Did you lose or break your original Nintendo Switch charger?

Maybe you bought your console from a friend, minus the power adapter.

Here are some recommendations for safely charging and powering your console in both portable and docked mode.

Person’s hand putting a Nintendo Switch into its dock, next to blue and red controllers.

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Once that chip is fried, the Switch can no longer charge and is effectively dead.

We’ve recommended this portable dock in the past forits utilitarian design and rock-solid reputation.

This goes for both the original Switch andrevised OLED model.

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Related:This Joy-Con Replacement Makes the Switch More Comfortable in Handheld Mode

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Charge your switch safely with Nintendo’s official power adapter which connects directly to the Switch or the dock for TV play.

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This portable Nintendo Switch dock is about the size of a wall charger and even comes with the USB-C cable required to dock your Switch (but you’ll need to supply an HDMI cable).

Human Things GENKI Portable Dock

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