These $27 Joy-Con sticks are drift-resistant and easy to install

polygon.com:

I have two sets of Joy-Con controllers, both of which suffer from analog stick drifting. If you’re lucky enough to have avoided that (so far, at least — it comes for us all, I believe), it’s when your sticks lose accuracy and sometimes register movement even you’re not moving them. The drifting occurs when each of the sticks’ sensors are worn down from use to the point that not even recalibration within the Nintendo Switch’s system settings can save them. Given how close we are to the release date of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, that’s not ideal.

Hall effect joysticks are the answer to this problem, and a company called GuliKit sells replacement Joy-Con sticks for about $27 a pair at Amazon. They claim to be drift-resistant due to relying on magnets to send input signals, rather than needing the stick to physically rub on the sensor to register movement. It’s not new technology; Sega used them in the Dreamcast controller, and both GuliKit and 8BitDo make some fantastic Switch controllers featured here that have them, too.

Prices taken at time of publishing.

These are compatible with all Nintendo Switch models.

I’m recommending them here because I recently bought a set and replaced my Joy-Con sticks. Not only was it fairly easy, it fixed my problems immediately. Better yet, the kit linked above that Amazon and Aliexpress sell includes all of the tools required to open your Joy-Cons (as well as replaceable joystick tops if you want a different look). However, note that opening up your Joy-Con will likely void its warranty, so follow along at your own risk. If you aren’t experienced with opening up your tech, or eager to learn, I’d recommend that you stop reading and just reach out to Nintendo to see if the