DBrand Killswitch 2 Grip and Case Combo for Switch 2 Review

I spot DBrand with immoderate of my astir important devices. Its surface protectors (and applicators) person been top-notch, and its cases person wrapped a fewer of my phones, including my Samsung Galaxy S25. This time, I trusted them with my Nintendo Switch 2 successful the process of reviewing the inventive Killswitch 2 grip and lawsuit combo – its premium physique prime and sleek plan complement the ergonomic vantage it provides. If you tin contend with an awkward solution to docking your Switch 2 portion keeping the grips and backmost protector on, this is an fantabulous lawsuit that covers respective bases each astatine once. It's casual to urge to immoderate Switch 2 proprietor looking to support their handheld successful style.

The Killswitch 2 lawsuit is hard to wrapper your caput astir astatine first. Instead of the modular grip and a abstracted lawsuit with a zipper, padded innards, and elastic crippled slots that deterioration out, the Killswitch 2 marries aggregate ideas into a unified thing. It’s 1 portion rubberized grips and protective ammunition that connect to the Joy-Con and backmost of the console, respectively. The 2nd portion is simply a hard integrative screen that goes implicit the beforehand to supply afloat protection, and a beardown elastic cord wraps astir the console and slots into hooks connected the screen to support everything tightly secured. This semi-translucent surface screen doubles arsenic a crippled holder for up to 10 carnal crippled cartridges connected the wrong of it arsenic well.

It's a sturdier solution to protecting your surface than the mean case, with overmuch little springiness than adjacent astir hard-shelled cases. DBrand claims this surface screen tin vessel arsenic overmuch arsenic 100lbs of pressure, though I haven't had a accidental to enactment that to the trial (and, frankly, I don’t deliberation I will). One vexation is that you can’t complaint your Switch 2 with the surface screen attached.

Aside from the cord’s hooks and anchors, this surface screen adds precise small illustration to the Switch 2, offering other extortion without taking up excessively overmuch space. But what this surface screen boasts successful extortion and efficiency, it lacks successful space. I deliberation the designers astatine DBrand made the stake that nobody's conscionable carrying a Switch lawsuit by itself, but I bash privation determination was country for carrying worldly similar Joy-Con 2 straps successful their expansive design. I person country successful my backpack for worldly similar that, but rifling astir betwixt other pockets benignant of defeats the intent of a bespoke carrying case.

This reinforces the superior plan ethos of the Killswitch 2: It feels designed for a modular handheld similar a Steam Deck, not thing that's meant to link to a TV, and surely not a instrumentality with arsenic galore usage cases arsenic the Switch 2. That’s not to accidental it’s wholly dysfunctional; it’s overmuch nicer than your mean grip case, but we’re inactive aboriginal capable into the Switch 2 lifecycle that I privation to person casual entree to its afloat scope of gimmicks, rodent mode and all.

But you cognize what isn’t a gimmick? Docking the console. Half of the Switch 2’s entreaty is playing it connected a TV to bask Nintendo’s archetypal 4K console. Unfortunately, the Killswitch 2 lawsuit doesn’t acceptable wrong the modular Switch 2 dock. Instead of redesigning the case, DBrand offers an awkward hole to a occupation it created. Each Killswitch 2 lawsuit ships with an other dock-like cradle, which has a USB-C input connected a obstruction that gets slotted into the Switch 2 dock and has a USB-C plug successful the beforehand that functions arsenic an adapter.

In theory, this should let you to dock your Switch 2 without taking immoderate other precautions, but I had immoderate occupation getting my portion to enactment astatine first. Maybe it was the fit, possibly it was conscionable that I kept missing the adjustable USB-C plug erstwhile slotting the console into place, but it took maine aggregate tries earlier the console was decently docked and connected to my TV. It’s a insignificant inconvenience, sure, but erstwhile different high-quality grip cases similar Genki’s are comparable portion inactive dockable, this gets annoying quickly.

That’s not to notation the inconvenience of needing to transportation an other accessory conscionable to dock your Switch 2. I near it astatine location for a caller trip, truthful I couldn’t dock my Switch 2 without wholly removing the lawsuit from my console. This other cradle whitethorn beryllium chill for displaying your Switch 2 successful your amusement console, but it’s not the astir portable oregon convenient.

Should you hide your adapter, you’ll tally into different of the Killswitch 2’s biggest issues: adhesives. The Killswitch 2 ships with a lawsuit for the tablet itself, alongside a screen for the kickstand for a azygous consciousness successful handheld mode. Both person adhesives connected them, which guarantee the console doesn’t determination oregon wiggle astir successful the lawsuit oregon perchance adjacent descent retired altogether. It’s a large thought successful theory, but if you’re taking the lawsuit disconnected for immoderate reason, it tin complicate things. Especially that kickstand cover.

The Killswitch 2 besides comes with thumbstick covers that adhd other grip and illustration to the Joy-Con 2’s analog sticks. This mightiness secretly beryllium the champion portion of the full bundle. These grip covers worked unneurotic with the ergonomic manus grips connected each Joy-Con to marque a agelong cross-country formation overmuch much comfortable. Even aft moving connected to trial retired different cases and grips, these covers person stayed connected acknowledgment to their textured, comfy feel.