Crowdfunding can be a temperamental affair – some campaigns on the likes of Kickstarter and Indiegogo can be impressive success stories, but others turn into somewhat messy and protracted projects.<\/p>\n
SFANS is a case and point – as a Switch ‘dock’ adapter it does a solid job<\/a> and comfortably met its funding target, but then some hardware teardowns showed it was repurposing Chinese technology designed for Samsung phones<\/a>. That didn’t change the fact it worked and didn’t harm its campaign too much, but it was a talking point nonetheless. In the months since SFANS has been pushing back shipping dates, often citing production and manufacturing issues. The latest update and delay, though, is somewhat extraordinary and has angered a number of backers.<\/p>\n The company has, seemingly without consulting backers that have\u00a0already<\/em> long since paid their money, substantially changed the design. Originally a small, flat and portable adapter with a cable, it’s been reformed and turned into an actual dock. The explanation and some images are below.<\/p>\n Nyko released its Switch\u2122 dock half of a month before and we have researched the customer feedback from Amazon. We also have researched many other Switch\u2122 dock\/adapter on Amazon and we found that customer not only need an adapter but also want a dock for Switch\u2122. Our team discussed and decided to redesign Sfans to add the dock function to Sfans. Finally, we get a new Sfans looks like the pic below.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n