Deciding on whether to buy a product like NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers or perhaps NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip? You’re in the right place as we’ll take you through all of the specs, features and look at the quality, pricing and reviews of both to help you make the decision on which one to go for.

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NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers vs NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip

NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers specs

NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers
 NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip specs

NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip
Type: Controllers

Type: Joy-Con charging grip

Compatible platforms: Nintendo Switch

Compatibility: Nintendo Switch

Connectivity: Bluetooth

Colour: Grey

Power supply: USB

FEATURES
Colour: Neon green & neon pink

BUTTONS & CONTROLS

Connections: USB x 1

Other features: – Charge your Joy-Cons while you play
– Combine your Joy-Cons to make one traditional style controller

Number of buttons: 14

GENERAL
Force feedback: Yes

Vibration: Yes

Power: USB

Gyroscope: Yes

Box contents: Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Charging Grip

FEATURES

Dimensions: 110 x 140 x 50 mm (H x W x D)

Weight: 158 g

Other features: – Customisable joysticks
– Button mapping

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 1 year

GENERAL

Box contents: – Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers
– Joy-Con controller straps

Dimensions: 44 x 120 x 123 mm (H x W x D)

Weight: 184 g

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 1 year

Price: £69.99

Price: £24.99

Number of Reviews:

Number of Reviews:

Review Score: 9.8 / 10

Review Score: 9.7 / 10


When deciding on whether to buy NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers or NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip, a very important consideration is the price. So we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of both.

To start with, we looked at the price of the 261 products in the same category as NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers, which is the Game controllers and joysticks category. Of these 261 products the average price was £103.37, the most expensive was £1199.99 and the cheapest was just £4.99. We then looked at the price of the 261 in the same as the NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip, which of course the average was £103.37, top price was £1199.99 and cheapest £4.99.

We then looked specifically at the average price of products from Nintendo and Nintendo, the average was £110.20 for Nintendo, £110.20 for Nintendo. The max for each was £999/£999 and minimum was £2.97/£2.97

Price analysis of NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers

Price analysis of NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip

  • NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers
  • HD rumble
  • Textured thumb grips
  • Up to 20 hours battery life
  • Top features: – Play in a number of ways for one player, two player or handheld games – HD Rumble makes every game more immersive – Unlock amiibo characters to add new characters to your game Play in a number of waysThe Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers are must-have accessories. Perfect for playing your favourite Nintendo games with more people, or just replacing the original controllers because you’ve already lost them (it happens to the best of us).The Joy-Con Controllers can work in a variety of ways depending on how you choose to play your Switch. Each has a full set of buttons and can act as a standalone controller, so you can use one in each hand or play with someone else for two-player games. You can also combine the controllers into one using the Joy-Con grip (not included), or attach the controllers to the main console for handheld mode.HD RumbleTo make every game more realistic, the Joy-Con Controllers have realistic feedback – known as HD Rumble. A number of games make great use of HD Rumble, with a range of vibration patterns in games like Mario Kart.And with IR motion cameras included, the controllers can detect the shape, movement and distance of objects so you can play games in a whole new way.Unlock amiibo charactersThanks to the NFC touchpoint on the right Joy-Con controller, you can use amiibo characters to add new elements and characters to your favourite games. Want to play as Detective Pikachu in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? With amiibo you can.The controllers can last for up to 20 hours on a single charge, so you don’t have to worry about constantly recharging. But if you are running low on battery, all you have to do is reconnect them to the console.
  • Product codes: 45496430795
  • NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip
  • Combine your Joy-Cons to create a traditional controller
  • Charge your Joy-Cons while you play
  • Take your Switch gaming up a notch with the Nintendo Joy-Con Charging Grip.With this grip, you can combine your left and right Joy-Cons into one larger traditional style controller – simply slot them in to the Charging Grip and you’re ready to go.In addition, the Charging Grip recharges your Joy-cons while you’re playing, so the fun won’t need to end because of flat batteries. When you’re finished, the Charging Grip itself can be refuelled for next time via a USB power adapter.
  • Product codes: 45496430511

What’s better NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers or NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip?

There are obviously a number of differences between NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers and NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip, but there are several things that you can use when comparing the two. The first of these, which we’ve already covered, is price. Make sure you spend a bit of time deciding how much you are willing and able to spend on your product to really get a good idea if the £69.99 cost of NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers is closer to the expectation you had than the £24.99 pricep point of NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip.

Once you’ve nailed down everything there is to know on the price of both, the next step is to really study the reviews. Taking the time to read reviews of both will really help you to decide which is a better product between NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers and NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip. We looked at the reviews over at Currys PC World for both products and found that NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers scores out of 10 from reviews. Whereas NINTENDO Joy-Con Charging Grip scores out of 10 from reviews.

It’s also really worthwhile spending the time to look at the key differences between the two products. For that you can use our comparison table about which looks at the main features of both products to give you a clear idea of where one product perhaps benefits over another. When comparing the two it’s a really good idea to have an idea in your mind of the key features that you need from your Game controllers and joysticks as this will help you to narrow down the products that do or don’t meet your criteria.



NINTENDO Switch Joy-Con Wireless Controllers



Rating:
9.03 out of
10