Given how successful the Switch has been, it's understandable that we've seen quite a few carry case options arrive on the market. However, the MagGo offers something a little different; instead of fiddly zips and clasps, it uses magnets.
Boasting a "patent-pending magnetic connection system", the MagGo "allows users to enjoy gaming anytime and anywhere" and "frees up your hands and features a quick-release clip so you can whip it off fast when you need to."
If you're worried about that magnetic connection popping open when the bag is accidentally dropped, then rest easy – it's made up of 92 magnets with super-strong power, apparently. Oh, and if you don't feel you're ready to abandon the zip entirely, then you'll be pleased to learn that only the front compartment is magnet-powered – there's a rear pocket that uses the traditional zipper. Phew!
While the MagGo has been designed with the Switch in mind, it's got room for other stuff, too, including (according to the manufacturer) your mobile phone, wallet, keys, USB type-c charger, passport and boarding pass. All of this is in addition to your Nintendo Switch and the removable centre divider with space for 12 Nintendo Switch game cartridges.
It certainly looks pretty neat, and if you fancy getting one, you can head over to Kickstarter now and take advantage of the 'early bird' offer of £48 (the normal price is going to be £78, so that's quite a saving). The MagGo has already raised almost £40,000 (blasting past its goal of £5,000), so it's assured success at this stage.
Let us know what you think of this unique travel solution by posting a comment below.
[source kickstarter.com]
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It looks cool I guess, I just don't need a special case right now.
Plus, my 3rd party kmjoycons are bulky...
Even the clasps are magnetic? The videos suggest so. I would worry that if I dropped this bag the the magnets could be pulled apart by force and then everything will come flying out where as a zip at least is a physically bound together structure.
I'm already content with just HORI card case 24 and my shoulder bag Anello to carry my Switch and the games.
@ZeldaFanboy78 That’s what I was thinking too. I’d be way too nervous to use this.
@ZeldaFanboy78
Harddrives with Magnetic Discs.
But overall, i would not put Magnets near my Electronics...
I did look at this when it launched but the price was off putting. I cannot see this selling at retail for £80. Too rich for my taste. I'm sticking with my launch day Gioteck case that has served me well https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gioteck-Premium-Storage-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B01MYCRSG3
Yeah I don't like having magnets near my electrical stuff either. This is not a good substitute to zippers anyway. Magnets are cool to put on your fridge, not to keep your Switch 'safe'.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who shuddered (or at least paused) at the thought of a magnet anywhere near my Switch.
@Damo
(Author?)
In the name of James Clerk Maxwell! These scoundrels are trying to pull a fast one-
Science girl is obliged to point out it is a well known fact that a magnet can do no work; further power is related to work in that here each is the dot product of the given force.
Now, since the orthogonality of the magnetic field is the matter at issue; it requires only a bit of reading in Jackson’ Electrodynamics to conclude this device may operate, but is in no way powered by magnets.
Thanks for the fun site NL!
I can't say I'm attracted to the idea of having so many magnets near my Switch, but I hope this holds up for anyone who does try it out.
@ZeldaFanboy78 Not the way they are designed in this backpack. That's why there are so many individual magnets
@Azuris @ZeldaFanboy78
Yes as a real scientist, backing up Azuris here though its a nuanced issue:
Screens and magnetic drives (like HDDs) are the most susceptible, solid state electronics (SD cards , chips) are the least though it varies with the tech involved. Analogue (circuit bits) is mostly about induced current. As in some screens are almost impervious to “refrigerator” magnets. Magnets are being used more and more with laptops etc. as the balance skews toward them being harmless (if not too strong) after all a strong muon from a cosmic ray can erase your memory too- but most cosmic rays are weak like most magnets.
@pixelpatch
Yes, this is what I was getting at, i long for your brevity.
@Dr_G_Lemaitre To be fair I also appreciate the longer answers with technical breakdowns. Well done sir.
@Dr_G_Lemaitre I consider myself well and truly told!
It's been said but I really need to repeat that surrounding electronics with a bunch of magnets sounds like a terrible idea.
don't magnets ruin electronics. sounds kind of dumb
@blindsquarel If you're a retrogramer yes they can mess with the picture of a crt(unless you have a deguassing coil) or pull convergence a little out of wack and be havok on any magnetic tape media you have around....albeit this is specialized these days....but I have no use for this case....have folks gotten so lazy to use a button or a zipper on the carrying cases? Not solid enough, and if the magnets are strong enough to be, they'll mess with things that I don't wish them to.
I like zips. Just not quite as much as the Square-Enix guy. Tetsuya Nomura?
@purpleibby
yeah people are lazy if it is to much effort to use a zipper
@Damo
Hope my lil’silly was clear to be “ ‘against’ “ the maker and never you.
Your prose elicit such levity I had to join in.
Particular was the “...traditional zipper [included on back] phew! “ line.
Green tea was spraying out my nose!
Thank you so much for writing here, it is always stellar! I was in a cosmology journal club so I know about stellar writing
@pixelpatch
Double compliment?
First on technical matters and then, isn’t “sir” the title of a knight? Has Dr_g, aka Science Girl, risen to the level of awesomeness- in line with her towering intellect, adorbs bangs, and endless humility- to finally become a pegasus knight like Sumia and Caeda! Yeehee i wana horsey!
...
Ps don’t ruin my moment with a more reasonable explanation.
This sounds like a solution to a problem that never existed in the first place, zips are just perfect for carry cases.
I still cant trust the bag though. Zippers are more trustworthy
Unless these are powerful magnets its not gonna damage your Switch.
Just so everybody is aware, fears of magnets + electronics are a ghost from a past filled with CRT monitors and magnetic discs. There's nothing in the Switch that could be damaged by a household magnet. Sticking your phone to a magnet is a bit more of a risk as it contains a magnetic compass, but even that's not a big deal.
Household magnets simply do not affect solid-state electronic components, of which the Switch is made.
Who leaves their house these days to need a case for travel?! It's a pandemic!
NINJA APPROVED (totally joking)
@Mr_Persona I agree! Plus, aren't magnets potentially damaging to electronics? I keep magnets as far away from my stuff as possible!
MAGNETIC NINJA APPROVED
@BloodNinja they do actually and l don't know if it certain consoles
@Dr_G_Lemaitre Glad it made you laugh (and sorry for getting green tea all over your keyboard / phone).
@Dr_G_Lemaitre Double compliment
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