This kit eliminated stick drift on my Joy-Cons. Install wasn't too difficult, but beginners should definitely check YouTube for guidance.

I got these to replace the joysticks in my Switch Joy-Con controllers after they developed stick drift, and they work great! Installation was pretty easy with the help of a YouTube video, and the new joysticks feel even better than the originals. No more drift, and the controls are super smooth. Definitely worth it if you're looking for a reliable fix. Highly recommend!

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The actual joysticks are great. Install was easy enough although I did have to watch a tutorial online as there are no instructions that come with it. Any write up out there will do, it’s a very simple swap.I got the set with the tools - the 2 screw drivers work great and feel good too. The one set of tweezers was very sub par. Difficult to grab anything with and they have so much flex that you can’t really get a good hold with them either. I used them and it only took me 30ish minutes to swap, but not the best qualityOverall would definitely recommend this kit and would buy it again if I had faulty ones in the future.

Después de tratar de arreglar viendo videos sobre como repara el drift de mi control, decidí comprar este remplazo y fue una gran decisión. Este producto es de calidad y su instalación no es muy complicada si lo haces con calma y sigues al pie de la letra algún video guía para su instalación. Altamente recomendado este kit que incluye todo lo necesario.

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Probably the most important thing is that the new sticks work flawlessly. The tracking is perfect, and they feel basically identical to the original joycon sticks. From a functionality standpoint I can't recommend these things highly enough.The installation is pretty easy if you have the right tools; the required screwdrivers come in the pack, but I'd recommend having your own spudger and precision tweezers for some of the work. They send some in the package, but I didn't have much luck with them; my iFixit tools worked much better. Make sure you watch some youtube videos on the process and don't rush.I'll be buying another set for my other joycons, and probably some for our Switch Lite as well. I just wish they made them for the XBox One controllers.

(1 Month later) I'll come back to this in about a year or so and update the review but as of right this moment - No Drift, the thumb sticks feel firm (More so than other replacement thumb sticks I've tried). The only points I could take away from the product is the thumb sticks themselves feels like a cheap rubber however the caps feel great to distract from that texture. + The plastic tweezer felt cheap, couldn't really grip with them and I genuinely had no use for them.Other wise they were easy to install. Even with the points above I could not valid docking a star off my review.

These fixed my stick drift and have a nice feel to them. They are not rubber at the top so I prefer the caps that they came with but it’s up to personal preference there. Only note is that I can no longer use amiibo with these, and for a few weeks after installation, my switch kept trying (and failing) to update the controller. The latter is resolved now.

It took six years, but we finally have what should be a permanent fix to Joycon drift. These use Hall (electromagnetic) sensors rather than the OEM sticks, that have a metal wiper on carbon. On the original sticks, that carbon wears down or gunks up over time, causing inconsistent readings, thus drift. With the GuliKit Hall sensors, there is no physical contact between stick and sensor, so nothing to wear out, and no drift.This kit comes with everything you need to install them, including two genuine GuliKit sticks. There've been some fakes knocking about, so make sure you stick with reputable ones. The replacement isn't difficult and doesn't require any soldering. There are good guides from people like iFixIt and SpawnWave for how to do it. Make sure to follow those, as opening the Joycons up can be a bit fiddly. Also make sure to calibrate the sticks in the Switch's settings menu before playing any games. These do seem a little stiffer than the stock sticks, but they probably just need a break-in period. Otherwise they work great.

Okay so, these things are new enough (as in literally came onto market less than 24 hours as of posting this) so, let's start with the basics in a super simplified TLDR version:Yes, hall effect joysticks are indeed confirmed as being far superior to the kind that we're used to.Normal joysticks-- whether they're in a Joy Con or in a "Pro-Style" (PS/Xbox/etc) controller will all drift. It comes from a design flaw in the way that they work. They have things inside of them that rubs against graphite that slowly wears away creating dust that eventually confuses the sensors. They are rated to last only so long and, back when controllers were cheap and almost disposable, that was fine with everyone.Needless to say that with controllers getting *very* expensive these days however... Yeah, folks was getting a little annoyed at their $70-$150 purchase wearing out in a couple of years (or less!)-- and yes, Nintendo Joy Con are both poster child and extreme example of this!Gulikit, however, have developed a new technology that uses magnets that don't even touch. So, *theoretically*, if nothing's touching, then nothing's wearing out! First they came out with sticks for the "Pro style" controllers which are bigger and now, as of last night, the "Joy Con style" sticks are officially on the market and these, are them.That's 100% confirmed btw as Gulikit came out with them on their own website sometime today. Others have already done a few teardowns as well to confirm and, I fully expect that all the various Tech Channels to come out with tear downs of their own just as soon as they can get them delivered.Again, this is about 24 hours of them hitting the market (early 2023) so... Bear that in mind concerning any and all reviews (including my own). I have *no* doubts that improvements will be made on any pet peeves in further production runs.Now. The sticks.Instructions aren't kidding, *calibrate* them when you first put them in!!!!!The right looked like the system thought it was a little off center before I did that but, they are not lying, it calibrated just fine and works perfectly normal after the calibration. I'm thinking it has to do with the tech. Maybe something to do with the magnets? I dunno but, whatever it is, it works fine once you do that calibration so, I'm not concerned.Feel really is comparable to OEM. Gulikit really has done it again. Those guys do indeed seem to be on an absolute tear working their way through the entire controller market. lol.That being said, will these do as advertised? Whelp. There's no doubt that they definitely *won't* be drifting due to dust created from contact wear. If there's no contact, then there's no wear from it and thus, no dust created to cause problems. So, yes, that part can indeed be said without a doubt without ever even having to touch them.That being said, this is a *very* new technology so, no one can honestly say that there isn't some *other* kind of weakness in the design-- and, to be 100% fair, the only way to know for absolute, 100% certain how any new tech is going to *really* behave is by a bunch of folks buying and using it and then comparing notes.So, at the moment, all I can say is what those of us that are following this technology can say: It's *definitely* an improvement over the original as it addresses a glaring design flaw that the entire *industry* has been suffering from for *decades*. Is it going to be as good as we hope? That we can't determine yet but it is still miles better than what we been working with before.Obviously, if there is anything bizarre, weird, unforeseen or whatever, I'll update this review but, for right now, my suggestion really is to just get them. Heck, given my experiences? If these things even last a *year* they're a *lot* better than the OEM!Also, R3 and L3 are absolute *killers* for causing drift so, I've already put a bunch of games that use them *a lot* in my list here and will be working my way through them over the next few months at which point, I will either come back to buy more or be back with a sad edit.But, if I haven't gotten back to this review by the time you read this, assume that they are still working normally.Thanks. :DUPDATE:2 months in and yep. Still working just fine. I have done at least 10-20 hours of every game I can think of that uses R3 and L3 heavily and... Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. No drift.Honestly, the only thing I can think of so far is that I think that any minute differences that I thought I felt when I first put them in was just from either my own imagination because I *knew* that I had put them in or, it was because they were just new sticks because I honestly cannot tell the difference between them and any of the old stick joycons that are still miraculously working anymore.)As for that tiny gap? So far it hasn't posed any problems for me.At the risk of making this review really way too long, I'll try to update again at the 6 month mark (or earlier if something actually does go wrong) because that's been my normal usage length on normal Joy Cons before issues develop but, until then, yep. They're still working.:DJuly (leetle past the 6 month mark)Alas, I had to give away my joycon because they went with the old Switch in May when the husband upgraded me to the pretty Zelda OLED so cannot report on this further.Since I *know* that those sticks are gonna start drifting sometime this fall/winter given how all the others did with the way I use them, I have every plan to get a new set of the gullikits and will do another review of those-- especially since those will no doubt be a later production run from these first ones.Here's to hoping that they continue to improve them. :D