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The Binbok Switch Joy Controller is a wireless replacement controller for the Nintendo Switch and Switch OLED, featuring an adjustable LED ring with 8 colors, customizable turbo functions, precise motion controls, dual vibration feedback, and an ergonomic design for comfortable gaming sessions.
J**N
These are pretty great! Not perfect but close.
Mostly a joy to use with a few cons.TLDR: Thick but light. Middling quality of materials with high utility. Comfortable on the thumbs and palms. I wish the dpad was a little bit clickier with more recognition of the diagonal angles compared to where it is and I wish the buttons felt less "bubbly" when pressed. Even with that I am pretty satisfied with my purchase. 7.5/10I commute daily and so the Switch has become my travel companion. Gaming on the go has been a blast but the stock Switch set up was less than comfortable in handheld mode. When my hands weren't going numb they were getting these linear dents that made me want to put the console down sooner than I was ready. The experience was an odd mix of holding the console firmly while wanting to be delicate on the buttons. Between the lack of grip and small range of the analogs I needed new hardware for pursuit of comfortable gaming on the go.Enter the Binbok joycons.Body: These feel good! Whether it's the grooves in the back the controller where the fingers rest or the extended body that settles into your palms these feel just right. Without even having pressed any buttons yet I was already grateful for the amount of grip and comfort they had provided. They are HUGE but it is surprisingly light. The major advantage they have over the similarly functional Split Pad Pro is that they can be used remotely from the Switch are not dependent on it to maintain a charge. They come with USB-C ports on the buttons of each to charge them individually but that feels like user choice. They will drain the battery faster from the Switch during connected gameplay but not such that you could not get in a meaningful session in over an hour and change (in my experience). From 100% battery my 1 1/2 commute brought my down to about 48% by the end of my trip. Games that utilize amiibos or motion sensitivity are outside of my critique as I do not play games that take advantage of these features.Face Buttons: The face buttons are responsive but feel very light due to the quality of their materials. This may be off-putting for some but it is easy to get used to and feel good during games that require rapid inputs like fighting games and adventure titles. My only complain is that they feel a little bubbly upon press as opposed to an instant click. Their quality is good for occasional button presses but dubious for games that may feature many Quick Time Events.Shoulder Buttons and Triggers: I was impressed by how good these felt to use. In either shooters like Doom or fighting games where the triggers are Block (Mortal Kombat, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Smash Bros for me) these were surprisingly responsive and did not feel like they had to travel miles to reach their activation. I wish I had a driving game on my console to truly test how they handled gradually increasing pressure to imitate a gas pedal in a vehicle. Without having done that I would say that these will deliver on what they are supposed to do.Back Buttons and Turbo: The back-buttons feel good to access without the danger of accidental presses unless they are being used individually and remotely but I feel that is more of a matter of getting used to buttons being there. Their size and shape is not a problem. The turbo button is also easy to access. Both are easy to program with simple instructions from the manual. The back-button was a serious quality of life improvement to games like Fenyx Rising and other titles that have inventory items assigned to the dpad but gameplay is heavy on analog usage. I was able to assign my potions from the dpad to the back button so that my fingers never stopped the action to need to heal. The right joycon will suffer less programmable options in my opinion but for fighting games where block is on the trigger this may feel better. Even though it is a downer that a button on the left joycon cannot be programmed to the right joycon's back button (and vice versa) these are still wonderful QoL improvements to the gaming experience if you make the most out of them.Analogs: These are wonderfully clicky and leave no fear that you will damage them with R3/L3 inputs of certain games for crouching and sprinting or aggressive flick motions required by Smash Bros for inputting attacks. It can take it and I was impressed by that because of how deceptively light the body of the controller is in spite of its size. The ridged rubber covers on them have good traction for sweaty thumbs too. They also come with easy to program LED lights surrounding the analog. The default color for me was red and happens to be my favorite so I left them as they came. It's a like a gamegear with an edge for people who remember that sort of thing.Pause/Select/Photo Mode/Home Button: Easy to access with where your fingers end up resting on the controller with it's size taken into consideration. I just wanted to include this section to note that the Home Button when held wakes up the Switch which is an advantage it has over the similarly sized Split Pad Pro from Hori.DPad: Feels good in the games that I used them in like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Dead Cells. I don't use it much because I tend to use analog more but where I have it feels fine. In fighting games however it could use some improvement when performing some of the diagonal inputs. The frame of the buttons is shape in such a way that diagonal inputs can feel a little harder to pull off. Perhaps if this were elevated a little bit more off the body this would feel better?Overall: Comparable to the Split Pad Pro in every way with the slight advantage of being truly remote and being able to wake the Switch up with the home button. With the inclusion of the rectangular frame that the Binbok joycons attach to, a person can still travel with those AND the original Joycons to give to a friend for a shared co-op experience where both players can play comfortably with full sized controllers. Would recommend to a friend as well as hope some improved models on the dpad and buttons are on the way.
G**U
The centerpiece that holds the two is pretty weak
The middle piece broke with so much ease that I really don't know what to say. I can still use it but the controllers side sometimes out of position... The piece that holds it in place is what broke. Good size for my bear hands the LEDs are kinda cool and the price is way better than the originals and so is the comfort. Haven't had any drifts on it. Feels cheaply made but I honestly like that... It makes it lighter. I've dropped it and punched it in the face after losing in ssbu but it still work... I'm shocked because once I did it I was sure I'd broken it but it held on... Good job.Wish there was a way to shut off sleep mode momentarily... makes watching Crunchyroll on it abysmal because once it sleeps it disconnects and i have to look for it to reconnect and it doesn't pause the video, but it does save battery life while playing games. They do charge while docked on the switch... Which I was unclear about that when I purchased them.
D**N
One of, if not the greatest third party joy cons I've ever bought.
No exaggeration, this controller is the best third party joy cons I've bought to date. I've went through a few different companies as well looking for what I wanted. I needed rear paddles, with vibration, and a button assignment change/switch. I have the hori pro pad, which is nice but no vibration, I have another one that has vibration but it's cheaply made with boat loads of input delay. But when I saw these I decided to try it out.Between looking at YouTubers reviews and reading the written one's here, I gave it a shot. I was a little apprehensive about it because of the issues some people had with the Dpad, but ultimately made the purchase.Ergonomics:These joy cons look like they belong on the switch. It may be odd seeing this, but a lot of third-party companies tend to break up the ergonomics. The profile is reminiscent to a pro controller.Look & Feel:The controller looks and feels like a pro controller, very well made and sturdy. Most of the companies I have used before had used cheaper materials. But BimBok didn't skimp out here. They made sure it was worth the money, it feels genuine for the lack of the better word. The controller also has a textured feel to them which is great because if you're playing a long session, your hands can tend to slip, and this rectified that problem. The controller is also beefy (girthy) if you are like me who has larger hands, this is way more comfortable than any other joy con out thereDpad:The Dpad blew me away. This was the source of contention with a lot of people but BimBok got it spot on here. It's the right amount of squishy and super responsive. I don't have to press on any buttons hard, or hope to get a input in. I've played several side scrollers with the controller and I can say I won't go back to any other controllerAnalog sticks:The analog sticks were great out of the box, I didn't need to calibrate it. Though we have that option if we need to.Mapable buttons:there's two mapable buttons/paddles on the rear of each joy con, you press and hold the M button then press any button you want mapped to that button. What I didn't realize is you can map more than just one button to the paddle. You can map 2 button combinations as well. If you play monster hunter and or Daemon X Machina, you'll love these. And these were the main selling points for me. With zero input delayBattery Life: I have spent a little more than 4 hours with these controllers. When they were shipped to me, the batteries were full and at the time of this writing, I'm still on full battery power even with the LEDs going on.UPDATE - Paring: I had what I thought was an issue with paring. I always got a notification to register the controllers, because I just slide them on and started using them. When I put my switch to sleep, I couldn't wake up the switch with the Joy cons. A few days later, I read some other reviews and found out the Joy cons can wake the system. I manually went into the sync options and repeated the slide on and off method within the sync new devices menu. Then I was able to wake the console with them.Conclusion:I would definitely recommend this to everyone I know. This controller fills a niche I personally wanted and couldn't find with the budget companies out here. This is literally the best controller money can buy. I know people would complain about not having Amiibo support, but if you used the Hori split pad or any of the budget joy cons out here, it's not a big deal to not have it especially since this pad has vibration.
S**L
Muy comodo
Sin Lugar a dudas de las mejores alternativas muy comodo para jugar y No se me acalambran las manos como con los joycon
A**L
Excelente calidad y funcionamiento
Lo devolví porque me quedaron un poco grandes. Pero de calidad y funcionamiento no tengo quejas.
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