Hot take - I think the Joy-Cons are underrated

[Chrkeller]

Slownenberg said:

Chrkeller said:

Agreed.  My kids have gone through 3 sets and to the persons who says cleaning them fixes the issue, that isn't true.  I tried like hell multiple times to fix joy cons, they are crap controllers.  Great idea, terrible execution.

No need to try like hell and definitely no reason to ever buy new sets of joycons. If you're cleaning them and its not fixing it you're doing something wrong.

Just get electronic contact cleaner. Lift up the little flap on the control stick and spray under there. Move the stick all around for a few seconds after that and then wait for it to dry. It's a little hard to hold the little flap up while you spray (though a second pair of hands would probably make it easy). Then your joycon is good to go drift-free for a good long while usually. Drift stopped being a problem for me several years ago, just gotta do this cleaning once or twice a year depending on how much I play.

Tried that.  Didn't work.  If it were that easy I would have done it.

The joy cons from a durability perspective are absolutely junk. 

Nintendo didn't apologize and offer free repairs for no reason.  Nintendo needs to do better with their next hybrid system.

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 01 August 2023