Without grip (as for the 3DS XL that I also own) pain in the hands arrive quickly. This grip, with Hori manufacturing quality, allows to find comfort near a Dualshock controller and power chaining hours of carefree games. BUT, when you have large hands it is necessary to pull the handles in order to fully grasp the console and they tend not to stay still and slowly slide to their basic position when playing with Vita in vertical position (lying on the back, for example), but this is still not really disturbing.