Once it settles into the routine, this is mostly a plugged-in or power-bank device. Owners are divided on battery life: pushed at full power in demanding games it lasts around two hours, balanced mode stretches that to about three, and lighter titles like Hades reach four. Several owners simply stopped treating battery as a metric and carry a bank, which makes long car rides and travel the situations where it earns its place. Gaming performance is also divided, though more owners come out satisfied than not: at matched wattage it holds its own, and the option to feed it more power is there when a wall socket is.
What people adjust to is the size and weight. Ergonomics is a real complaint: long sessions tire hands and wrists, even for large-framed owners, and some describe the full travel setup (device plus battery pack) as hauling a suit of armor. The software side is a mixed picture, with owners still working out how to build per-game power profiles. Storage capacity draws no complaints at all; nobody in these accounts ran short of room.