Got a Switch for Xmas and am not a fan of the big bulky stock dock that Nintendo provides - not great for travelling.
I heard about some third party docks bricking Switches and this has scared me off a bit.
I saw that Skull and Co have released a dock which they claim doesn't have any issues.
Alternatively, I could gut the components and put in a different housing.
I'm wondering what ozb experiences with these are.
IMO, I don't trust anything that isn't First Party Nintendo for the dock.
Personally I gutted the Official Nintendo Switch Dock and placed it into the Portable Dock Shell (Cheaper on eBay/Aliexpress/3D Printed).
PS: This process is reversible, so you can place the component back into the Official Dock.
I've been using the Hyperkin RetroN S64 mini dock and it's been great.
I’ve used one of these for over a year for travel use and it’s been great. Much cheaper now than I paid for it too. There was at least one third party dock that bricked Switches if you used it when doing a system update. It wasn’t this one but to be safe I’d disconnect your switch from a third party dock when doing a system update.
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Can't speak for the Skull and Co one, but there's one called the Genki Dock on Kickstarter which is still being produced and orders fulfilled. It's essentially a travel dock for the Switch.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanthings/genki-cover…
I bought a USB C hub in Japan which works well enough the half dozen times I have used it.
I just bought a smaller housing for like $5 and transferred the components.
It's very easy to do and you can watch a youtube video to help you.