Nintendo Switch Bluetooth Audio Adapter Review #Gulikit
73Gulikit Bluetooth Adapter: https://amzn.to/36JNTOG
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Up for review today is the Gulikit Route Air Bluetooth Adapter for Nintendo Switch. This is the same company that made the King Kong controller I reviewed last month.
I’ll also include a link in the description below to pick up your own.
If you play your switch on the go, in noisy environments or in a room that requires silence, or you just like a more immersive experience when gaming, chances are you use headphones. But there are problems with using the headphone jack. First of all, it’s more wires that you are dealing with and if you’re trying to play while the switch is docked you need a very long cable or you need to sit very close to the dock. Then there’s the potential of having your headphone plug snag on something while plugged into the switch, that can easily damage the jack and your headphone cable. That is where this device comes in incredibly handy. It can connect to two bluetooth devices, allowing you to game and hear the sound while drowning out the surroundings and not disturbing others. Best of all there’s no wires and it runs off the power of the switch or the dock. When plugged into the dock it includes a right angle adapter so you won’t block that extra USB port too!
So how well does it work?
While it claims to reach up to 10 meters my experience was more like 5 meters before any loss or interference, but that’s 15 feet. Which is more than enough room to play. How far away do you sit from your switch or TV???
The other big question is lag or latency. Gulikit claims “Low Latency” so they are admitting there is some. But it is very minimal. In most games I don’t think it will matter, but in some instances I can see it being an issue, a game where you are dependent on sound to hearing an enemy approach and you need every millisecond you can spare. But in general it’s not bad.
I tested the sound on my Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones (my all time preferred way to game, as well as plantronics backbeat fit as well as these Beyution headphones and they all worked as expected.
The adapter does have performance issues when it comes to broadcasting to two different headsets at the same time, so I would honestly just consider this a setup for a 1 player situation.
I will also mention that even when I used my expensive Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones connected to my iMac, there is still about the same amount of lag as when I use the Gulikit adapter for the switch. Just thought that I’d point out that when you go wireless with bluetooth you’re going to get some degree of latency.
At anyrate, the Gulikit bluetooth adapter works, not expensive and it solves the problem that many on the go gamers have. It also comes in several colors. I hope that helps.
Again, links in the description below to buy the adapter.
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