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USB-C docks not made specifically for the Switch seem to be hit and miss.
As an alternative, you can check out the Genki Covert Dock and Covert Dock Mini that work well with the Switch and the Deck and are really small, so great for traveling.
Unfortunately they're rated for 25W and 20W respectively, while the Deck usually requires 38W for full-speed charge, so it won't charge as well as the official Valve dock and it doesn't have power pass-through.
Should have been clearer: traveling would be an added bonus. I don’t travel a lot. Although this might be a good solution: if their is a dock that is small for the switch that does work for al my other devices :)) but like you said the power delivery is often the issue then.
I sometimes feel like sure with usb-c we have a single connector but it’s all more complicated than now even before we had usb. We had multiple connectors then but not “oh that cable/psu does have the good connector but not the watt or density for fast charging/data or whatever”
That said: al the different micro usb connectors and usb3 connectors was a nightmare as wel. Af least that is solved now I guess.
Yeah, the supplied Deck charger is 45W