Ah ok, so you were even earlier to the Deck modding scene than me, and it has evolved toward being even easier since.
Whew!
I appreciate your pointing this out and explanation, I wouldn’t want to have been unintentionally spreading misinfo.
… Nor would I have wanted to get my own Hall Effect ‘no soldering’ kit and then learned… actually there still is soldering in some other step or on some other component, that the ‘no soldering’ kits actually just mean ‘less soldering’.
I have heard about that being a thing, and honestly I would have no problem getting a small soldering kit and learning how to solder…
https://www.handhelddiy.com/products/steam-deck-oled-tighter-hall-joystick
https://www.amazon.com/Joysticks-Steam-Deck-OLED-Thumbstick-replacement/dp/B0D2P24S9P
So these are for the OLED, which has a very slightly different internal board layout than the LED…
But both of these say they are pre-soldered, no soldering required, and they still have capacitive touch working.
… Am I missing something?
EDIT: These seem to be basically self contained, All in One, small board, stick/base and thumbcap units.
Maybe earlier 3rd party Hall Effect sticks were… not so comprehensive, and required the soldering?
Or maybe I am confused?
With those you don’t need to solder, they come with the caps themselves.
When I did my swap (OG Deck), I couldn’t find any Gulikits that came with the caps and I bought
https://www.gulikit.com/productinfo/854122.html
Which don’t come with any caps and required soldering. Nice that there are now options that don’t require it.
Ah ok, so you were even earlier to the Deck modding scene than me, and it has evolved toward being even easier since.
Whew!
I appreciate your pointing this out and explanation, I wouldn’t want to have been unintentionally spreading misinfo.
… Nor would I have wanted to get my own Hall Effect ‘no soldering’ kit and then learned… actually there still is soldering in some other step or on some other component, that the ‘no soldering’ kits actually just mean ‘less soldering’.