Switch Joycon

[Littlenose]

I picked up the Switch for the first time in ages to do some sofa gaming while trash is on telly.

The left Joycon stick seems to have become “sticky”. In the calibration screen left/right responds pefectly, but up/down seems floaty, sometimes responding perfectly, but mostly it wanders, and returns after a few seconds.

I’m wondering if this is a common occurrence, and what options are worth looking at?

1. Buy a new joycon
2. Find a replacement stick and fit it myself
3. Try opening up and use contact cleaner

Or any other options?

 

[Littlenose]

Cool, I’ll look into that, I’ve had if it stuff before for things and they were always decent

 

[Littlenose]

Oh wow, I'd not heard of that before... off to Nintendo with them it is

Out of interest, how long does it take for the repair process ?

 

[Littlenose]

Thank you, that’s going to get it back running pretty quickly.

I did order a couple of Hall effect sticks on Thursday eve which are arriving today… do I send them back or have a repair (or maybe a junked) Joycon this weekend.

This is testing my ability for delayed gratification

 

[Littlenose]

I ended up fitting the replacement stick myself.

Took about 10 minutes and seems to work perfect so far, and I have a spare.

 

[Littlenose]

Yeah, I'm happy for £10 including 2 sticks and the tools required.

I've also heard good things about the "hall effect" type controls, but without opening them up to see the internals I've no way to determine for sure.