SteamDeck

The default case for the original leaves a little to be desired, but it’s ok for what it is. I upgraded my case to a JSAUX bc I wanted some extra space and didn’t like bundling the power cord up underneath a strap. I don’t find myself traveling with it too much though, so it doesn’t get alot of use.

The on-screen keyboard takes some getting used to and I hated it at first, so I had gotten a sort of portable mousepad/keyboard thing (cheap fosmon brand thing), but I actually don’t find myself using it at all anymore. The grip is weird on it for doing L/R mouseclicks and I just got used to typing on-screen. Maybe a different one would give better results, but I’m not going to buy stuff just to test it.

I actually hadn’t been using the dock I got for the longest time, but in the past few months since I started letting my kids use the Deck (only while docked), it’s getting used daily and we’re playing alot of co-op/multiplayer games. Getting a Dock w multiple USB ports helps if you don’t want to deal w wireless connection stuff (haven’t really tried). This would probably depend on your use-case, but the Deck itself is a bit heavy and docking it could also help with that.

I have a library of emulated games, so I bought an SD card specifically for holding those, otherwise I try to budget my Deck’s storage and only keep games I’m actively/regularly playing.