I love my steam deck. It’s underpowered for modern AAA games, even games a few years old make it sweaty. But dang it if it isn’t efficient, and inexpensive.

You can’t beat the performance in your backpack for $300.

People talk about the other handhelds, and granted I’ve not tried them. But while they may have fancier features and more performance, it’s not THAT much more performance, you’re still hampered. And to get that extra performance, you’re draining your battery. All for at least 2 to 3 times the price.

No shade on anyone who loves their alternate handhelds. But it’s just not worth it to me personally. I’ll stick with my steam deck until version 2, whenever it’s ready, no rush. Because I know it’ll have performance and efficiency. Until then, I’m quite pleased 🤷‍♂️

Thanks!

Yeah I experienced that in the breeze in this video, couldn’t get a boil.

Funny, my wind screen is also tin foil, I was hoping for something a little more durable though. What is hardware cloth?

Thanks for the write-up!

I don’t care about multi fuel, I just thought it looked like the smallest lightest one, but obviously that isn’t always most important.

You really make a good argument for the Hex and converter. I’m gonna use my cat stove for awhile to get some experience, but the Hex sounds like a great option for me.

Thanks!

I like to put egg in microwave ramen sometimes. But you have to swirl it a bit first and break the yolk.

I used to just plop one or two eggs directly into the bowl with the ramen, and microwave it all at once. But this happened to me, thankfully it did it inside the microwave. But I was at work, it was very loud, and soup was dripping out of the door.

Not fun.

I made a penny stove first, and man that thing burns hot! Big big flames haha. Maybe I did it wrong.

This one is way more contained, and some people claim more fuel efficient 🤷‍♂️ I have no idea haha

Thanks for the reminder. No such rules here in Michigan, that I’m aware of. Obviously you gotta be smart when it’s dry out, maybe use butane instead at those times.

Neat!

Those vargo stoves do look cool, you have the triad?

That’s what I like about the cat, it’s so light, and you can put a pot right on it. Seems like the vargo stoves are the same way?

I’ll probably play with these ones for awhile before spending any actual money on a nice one. To make sure I like it

Couldn’t agree more. The Jetboil style stove I usually use has its place. But I’m gonna try switching to alcohol, where permitted.

If you can’t find an original adapter, I can confirm this one works. Most of the other ones I had laying around wouldn’t work. I had to search for this one. It was only $15 when I got it in January 2025, not sure why it’s $25 now

That’s fair. The box that held all my wiiu stuff was mysteriously missing the pad charger. I think I used a dock before too? At any rate, I didn’t want another charger laying around. I’ve got four 6 foot USBC cables coming out of a pair of chargers under my couch that I use for everything. It only made sense to change it over 🤷‍♂️

So far it works great. Though I about to not using very often, I’ve got an actual steam deck, and recently got a better laptop, so I primarily use those 🤷‍♂️

If someone wants to buy it for whatever the going rate of an unmodded wiiu is, I’m game. My ADHD enjoyed the process of modding it, now is back in a box lol

Hey neat! I did the same thing a few months ago! Not sure how to link things on here.

Did you also swap the charger for USB C?

Edit: This is the streaming post. And this is the USB C mod.

I’m constantly trying to touch the screen on my work provided laptop, and my FW13. I spent a long time with a fancy Chromebook for my couch computing needs, when away from the desktop.

Another vote here for framework 13. Love mine.

I’ve had mine about 4 months, minimal issues. I got a 7840U slightly on sale when the new AI 300 series came out.

I’m also running fedora 42, but it’s Bluefin, based on silverblue. Everything works out of the box.

My biggest complaint is the sleep battery drain, iirc it’s something like a few percent per hour, so I just get in the habit of turning it completely off if I’m not home with it plugged in. Otherwise it’s dead when I need it, which sucks.

Also the fan can be a little loud and overzealous under barely moderate load, though I’ve found keeping it in power saving mode helps keep things cooler. Though I’ve been using it for note taking during some schooling this week, and it’s been stone cold and silent, lasts all day on a single charge. So it definitely depends on your load. I appreciate having the power available when I need it, but wish it was better at keeping itself underclocked (or whatever it needs to do).

And finally the stock Wi-Fi 6 card in it gives some people problems with certain routers. Though I’ve only ever had problems with my parents starlink router 🤷‍♂️ That’s a quick $20 upgrade though, to Wi-Fi 7, I just haven’t needed to 🤷‍♂️

But still I’d buy another in a heartbeat.

Keyboard is great. Screen (2.8k) looks great to my eyes, though others say it has issues. No flex in the body. Touchpad is a little funky, but still great.

Plus when I want to upgrade the platform in a few years, or any component breaks before then, I can just fix it or upgrade it.

Highly recommend.

I definitely used the wrong setup. Or at least, it wasn’t easy, because I used a simple little butane stove like the brs 3000.

It’s got such a hot spot, I had to keep the pan moving in a constant circle the whole time. The other guys around me said it looked like too much work lol. But I didn’t want to carry any extra weight for a nicer stove.

I’m not a gram weenie, but I do believe ounces add to pound, so I keep it light where I reasonably can.

Speaking of which, are you planning on cooking with an electric stove? My back hurts already lol. Sorry, just kidding, but I am curious

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I’m on silverblue, well, bluefin, specifically.

So far so happy 🤷‍♂️

You’re probably right. I haven’t actually been camping since I made this thing, but, from what I’ve read, people like alcohol for its slower quieter burn.

Technically you could just turn your butane down real low and get a similar effect 🤷‍♂️

IDK, I’m gonna try it once and form my own opinion.

Jealous, I haven’t been camping yet this year. I’m itching to go

That’s a good point.

I don’t know much about how federation works, but that seems like a good reason to move to piefed

My wife has one, I don’t like to use it, it’s too aggressive for me.

I can reach my back with my arms. To get the spot right between my shoulders I have to reach up and come down from the top with one arm, while using my other hand to grab my elbow and pull it to push my hand low enough to get it more effectively.