Mine was like that the first few times I used it. It's better now.Why is the wrist strap so damn hard to remove? It slides off effortlessly off the console itself and the Joy-Con Grip. Why are the straps so damn hard to remove, even after unlocking it?
I almost broke mine trying to detach it. Won't be putting them on again.
You sure you didn't put it in upside down?
I found them hard to remove at first but they eventually get easier.
Also make sure you aren't accidentally relocking it while trying to push it off.
I feel like people aren't seeing the post I just made with the video and images. It answers the question unequivocally. It certainly is a design flaw in what I believe to be an afterthought of the grey lock and wrist rope addition. The reason I call this an afterthought is because once I removed those two pieces, the sliding functional worked absolutely perfectly, what I would imaging ideal design would have been.
I haven't done additional testing since the original video, but the issue is one of two things.
A) The grey locking piece is too large and is in a state where it is constantly applying some pressure to the "locking teeth". Think of it like a brake system on a car where the breaks are always rubbing against disk.
B) The strap rope is too large and has the same effect as I hypothesize in the option A.
It is one or the other (or perhaps a combination of both of these pieces). As soon as I removed the pieces, the whole thing works perfectly. It's a really simple fix you can apply if you want to use them, but the tough removal was preventing you.
http://imgur.com/a/QwLpF
https://youtu.be/guM5BkavNWE
Edit: OH you put it in the wrong way. Your pushing the wrong way.
Nope. Doesn't consistently work.
No shit my dude, I don't even use them because I'm afraid something is going to snap.YOU MUST PUSH THE FUCKING BUTTON!
You sure you didn't put it in upside down?
Yes it's shitty. I put them the right way, but when I want to get them off (yes I know you have to unlock and push the button thank you very much), it needs a ridiculous amount of force compared to the console/controller.
Definitely some design oversight here.
Edit : also, why does the strap being put from the upside when everything is being put downside (the system, the controllers) ?
YOU MUST PUSH THE FUCKING BUTTON!
Why are the straps interchangeable and not just designed for the left and right joycon separately. Only discovered the other night they have a + and - side. Up til then i thought we got one + and one - in with the console. Handed girlfriend what i thought was the right one for her controller so she just slides it on without thinking and boom, wrong way round. It's silly.
I don't have a Switch yet, but I was just looking at the straps on Target's website.
Am I missing something or isn't it pretty obvious how to put these on? You just want to match up the plus and the minus.
seems like almost everyone in here said they put them on wrong initially though.
I don't have a Switch yet, but I was just looking at the straps on Target's website.
Am I missing something or isn't it pretty obvious how to put these on? You just want to match up the plus and the minus.
seems like almost everyone in here said they put them on wrong initially though.
Again: you do not! Push the button. It is not needed. You just unlock, grab the Joycon at the lower end and slide the grip upwards.
As much as I can remember they didn't come in boxes, they just came n plastic sleeves. I got lucky and put mine on correctly the first time, but I definitely didn't notice the + or - initially.