PowerA Joy Con Comfort Grips for Nintendo Switch – Black

PowerA’s Joy-Con grip is different from Nintendo’s pack-in grip that comes with the Switch. Some features are better, some worse, some just different.The price is great – I got mine for under $7.It’s got rubberized, larger palm swell grips.The space between the joy-cons is wider, and does not have the Switch logo.The joy-con rails are plastic and not metal.The trigger area is shaped differently, giving you an additional finger-rest area below the Z triggers.The bottom of the grip, where your fingers rest, is boxier than Nintendo’s.It’s heavier than Nintendo’s.I personally prefer the Nintendo one, because of both the metal rails and because I’m used to the feel of it. For the price, though, this is a good value.

Purchased two of these once I had several Joy Cons for the family, and wanted the option of additional Joy Grips that weren’t pricey. These work very well for the $10.They’re the same basic shell that the original Grip that comes with the console is, but I actually like these better. The handgrips themselves feel more ergonomic, and they’re curved more naturally to fit players’ hands. I actually took photos comparing the original to this product, which is pictured on the left in both photos.Getting the controllers in one of the grips was a little tighter the first few times, and there was a moment where I was nervous that it would break, but once it found the track, it was fine, and it came back out easily, so it may have just been stiff since it was brand new.The green player number lights work fine, synced easily, no issues at all with that. The materials also feel very sturdy, and I haven’t had to worry about them feeling flimsy or breakable. My eight year old even dropped one on concrete and it did just fine, even with the controllers place, so plus there for durability.Overall, quite happy with these. They’re a great value for the price.

IF you have big or even average sized American male (or female) hands, this item may be of interest to you. I found the official Nintendo Joy-Con grip felt a bit small in my hands, and after a few hours of gaming, would leave my hands starting to hurt due to the awkwardly small grip. These on the other hand are a fantastic fit. They aren’t huge, but they are a much more comfortable grip than the original Nintendo grip.My only gripe with them is minor quality control issues. I have two of these grips. The red grip fits the Joy-Cons into it like they were always meant to be there. The black grip, while feeling great while using is a bit more awkward. I feel like with the left side Joy-Con I have to use a slight bit of force to dock it. It’s nothing crazy, but just enough to be an annoyance. Also these, probably to keep the cost down, decided to go with plastic rails vs metal rails for the Joy-Cons to dock into. They work just fine, but it definitely doesn’t feel quite the same as docking your Joy-Cons into the official Nintendo grip.All that being said, if you find your hands cramping after a few hours of gaming, awkwardly holding the Nintendo grip, these are well worth your money for a much more comfortable gaming experience.

The controller grip gets the job done at a decent savings. This grip is an officially licensed Nintendo accessory manufactured by a third party. Nothing at all wrong with this, I’ve been buying third party accessories since the original NES launched. The grip tracks that the Joy-Cons slide into are plastic, not a metal track like the one sold by Nintendo. I am giving this a 4 star review because the grip serves its purpose however, there is one flaw. I feel there is a bit of a flaw with the design tolerance with left Joy-Con track. The left track is a snug fit (after a few days of removing/inserting it is loosening up) and takes a bit of effort to insert and remove the left Joy-Con. The right slides right in and out with very little effort while still keeping the controller locked in place. I like this much better than the Nintendo version. Is the tight fit worth returning or not buying? No, I’d buy another if I needed another grip because the grip still works and it saved me a few dollars.

Honestly, PowerA should be totally ashamed and voluntarily recall every one of these. It may look like the authentic Joy-Con Grip, but it isn’t. The design, comfort, aesthetics, construction, and materials of this unit are all vastly inferior. I don’t know what sort of idiot decided to put those flattened “supports” on the back, nor the useless and uncomfortable lightly textured plastic, but those combined with the more bulbous handles make this thing basically unusable compared to the original Nintendo Grip. The only reason I’m giving two stars instead of one is because the product arrived in one piece and technically does work.