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I love my Nintendo Switch. Almost an unreasonable amount, really. It\u2019s traveled thousands of miles with me at this point, and I\u2019ve probably traveled just as far around Hyrule in Breath of the Wild<\/em>.<\/p>\n One thing the Switch lacks, though, is a more portable dock. A travel dock, if you will. Something that lets me hook my Switch up to TVs when I\u2019m on the road without having to lug the clunky home dock around with me. As we\u2019ve learned from various teardowns<\/a>, the dock is pretty much empty inside except for a little 3\u2033 board: why not make something more compact?<\/p>\n So this guy built his own.<\/p>\n Redditor imnotashinobi<\/a> gutted an official dock, 3D printed a two-piece case that ditches all of that extra space, did some cable origami, and boom: he\u2019s got a dock that fits right inside the case he carries his Switch in. He calls it the \u201cDockling\u201d (Duck, Duckling. Dock, Dockling. Clever!)<\/p>\n Rather than sitting your Switch into the dockling, you plug it in via USB-C. On the other end, you\u2019ve got another USB-C port (for power) and an HDMI port (for hooking it up to the TV.) It means carrying around an extra cable or two, but cables are a whole lot easier to stuff into a suitcase \u2014 and less likely to get crushed.<\/p>\n It\u2019s still something of a proof-of-concept, but his eventual goal is to sell these cases (you\u2019ll have to bring your own innards) to other folks who want something a bit more portable.<\/p>\n But really, Nintendo: people want this. If you don\u2019t make it, someone else will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/switch-dock-1.jpg?w=680\")
I love my Switch — but man, do I wish Nintendo offered up a more compact dock for travelers. Something that fits into a suitcase without getting crushed or taking up way more space than it needs, but still lets me hook up to a TV while I’m on the road.
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