SwitchCharge Extends Switch Battery Life Up To 12 Hours

<p>Despite its continued <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;econotimes&period;com&sol;GameStop-Runs-Out-Of-Nintendo-Switch-Units-Before-Launch-No-More-Pre-Orders-489026">retail scarcity<&sol;a> and minuscule library&comma; the Nintendo Switch has had quite a successful launch&comma; thanks in part to the critical acclaim of its flagship launch title <em>The Legend of Zelda&colon; Breath of the Wild<&sol;em>&period; Our very own Josh Nichols had <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review&sol;">strong feelings about the game<&sol;a>&comma; which I highly encourage you to check out if you haven&&num;8217&semi;t already&period; But while the Nintendo Switch itself has been well received&comma; it hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been without its problems&period; In addition to the occasional controller unsyncing issues&comma; the biggest complaint about the Switch has been its short battery life&comma; which Nintendo claims to range anywhere from 2-6 hours&comma; depending on what game you&&num;8217&semi;re playing&period; <em>Breath of the Wild<&sol;em> is one of the best games out for the system and it can only be played for about 2&period;5 hours&period; Thankfully Nintendo went the non-proprietary route with charging cables so gamers have been able to charge their Switch on the go via a separate mobile charger and USB-C cable &lpar;one of which actually comes packaged with the Nintendo Pro controller&rpar;&period; However a mobile charger and USB cable dangling from the bottom of the Switch is a less than elegant solution&period; The SwitchCharge seeks to solve this problem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123668" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;04132330&sol;SwitchCharge-Intro&period;gif" alt&equals;"switchcharge-intro" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"270" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With new consoles comes a flood of 3rd party peripherals and InDemand Design is claiming to have solved the Switch&&num;8217&semi;s battery life problem with their upcoming product&comma; the SwitchCharge&period; This battery case is the first of its kind for the Switch and claims to extend the battery life &&num;8220&semi;up to 12 hours&period;&&num;8221&semi; The case also includes two handy slots for transporting game cartridges and a wider&comma; sturdier&comma; fully adjustable kickstand&period; If you are looking for alkaline <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aussiebattery&period;com&period;au&sol;product&sol;ag3-battery-pack-of-10-alkaline-1-5v&sol;">AG3 batteries<&sol;a>&comma; Aussiebattery has the cheapest batteries online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-123669" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;04132435&sol;Man-holding-SwitchCharge-1024x683&period;jpg" alt&equals;"man-holding-switchcharge" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"640" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Currently&comma; the SwitchCharge is available for pre-order for &dollar;75&period;00 which is a tad pricey&comma; especially considering that their website claims this to be the &&num;8220&semi;early bird&comma;&&num;8221&semi; price&comma; 43&percnt; less than the future RPR&period; However literally doubling the maximum battery life as estimated by Nintendo is a lofty claim indeed and if it delivers on this promise&comma; the SwitchCharge would be highly coveted by on-the-go Switch players&period; Whether their claim means 12 hours of home screen menus or 12 hours of running around Hyrule remains to be seen&comma; but we&&num;8217&semi;ll be putting it to the test if the company meets their Indiegogo campaign goal and begins shipping units this summer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information on the SwitchCharge&comma; or if you&&num;8217&semi;d like to back their campaign and pre-order your own SwitchCharge&comma; check out their <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;indiegogo&period;com&sol;project&sol;preview&sol;4f124541&num;&sol;">Indiegogo page<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;