Last month, I took both the Nintendo Switch 2 and the Steam Deck OLED on a trip for science to determine which was the best gaming handheld for travel. I was fairly pleased with the resulting conclusion, but not everybody was so impressed with my testing methodology.
The online ire came in how I tested battery life between the two devices. One reader called it “incredibly flawed and, frankly, embarrassing.” Them’s fighting words! While some tech writers’ first instinct might be to dismiss such strongly-worded feedback. I actually reflected on my methods and came to the same conclusion: the way I had tested battery life was flawed.
