'The End of Joy-Con Drift'

GuliKit has released their Hall Sensing Stick Replacements for the Nintendo Switch. This uses MAGNETS, so it SHOULD end your Joy-Con drift forever...

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[TheAceWolfe]

Minor correction.. Nintendo will replace them for free in some regions!
In Denmark, the price for getting them replaced by Nintendo is 10% more than just buying new joycons, plus you have to pay for shipping the drifting joycons to them!

[stillblazinkush]

Pro tip if you have the option/desire: Replace the shell of limited edition joycons with generic ones before sending in for drift repair. Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.

[Meatwadk]

Hall Effect sensors have existed in other applications for MANY decades. Keyboards had Hall effect switches in the 60s but were expensive. The automotive industry uses them for engine timing, abs systems, and fuel level sensors.

[QUESO]

A major problem with the joycon repair program is that it doesn’t cover the switch lite outside of the warranty period at all. 2 switch lites, 2 failures, 2 times Nintendo said “oh well you’re on your own”. Going to be really reserved with future Nintendo purchase from now on

[ArcStriker]

Hall sensors have been used in high end flights sticks for years and I can confirm the sensors lose 0 sensitivity/drift. These have bearings and you are correct the mechanical's can wear over time, but not to the extend of friction based controllers.

[Calibretto]

I got really nervous I was experiencing my first joy con drift issue recently. Realized my kids had just turned on the tilt-to-steer feature in Mario Kart. Whew!

[pixywings]

Advice regarding opening joy-cons: Be extremely careful with the ribbon cables. You don't have to disconnect them. For me disconnecting them actually made things harder! I ripped the contact off of one while trying to reattach it and had to buy a replacement cable. So just do whatever makes it easier for you.

[goldmemberpb]

Keep in mind that this version of the hall effect sticks have this odd clicking noise whenever you press up on the left joycon or down on the right joycon. There is also a small gap on the top and bottom of the left and right sticks respectively. If that doesn't bother you, then this should be good. I have been using mine after doing this replacement and so far so good.

I know Wulff said not to do this as a preventative measure but that's pretty much why i did it. I have the Mario Odyssey red joycons and I barely used them outside of my minimum moon run of odyssey way back in 2017. They did not have any issue prior to this replacement. But now, i can actually use these without the fear of the drift at all. I think the benefit here outweigh the potential headache down the line and it kinda incentivized me to actually play the Switch in handheld mode which I rarely did.

[purpleguy]

Hall effect sensors really are a mircale if they're done right. Back at my old job we got an old Dreamcast in and I remember thinking how great the stick felt even though the controller had been through hell; especially so when compared with PS1 & 2 controllers. Assuming the mechanicals surrounding that sensor are solid, there's no reason a hall effect stick shouldn't just work effectively forever.

[cheezyfriez]

Pro Tip: While I wouldn't exactly reccomend it for your motorized screwdriver since it might interfere with the motor, you can actually just rub a magnet along your bits a couple times to magnetize them. Tried it with all of my precision bits and it's been a game changer.

[HKT-]

The Saturn actually already had a hall effect joystick in the 3D controller, Sega was REALLY ahead of their time!

[TheZoenGaming]

I had several PS2 and X360 controllers suffer drift very quickly, much faster than they should have. As it turns out, one of my friends would fidget with the thumbstick while watching TV, and the cat would find the controller and lay on them. I went through more than 5 PS2 controllers and 4 X360 controllers before I managed to catch on. These would have been a god send back in the day!

[taggerung]

I use hall-effect gimbals in RC applications (drones and planes). They last a very long time and are generally "smoother" than potentiometer based gimbals. They do in fact last a lot longer, almost infinite(speaking relatively and generally), because there's no physical contact with the sensor itself.
as someone who's used hall effect gimbals in other applications i'm super excited to see them in joy cons!

[KarlRock]

I hope console manufacturers start putting these in all controllers!

[Moshugaani]

A word of caution: The greatest hurdle with repairing the joy-con is that the ribbon cables are so fragile! I broke the cable that goes to the L and ZL buttons on a joy-con!
So remember to disconnect that ribbon cable before trying to unscrew the stick component. Also the cable that goes to the SL and SR buttons come off too easily.

[GyroCannon]

I've done 6 joycon shell replacements and 4 joycon stick replacements and I agree with Bob that it's not that hard to do a stick replacement, and ribbon cables are not worth the hassle of disconnecting unless absolutely necessary. Trying to reconnect them without proper tweezers (the plastic ones in the video are trash, btw, as they provide no grip whatsoever) is a painful lesson in patience.

[TakiUdon]

Gotta love hall sensor marketing. Like you said, having a hall sensor doesn't automatically make the controller better.

[no-man_baugh]

Looking forward to how these will end up in a couple months to a year, as that's where the real selling point is for these replacements: their longevity

I don't doubt Gulikit to provide some quality components and providing them to other controller makers to implement like they did with 8bitdo, but I do doubt them making their own controllers and peripherals in-house; the reason why many report a slight bump in the analog stick on the king kong 2 is because of a bit of uncut sprue on the stick itself that catches on the inside of the controller, and let's not forget that they tried to get Bob to promote one of their third party docks in a convention

[mistaecco]

I think having these on the market is great, if only because it means there'll be more hall stick replacements on the market. I think the joy cons are a decent starting point, but I think it's far more important to get a drop-in solution for PS1/PS2 and GameCube controllers. Those controllers have often been around long enough that it's almost inevitable that they'll need new sticks, especially when buying a used one.

[Enclave.]

I fixed my old joycons with these and they're working great. I am a firm believer that all 1st party controllers should be currently using hall effect joysticks, we shouldn't have to go 3rd party for thumb sticks. Right now hall effect sticks are the best option we have for longevity so it's what 1st party console makers should be using.