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Does Anyone Else Wear White Cotton Gloves When Playing Nintendo Switch?

samthebreadman

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Hey everyone. Lately I've been concerned with how the Nintendo Switch might weather over time if it is held by human hands. Plastic can become shiny from all the natural grease our body produces. So I have been using white cotton gloves ever since I got my switch as to not damage the plastic or cartridges.

Am I being over protective about my hardware? I'm starting to feel like I might be and if I am, what can I do besides wear gloves to prevent plastic from getting weathered?

Serious replies only. Much appreciated.
 
neon/drifter

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hold it with paper towels?

but also... i've thought about doing this since I hate getting plastic all greasy... don't feed my obsession!
 
Strings

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I do think you're being way overprotective, but meh, you do you.

I personally have a bad habit of using a microfiber cloth to wipe down my handheld screens every time before I play them >.<
 
Masoyama

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Id rather just get a new one when it gets fucked up... I would only consider that if I was holding an extremely rare and one of a kind thing
 

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samthebreadman said:
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DonnieTC

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I mean if that's what you wanna do then go for it. It's not like this is some expensive piece of rare tech that's hard to replace though.
 
Protodude

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Overprotective? Perhaps. The plastic on the OG Switch will - no matter what - become "shiny". That's just the quality of the plastic reacting to the natural oils on your skin. I feel you, though; I, too, wish I could keep it pristine. But that's the way the cookie crumbles.

The plastic on the Lite is muuuuuch nicer, tho. Just saying.
 
Ororo

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Buying some protective sleeves for the joycons or buy another pair seems like a better alternative.
 
BizzyBum

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No, that's beyond extreme.

Hell, I don't even use a screen protector. I don't really care that much, but then again my Switch is docked 99% of the time anyway.
 
Everybody Lies

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While I'm usually a great advocate for prophylactics, I believe you have taken things too far. Also, are you Mickey Mouse?
 
Stopdoor

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I can't even bother with a screen protector but I like to imagine I take decent care of my stuff. I just try not to get too bothered with needing absolute perfection.
 
sredgrin

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I don't even play my games in order to preserve it
 
Common Knowledge

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I don't do the gloves thing, but my goddamn hands sweat so much all the time that I'm constantly wiping them on something whenever I'm playing handhelds. I really need my hand sweat glands removed.
 

Ashhong

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Get a skull&co grip for 10$ and play away. Simple. Do you wear white gloves with a Playstation controller? None of my controllers on any console ever have suffered from oils
 

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Dice said:
lol

And yeeah no. This shit will wear down most likely because of the system itself (like the JoyCon drift or the 3DS latch steadily grazing the system).

I DO use one of them fancy tablet gloves because Im worried about my skin steadily damaging the surface of my Wacom.
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I don't know why but that looks like a glove an anime or JRPG character would wear.


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Reminded me of Iwata
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Fuck, now I'm sad.
 
super-famicom

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Sometimes when it's really cold and I am too cheap to turn on the heater, I'll wear gloves while playing videogames.
 
PurgeVIII

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This is honestly really strange to me. Are you like this with your other possessions? I assume you own a smartphone and it most likely is more expensive than your switch, do you handle that with gloves? What else do you treat with such extreme care other than video game consoles?
 
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samthebreadman

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PurgeJuls said:
This is honestly really strange to me. Are you like this with your other possessions? I assume you own a smartphone and it most likely is more expensive than your switch, do you handle that with gloves? What else do you treat with such extreme care other than video game consoles?
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No, just the switch, its accessories, and games because the material Nintendo uses gets shiny after a bit of use. It's like the material layer erodes away or something. I hate the way it looks. Happened with my DSi and as far as I know it doesn't happen with anything else I own.
 
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