I'm not sure. I've used it primarily as a console for Zelda, but the few times I have it in my hands, I just love the feel. It's so light and comfy. I eagerly await a smaller size game that feels right on portable as well to play on.

I LOVE it as a handheld. In fact I've played my Switch 90% of the time either in handheld or tabletop mode (which is even sweeter IMO). Just bought a gooseneck tablet holder to pin onto my headboard so I can kick back and playing Zelda while laying in bed. May never leave my bed again once it gets here! lol

At some point I really need to dock the thing and enjoy it in its 1080p glory on the big screen, especially to give my freakin $70 pro controller some usage to test this sucker out - but for now, I'm loving the portability of the Switch, especially when propped up and playing the two separate joycons. Seriously feels sci-fi when doing so, epic stuff..

I've seen the opposite, majority of people seem to be using it as a handheld. From my experience its a better time, feels nice in the hands, is more portable than you'd expect (as long as you're not expecting to stuff it in your pocket, which, who does that anyway, sounds like a recipe for scraping).

Obviously for multiplayer games I'll use it docked but on my own? handheld mode is pretty nice 

My phone charger says 1.6A and my power bank says 5V.

I'm no electricianographer but I've been playing my Switch all day, at work (don't ask) and everything seems fine. I even charged while playing. I still have five hours before I go home. I'm going to let the Switch run dry and use the Power bank to see how that works. It claims to have some kind of smart charge technology.

Anker PowerCore 20100 - Ultra High Capacity Power Bank with 4.8A Output, PowerIQ Technology for iPhone, iPad and Samsung Galaxy and More (Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X5RV14Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_IjVVyb47V8SQY

I love it, but im spoiled by my Pro Controller in docked mode.

Thanks for confirming! That sounds about as fast of a charge as the official charger provides, so that's awesome. I'll try it out for myself now.

Thanks for confiming that it works!

Haha, ok I wont! I'm about to try it with my 2.4A charger now, also Anker. Thanks for the link, I love their producs and was going to look into a powerbank for my Switch anyways.

Let me know how the powerbank experiment went!

You've lost me why on earth would you think s a small usb i.c. would cost more than about 10-20 cents at most when you are buying millions of them and they are small simplistic chips. The raspberry pi zero is a full computer and that chip is only probably $2 approx which incorporates 512MB of ram, 1ghz cpu, gpu, usb controller, hdmi controller etc. All that Switch board has to do is provide usb sockets and a hdmi connection and is merely an interface to the main electronics built into the Switch tablet itself. 

The reason I've used the Raspberry pi is because a) we know its expensively made in the UK which means its more expensive than producing in China and b) its far more sophisticated electronics too providing a huge amount of additional functionality to make the point that the dock circuit board is incredibly cheap in comparison unless Nintendo are the most pathetic price negotiator's in the history of the universe.

Yet if I went to a electronics part retailer in the uk and tried to source all the parts on the Raspberry pi zero board excluding the pcb and the main soc chip I'd probably end up paying £20 just for those small components because a surface mounted fuse that costs them 1/10 of a penny would probably be sold to me for 30p etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdK6D4yqzk

Let it run totally dry. On high brightness and max volume, you could almost see the battery draining.

I put the brightness back down to 75% and plugged up the power bank. After about an hour and a half of playing Zelda and charging at the same time, the battery is at 21% and the power bank still says it's at full power (4/4 LED lights). I head home soon, though. 

I like it. It feels more comfortable than 3DS.

If you have a pro controller, it's hard not to want to use it because of how well it fits in your hands and it just easier to use. I also have a 1080p projector which makes it easier to see everything. There might be other games that will work better in handheld mode, but with Zelda I prefer to have it docked.