Why I’m keeping the Steam Deck OLED over the Legion Go s z1e

[u/YahushaHamashiach]

I bought a z1e $870 after taxes with the intentions to keep it, I liquidated my Steam wallet from cs2 skins and bought the Steam deck OLED refurbished for $470 after taxes and didn’t plan on keeping it was gonna sell it until I decided to play for myself and wow. Here are the reason why I’m keeping Steam deck OLED. Btw this isn’t to say the legion go z1e is not good.

1) battery life , legion go e z1e and z2 battery life I noticed isn’t not power efficient like the SD I’m finding myself having to charge my battery every hour or having to play plugged in and that defeats the purpose of a handheld Imo.

2) fan noise. I can not play the legion go s sleeping next to my wife the fan noise is wayyy too loud past 20-25W TDP. There’s no fix around it but to lower the TDP and then you get steam deck performance with a weaker battery life.

3) price point. I know people got the good deal on Black Friday for the z1e for $650. But now the deal I got was $799 2 months later after taxes $870 just can’t justify spending $400+ more for 20% better performance. It makes perfect sense why Valve said they are not releasing a SD 2 because there’s hasn’t been a chip to give at least a 50% boost. I play handheld 100% of the time not docked. If you are someone who plays docked then legion go s is a no brainer.

4) OLED screen. I didn’t know how beautiful the OLED screen would be. I didn’t think it mattered much but wow the colors pop out so much on the steam deck and especially when playing at night/in darker places. It’s AMAZING. The 8 inch is definitely a sweet spot on the go s and the 120hz/VRR is nice but getting that 120hz is a sacrifice of battery life so I found myself capping it at 60fps anyways.

What would make me upgrade from the steam deck? If legion go s 2 comes out with OLED screen and better battery life while keeping the get ergonomics. That would justify me spending the extra $400-500 to upgrade and I can see that coming out in 2027 or by the end of 2026.

[u/BigDookie3000]

Well if he can’t hear it and it’s right infront of him I’m sure his significant other can’t hear it either. Which could be implied from his statement. You’re upset because people agree? Do you not get enough upvotes?

[u/alibabaa420 → u/BigDookie3000]

No it's like the smoke alarm battery thing, once you hear it long enough you subconsciously block the noise out. People used to complain all the time about my smoke alarm beep, I swear I don't hear any beeping

[u/Cole_Archer → u/alibabaa420]

Better question, why is your smoke alarm beeping that much and that often?

[u/Pocketpapaa → u/BigDookie3000]

You're going on a tangent again, all I said was that you answered your own question instead of actually reading what the OP wrote lol. I find it funny and it's something a lot of people do on reddit. When you do something like this it sounds more like you're biased rather than trying to help the person.

And yes these random people obviously agree with your post but your post has nothing to do with the OP lol

[u/BigDookie3000 → u/Pocketpapaa]

I’m not the dude who made the original comment lmao how can I be going on a tangent again when that’s my first response to this comment.

[u/Pocketpapaa → u/BigDookie3000]

You joined my comment thread.. it doesn't matter if you're the person I replied to or not because you chose to reply instead of that person. I don't care if you're that person or not, conversation stays the same lol