An organization named Fastsnail has received the race in the case of making a Pleasure-Con charging accent that’s higher than Nintendo’s and every other third-party maker. Its charging dock can cost the Pleasure-Con for the unique Swap and for the Swap 2. Every charging port can accommodate both the rail-based charging connector of the Swap, or the proprietary connector of the Swap 2 mannequin (it’s not magnetized; the Pleasure-Con 2’s charging port matches onto the dock’s connector). In comparison with Nintendo’s $30 Pleasure-Con charger, which may solely cost two Swap 1 controllers at a time, this can be a smarter buy. Usually $24.99, it’s now $19.99 at Amazon.
I’ve had my palms on this charger not too long ago, and it really works as marketed. It features a USB-C to USB-A cable for plugging into your Swap’s dock. The LEDs point out when a linked Pleasure-Con is charging (by turning orange) or not in want of a cost (by displaying a blue gentle). A touch-activated button switches the Fastsnail charging dock on or off. I’ve seen that the dock’s brilliant blue LEDs will activate by themselves generally with out Pleasure-Con hooked up, so maintain that in thoughts when you intend to make use of it in the identical room you sleep in.