Topic: Portable Chargers for Nintendo Switch 2

Hey everyone! As we know the Nintendo Switch 2 is a complete powerhouse of a system compared to the original Nintendo Switch. It gives me everything I've wanted the successor to do, but there was one casualty to make it happen... Battery Life.

So I've been trying to find ways around this portable limitation and the first thing I could think of was getting a portable charger with an extra Adapter + USB-C cable officially from Nintendo. I don't know a whole lot of what to look for or if there is any risk factor involved when charging the Switch 2 via a portable charger so I wanted to ask the community...

Have you been successfully using a portable charger for longer play sessions in handheld mode? What should I look for when selecting a portable charger for exclusive use with the Nintendo Switch 2?

Any assistance is appreciated!

My misses charged hers off a power bank while playing and left the machine charging off it later The Brand was a Juice Eco , worked well.

Get a rating of 60W or more but I found out that when doing system transfer you need OEM Nintendo adapters to work doing this maybe there some electronics they use that it must be their OEM adapter to work for this. So I bought a 60wat adapter and will try that when doing transfers to see if it allows that or not. But make sure they are quality units not cheap that might be in for a bad experiences.

Thank you for your responses!

I believe I have a 20,000mAh / 74W Portable Charger from Xiaomi. Do you know if there is any risk factor involved if charging from a Nintendo branded USB-C cable to the portable charger? Just want to make sure I don't end up damaging the battery but I realize it may simply be too early for that information to be accurate. Just curious!

I've also read that calibrating the battery (playing until the system dies and then charging it from 0% to 100% a couple of times) can give you a little more longevity out of the battery. Please correct me if I am incorrect with that information though.

Thanks again!

@MTMike87 I would set the switch battery to only charge up to 90% if you're concerned, I haven't read the TOC to see if using third party power adapters voids the warranty in anyway, but USB-C is an industry standard now and all devices should be capable of only taking what is needed from the transformer. The transformers and receivers are a lot smarter these days, Dell for example love throwing up an error about non Dell USB-C chargers.

I've used USB-C chargers interchangeably through many different systems and not had any issues all part from the slow charging issue so I can't see why it wouldn't work.

@sethfranum I have an Anker Nano II 65W charger I use for my Steam Deck OLED and it worked for the transfer, but I used a 45W charger for my phone and that wouldn't work on either system.

@MTMike87 The internals will not use more than 60W. You can use a 100W charger, and it should be fine as long as it's not super cheap and from a reputable brand. The S2 will only pull the required power it needs, not the other way around, where the charger is pushing power into the S2. I've been using a 65W Anker Nano II that I've had for my Steam Deck OLED for months now, and it works just fine.