Out of curiosity I want to get a sense of what the battery life like is for other Day 1 Nintendo Switch owners using the same console since launch. Granted I play most of my games Docked, I just played a half hour of Animal Crossing on half brightness, half volume, and connected to the Internet and went from 100% to 72%. That felt like rapid decline but nothing out of the ordinary for decaying lithium ion batteries that are several years old now at this point. How is your battery life holding up?
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Day 1 Nintendo Switch Owners – how is your battery life holding up?
- Thread starter AaronMT
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It still feels about the same? I rarely play it for more than two hours at a time, so it's never been a problem for me.
My launch switch is docked 90% of the time. Does the battery degrade by constantly being charged?
I had a launch Switch up until August when the revision came out that used less battery and I can definitely tell the difference, then again I'm mainly playing in handheld unless I'm streaming Pokemon battles so it would be a lot more noticeable for me.
Same here. Have had mine since May 2017. Just play it around the house and at night. Sits in the dock the rest of the time. Never take any trips longer than a few hours either, so haven't had the need for portable charging.
Seems fine. Definitely feels minimal compared to some of my other devices, but I don't think it's lost any of it's capacity.
I'm still getting the same amount of game time which is 3hrs and a bit :).
Pretty impressive reading that everyone's battery is just as good.
Pretty impressive reading that everyone's battery is just as good.
It was bad when I got it and it's still bad now.
I'll give you a more in depth review if I ever take it out of the dock for more than an hour.
I'll give you a more in depth review if I ever take it out of the dock for more than an hour.
Bout the same. Around 3 hours for a 3D game. It's always been around 3 hours. Never been a great battery. One of my first purchases was an Anker powerbank but I rarely need it honestly because I'm never really away from a power source for long enough to need it.
But we do have two switches in my house so we sometimes have to swap out who is using it docked and who is using undocked. It's a slight inconvenience but we have are used to it. It's really the only time that I wish I had the newer model with the longer battery.
But we do have two switches in my house so we sometimes have to swap out who is using it docked and who is using undocked. It's a slight inconvenience but we have are used to it. It's really the only time that I wish I had the newer model with the longer battery.
My Switch rides the dock. The few times I've actually used it portably, it gets about 2 and a half hours on a full charge.
I understand that the launch switch battery isn't this best to begin with, and had thought of updating to new switch but it's not worth it as I generally play an hour or so then it's on the dock to charge it up.
Had to replace my kid's Switch as the battery died, but then I replaced it, and now it won't go past the Nintendo logo.
The new battery is 100% okay and it charges just fine, but it's stuck in a boot loop, so I bit the bullet and bought the kid another Switch (New Revision).
I'm holding on to the old one in the event that I can one day escape it from its fate of bootlooping forever.
The new battery is 100% okay and it charges just fine, but it's stuck in a boot loop, so I bit the bullet and bought the kid another Switch (New Revision).
I'm holding on to the old one in the event that I can one day escape it from its fate of bootlooping forever.
About the same I guess? I honestly don't remember what it was like when I bought it. Right now it seems like I can get 3 hours, maybe more but probably not 4, if I'm playing Witcher 3. Next time I play I'll track it.
I was thinking I'd damaged it, I've left it in my hot car on several occasions. But it seems like from everyone else's responses that 3-4 hours seems normal.
I was thinking I'd damaged it, I've left it in my hot car on several occasions. But it seems like from everyone else's responses that 3-4 hours seems normal.