I recently when on a weekend trip in which we stay in an Airbnb for a few nights. As any gamer would, I brought my Nintendo Switch 2 so we could a do a few rounds of Knockout Tour in Mario Kart World. It was all good fun until I realized that while I packed up the dock, I must have forgotten to unplug the adapter from the wall and move it to my bag—because when I got home and went to go hook it back up in my living room, the brick was nowhere to be found. Oh well. It’s simple enough to replace, I thought. Low and behold, my jaw hit the floor when I saw that the price for a replacement from Nintendo costs a whopping $35.
If you’ve had a similar predicament, you’ll be happy to know you’re not limited to buying the official Nintendo adapter. This third-party option from KOVA does the same thing at a fraction of the price. It’s normally sold for just $26, but for a limited time, it’s actually even been discounted down to just $16. That’s nearly $20 less than the price of Nintendo’s.
Nearly Identical
Aside from missing the Nintendo Logo, this looks almost identical to the official adapter. It’s measurements are identical and it comes with the same length 5-ft USB-C cable. If you need longer, you actually can even grab either a 6.6-ft or 10-ft option for just a few bucks more.
The KOVA adapter is designed to work with all of the original Nintendo Switch dock, the OLED dock, as well as the Nintendo Switch 2 dock. As a USB-C adapter, it can also be used for charging any of those Nintendo Switches directly without a dock, or be used to charge a Steam Deck or your Phone.
When plugged into the KOVA adapter, your Nintendo Switch console can charge at 60W, fulling bringing your Nintendo Switch 2 up to full battery from nothing in just two and a half hours time.
Up to Snuff With Safety
The KOVA charger is compliant with safety standards for chargers, featuring five layers of protection which covers short circuit, over-voltage, overheat, over-charge, and over-current. That means you can ensure safe, reliable charging to your Nintendo Switch console or other device.
In docked mode, it delivers 20V/3A to the dock which is a one to one match with Nintendo’s own adapter and will support TV dock mode in up to 4K.
