You can charge this from a wall outlet, you can even use the cable that comes with the switch, no need to play to charge it. I don't know why they lie about it but it is, I literally plugged it into my wall and it works great. I charged my two happy cons within five hours of receiving them and plugging them into the wall. I'll even include photos showing it charging off the wall. The reason I'm upset about this is that only twice I almost didn't buy something, based on what I've read and the reviews on both occasions I've decided to move on, the worst that can happen is that i would have to return it and both times i felt that most of the 3 to 1 star reviews were made up, there was nothing wrong with that and i am very saddened by this, i don't want people to miss out on a great product because someone better about Nintendo's product. I'll say this and it's sad and petty, but there are many people in the gaming community who have struggled to make the Nintendo Switch fail and I don't understand that there are issues that I have admittedly had. I haven't had any problems with my system and I don't know anyone who has had problems with their system, but I've heard reports of this happening with any product at lunchtime, let's be realistic. Back to the point, this product works great, I am very happy with it. I encourage anyone with two happy cons to get this charger, after that you won't need anything else :-) I took photos when it was plugged in. the wall I photographed versus the grip that came with the system, I photographed it connected to the switch while charging, I photographed it connected to the switch while charging is,(((now there is one thing you will see is that the light is on in all these pictures, this light is not on all the time while it is charging that the light goes out after a few seconds, it's like when the station docks, the light comes on to let you know it's there and then it turns off while charging.))) I hope this helps folks, I've got so much misinformation right now read and again many people who were just really hoping the switch would fail and I don't. I don't get it we are xbox, nintendo, playstation and even some random branded stuff lol we have every system that goes back to every major system. I'm not a Nintendo fan. I just love video games and hate it when I see something distorted because a certain group doesn't like it.
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