Fair enough, if you check some of my other threads I learned that some people’s docks are apparently narrower at the top, I’ve checked and that doesn’t seem to be the case for mine. Generally my feeling is this appears to be an issue but it’s the exception not the rule. Are you having the left Joycon disconnection…

You are totally correct but the Switch dock has an opening for the intake vents to make certain the unit gets cool or ambient air even if it is docked.

Yeah, mine gets hot but I consider that normal. I always feel like that’s one of those things that can get blown out of proportion. I’ve met people who play some processor intense game for four hours straight on their smartphone and then call it a piece of garbage because it feels very hot to them. I hope your battery…

When you play the game and use Battlenet, there is a long EULA that most people skip over that says you agree that if you play you won’t make things like this or use programs that do things like this. If you don’t like those stipulations you are entitled to a refund of your purchase price and you don’t use the game.…

Certainly possible, it is just weird to me think they are getting “bent.” If some are narrower at the top I would be more inclined to believe it’s a manufacturing issue then being bent in the box.

That’s a fair point, but the dock being a static thing, at this point unless I put it in differently, or debris comes between the Switch and the dock I don’t see it developing the problem. I am actually much more outraged at the “fans” comment because people don’t seem to realize that the vents on the back are intakes…

I know several people with Switches without these problems. Admittedly, that’s anecdotal, but then again so are these stories of scratches. I think that they are happening legitimately, albeit very rarely. That’s why I think things like this article and the accompanying video blow things out of proportion and offer…

I’m glad you mention that, I do have the issue with the JoyCons, every time I cross my legs Link will run off a cliff because the left controller disconnected. I think the design works, that’s why I’m confused. This is genuinely something that I don’t understand.

It sure does, there are a pair of intakes on the lower back side of the unit and the dock has an opening so these aren’t blocked when you slide the Switch in.

Yeah, the back vents are intakes.

I’ve felt mine get hot too, but not to a degree I worry about. It seems to manage the heat pretty well between the metal shielding/heat sink under the back panel and the fan venting from the top.

That’s fair. A soft inner lining on the screen side of the dock would probably have mitigated these concerns. Then again as a parent I can confirm that children will find a way destroy virtually any object that means anything to you. ; )

No, I was referring to the opening line. I read the article but didn’t watch the video because it seemed like an inelegant solution to a problem that I don’t have. I figured those two ports were intakes and they left a hole in the back of the Switch dock so that cool air can can be intaken by the fan. It looks like…

Yeah, I mean no one’s experience is typical, but I spent five minutes looking at my dock after reading this to wonder how the hell someone could do it without being willful or very negligent about it. Some are saying the dicks are bent but now I’m trying to figure out how much pressure you would need to bend the…

Yeah, I looked at the tear down and was very relieved to find it relatively repairable in case my three year old accidentally damages it. And yes this feels like some yellow journalism on Switch, SOME ARE REPORTING THAT WHEN EXPOSED TO FIRE THE NINTENDO SWITCH MAY CATCH ON FIRE.

I hadn’t heard about the bent docks thing, I hope you get yo taken care of!

That’s fair, but if that’s the case isn’t that just normal wear and tear? I assumed that at some point I would get scratches on it because that’s the nature of something that’s portable.

I’ve had a Switch since launch, I move it from the dock a few times a day and there are no scratches from the dock. How the hell are people putting this thing in that it’s scratching the screen? And the exhaust port is on the top, where the hell are these people placing it that they’re worried about blocking the vent?

I feel like the Padres 2017 record won’t be impacted that much.

He didn’t read it, Dunaway did. He seemed confused reading it, which is consistent with his story. Nobody should have any beef with Beatty.