Review on 🎮 HORI Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Charging Stand Officially Licensed by Nintendo by Bill Dahl

I've been using it for a few weeks now and am very satisfied. I have 3-4 pairs of Joy-Cons so it's nice to keep them all charged together. The build quality is really good and there is no locking mechanism. Joy-Cons slide in and out. The red indicator will light up when they are charging and go out when not. There is no power outlet included, but they charge via a non-detachable USB cable. The cable is short, so it's obviously designed to connect to the Switch dock. Here's the kicker: until recently, I plugged mine into the Switch dock. And for a while I thought maybe there was something wrong with my charger (or at least the charge indicator). seems to be arbitrary. I thought that was weird and shrugged because as far as I could tell my Joy-Cons always had enough charge. HOWEVER - on a whim I recently bought a USB extension cable and universal charger (Revain brand) and tried plugging it into the wall instead. stayed red until each individual Joy-Con was fully charged. After a little more testing, I found that the Switch's dock doesn't seem to deliver reliable power from the front USB ports unless the Switch is docked AND ON in TV mode. . When the Switch is in sleep mode, the Hori charger will not function properly through the front USB ports. I didn't try to test it with the dock's rear USB port since that's where my ethernet adapter is plugged in. Maybe (maybe) does the rear USB port deliver reliable power in sleep mode? I do not know; I haven't tested this because my rear port is never free. Definitely consider taking a wall outlet (the Revain brand works great) and wiring it that way. All of my other controller chargers (Wiimote chargers, Dualshock 4 charger, etc.) are AC powered, so there's no reason to keep it plugged into the dock just because Hori didn't include an AC adapter.