Recently bought a used Switch 1 as people were getting rid of them to buy the new one, but I found out that mine came with an insane amount of drifting.
Opening it up was a pain in the ass and pretty scary, but I managed to fix it by putting a card over the metal plate on the left (to apply pressure under the joystick as many people online instructed)... And it worked!
It used to drift all the way to the left whenever I let go of the analog stick, but now it snaps firmly back to the center. Just wanted to put out a PSA that if your Joycon is drifting, it's very fixable. All you need is the right screwdriver and being very careful when lifting up each piece.
Bloody tiny ribbon cables...
My sister would hammer the shit out of the sticks - not abuse but just near constant usage. Needed to get a spare con for each side to hot swap for when the inevitable happened. I can do stick swaps pretty quick these days, all done in the palm of the hand.
She's just had the Switch 2 delivered so I'm just waiting for the call now 😬
Yeah... They're sturdier than they look but it's still scary that pulling on one of them could completely ruin the joycon. My bigger problem was the battery connector, I intended to remove the battery completely but after trying to disconnect it twice, I gave up and just moved it aside. I was too worried I'd break it.
I do the same thing :) The less I need to unplug and upset, the better.