I don’t want to trigger the fast charging if I don’t need to, so I was thinking of just using a smaller charger.

But I’m worried that the Steam deck’s battery is too large for it to charge up all the way with a phone charger cable

    • MI-1040ES@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yeah it’s so weird how people don’t want to trash the battery on their expensive portable gaming handheld 😵‍💫

      • 420gToad@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        You are going out of your way to use it against how it was designed to be used. Yes, you are weird for thinking that plugging in a mismatched cord is smarter than the way the professionals made it.

          • 420gToad@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            If your tinfoil hat theory was correct, it would be software slowing it. Overthrottling the battery to make it “break” faster isn’t a legitimate thing. If you’re going to be paranoid, at least understand what you’re talking about. If you are so smart, why are you resorting to asking reddit about your crackpot ideas?

    • T3HJ4N170R@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I am pretty sure you are more likely going to risk some kind of short or long term drain on the battery using 3rd party phone chargers rather than the charger it was designed for. The Fast Charging will not negatively impact your battery life in any measurable way.

      • LamerDeluxe@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        And have much better battery life in the future. The last bit 10 to 20 percent of charging wears out your battery the most.

        There’s a reason demo phones in stores are set to automatically charge between 30 and 80 percent.

        When I have my Deck docked, I don’t want it to charge to 100% every time, wearing the battery out. When I’m planning on taking it with me, I charge it to 100%.

  • invidious07@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Take it from an electrical engineer, you don’t need to coddle this battery by avoiding fast charing it. I leave mine on the stock charger any time I’m not using it.