hub. I did replace the fan and thermal paste on my Switch last year, which may help if you're overheating.

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

Not if this got fixed, but if you have a LAN adapter connected, the switch won't be put into sleep mode and will be on 24/7. The display is off, the dock will not have the green light for "it's on",... I had my official adapter from the Wii U and just switched the Wii U to the Switch when it came out. Since I mostly play docked I didn't realize that until I took my switch out when I went on holidays. Then it still took me a while to realize it's always hot, even if I hadn't played for days.