Gadgetory

so you bought a brand new Nintendo switch and after playing us a little while you're starting to realize just how short three hours of battery life really is sure you can dock it when it's low or carry out an AC adapter we need to plug it into a wall but that's not always an option so let's talk charging solutions for your Nintendo switch now of course an obvious solution is battery banks now the switches power draw is pretty intense but it's just low enough that most conventional battery banks you buy today that will support tablets it's Kim charge just fine it's not going to have a very fast charge but it's going to keep it alive while you're actively playing now something to keep in mind is as it turns out the Nintendo switch only accepts up to 2 amps while charging so that means that if you were thinking oh I'm going to buy this better battery bank that is up to 6 amps out because I'm charge even faster not the case it's going to perform just like this one so there's no reason to spend extra on this so when you're shopping for a battery the main thing you really got to pay attention to is max capacity the switch has a just over four thousand milliamp hour battery so a good rule of thumb it's very 4000 your battery bank has that's another full charge now you might be tempted to grab a novelty charger like this pokeball but really you're better off just sticking to a more traditional battery bank because the more easily fits in a portable carrying case of all accessories Nintendo has been really pushing portable switch cases with tons of different designs already in the market sold individually and starter kits or even as part of the Zelda collector's edition these are just perfectly large enough to fit your switch a battery bank to switch AC adapter for extra charging when need be and of course slots to fit any of the games you own physically like I said the charge game from a battery bank will only be enough to barely counterbalance the switches power draw you're going to need to keep it plugged in constantly if you want to play non-stop with the system getting barely over ten percent of battery after an hour now one of the benefits of the switch using u.s. PC as opposed to any kind of proprietary design it's just how much third-party support and options are out there already if you own any other USB C power devices chances are you have an AC adapter that will be compatible with the switch or you can shop around third-party options instead of having to buy Nintendo's official design one of the weak points of the Nintendo switches design is that the only way to charge it is the USB C port on the bottom the logic being that's also how you use the dock but this leads to problems when the system is in kickstand mode as you can't exactly easily plug in a cable if you want to charge and play at the same time using a phone dock you actually have a method of keeping the switches screen standing up and charging at the same time with the option to plug it into a nearby wall outlet full run it into a battery bank making for an excellent portable setup if you want to do local multiplayer games on the go without needing to take breaks for the system in charge like I said before my review the switch is at its absolute best when used in its different portable modes so this is all stuff to keep in mind to make sure you get the most out of it John did not catch that