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[HELP] Recommendations for portable setup with keyboard and mouse? (startrek.website)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've had my deck for 2 years now and it's been my main gaming device since the day I got it. I take it on trips and use my 3rd party dock and controller to hook it up to whichever TV is at my location.

My only regret is that this way I'm limited to controller-only games, and I really want to play some of the keyboard + mouse games in my library.

Whichever kb + mouse I buy needs to be as portable and lightweight as possible, but still functional with near full-size keycaps (chiclet keys are ok).

I have a folding Bluetooth keyboard, but the build quality is absolute trash.

Any recommendations will be gratefully added to my research list!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hear me out, you don't want portable, you want transportable. I made this. It's a lap tray with cushion underneath and a handle, and everything attaches to it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks very neat! Not sure I could fit it in my backpack though 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ahhh yea. If I were to do this with a backpack I'd probably make something folding. Having the tray is super nice for couch visits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is really cool, do you have a high level guide on what you used to make it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately no, at least not that I can still find. It was really just a lap tray and I used industrial Velcro with adhesive on the back, along with an adhesive mousepad. The mouse holder is just from the box it came in.

The challenge was the lack of wireless for the single-handed hardware keyboard at the time, so a USB2BT module was needed, and those knobs I added at the top were for wrapping a wire from a tiny USB2.0 Hub for if I wanted to be wired.

Doing it again it would be 100% wireless with magnetic quick charge connectors on all the elements. (I got a million of them of different angles off Aliexpress and have them on all my travel items).

[–] santo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like this. It fits a lot of the solutions I create around the Steam deck. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Admittedly I did this years ago, and had to use USB to BT adapters which was janky. Wireless keyboards are much better now 😉