Hardware Does joy con gel guard damage the joy con?

[Pokfan1]

Hi I found some cheap joy Con gel guards on ebay and I am thinking about buying them.
Can the damage my joy cons?
Because as I remember there was a problem with skins on switch
Thank you.
Any recommendations about gel guards?

 

[Shadow#1]

Hi I found some cheap joy Con gel guards on ebay and I am thinking about buying them.
Can the damage my joy cons?
Because as I remember there was a problem with skins on switch
Thank you.
Any recommendations about gel guards?

Does the gel guards have adhesive?

 

[Pokfan1]

Does the gel guards have adhesive?

I don't think so. They are just silicone.

 

[Shadow#1]

I don't think so. They are just silicone.

Then u got your answer

 

[gamesquest1]

it was the adhesive stickers that caused joy cons to lose their texture, but on the note of silicone covers, idk my friend had a limited edition 3DS and had it in a silicone sleeve to protect it, he decided to show me how it was still in mint condition because he had always had it in the sleeve and when he pulled it out the lid and back cover was very badly scratched where bits of grit had worked themselves inside the skin and been trapped rubbing against the surface of the console, I have to say it probably would've been in better condition if he had simply kept it out of the cover, I guess if you have a habit of taking the skin off and getting any bits of dust/grip out of it it should protect against knocks/bumps, but I don't think there is any real 100% way of protecting your console from signs of use if you actually want to use it like normal

 

[Pokfan1]

Basically I want them for comfort, not for protection. But if it can scratch my joy cons I may think about it

 

[Swordoggo]

Basically I want them for comfort, not for protection. But if it can scratch my joy cons I may think about it

I've had a pair for a while (6/7 months), they didn't actually damage anything! tho sometimes there is dirt on the inside of it, so you gotta clean them up after a while

 

[gamesquest1]

I've had a pair for a while (6/7 months), they didn't actually damage anything! tho sometimes there is dirt on the inside of it, so you gotta clean them up after a while

yeah I think my friend probably just got unlucky and something particularly rough found its way in there (maybe a little shard of glass or stone or something), I think just normal dust/much probably wouldn't cause too much/any damage

but if something sharp does manage to slip in it stays there getting brushed all around the surface, I think this was particularly upsetting for my friends as he was quite proud of his fire emblem 3ds and the surface was all scratched up pretty badly

 

[ZachyCatGames]

idk my friend had a limited edition 3DS and had it in a silicone sleeve to protect it, he decided to show me how it was still in mint condition because he had always had it in the sleeve and when he pulled it out the lid and back cover was very badly scratched where bits of grit had worked themselves inside the skin and been trapped rubbing against the surface of the console, I have to say it probably would've been in better condition if he had simply kept it out of the cover

Poor 3ds, what a gruesome fate
Had to sield the children’s eyes while reading that