Pretty comfortable unless I’m playing something where I need to use the trackpads extensively. I wish I could swap the location of the right joystick and trackpad, the hand position required to use it is very awkward for me - I have to move the hand away for my thumb to be in the right place, losing grip and making the right trigger and button also harder to press.

And as other people mentioned the weight can get tiring especially when trying to play in bed.

The back grips make the natural hand position hard to press the L and R buttons. Joysticks feel too tall/big and unable to be precise with.

Comfortability is overall 7/10, which is the only gripe I have with the system so far. Hopefully will warm up to it over time.

Not as nice as the PS5 controller

When I’m sitting up, yes. When I’m laying down, no but I have tiny hands and SpongeBob arm strength.

Comfortable enough. My hands or arms do fall asleep sometimes. But to be fair they do the same with. Ps5 controller so I can really blame it.

FPS do lead to right hand pain for me. I just started CyberPunk on my new OLED deck and no pain yet. But there’s a lot of cut scenes and break in action. The real test would be playing far cry again where I’m shooting all the time.

Very comfortable. I have tiny hands and was worried the deck would be too big for my hands but it wasn’t and is perfect. If you’re not used to using handhelds then your arm could get sore at first because of holding something with that weight (it’s not heavy) for long periods of time can strain it but you’ll get used to it and it won’t be sore anymore. As terms of hand feel, it’s great.

Heavy, but comfortable otherwise. The weight is my biggest issue with it and largely why I’ve stopped using it as much as I was.

I have fairly small hands so it can be kinda difficult to reach the pads as well as the triggers at the same time but i manage most of the time. overall its pretty comfortable

Let’s just say the steam deck convinced me to do strength training….alright I’m exaggerating but it was one of the benefits I thought about.

Yes, but not afterwards. My wrist hurt.

Can’t reach the bumper buttons comfortably but good otherwise

It’s a little heavy, but the shape is good. One of those wrap-around-the-waist pillows works really well for me.

For me? No. I had hoped the OLEDs weight reduction would fix it, but it didn’t.

Not the most comfortable thing I’ve held but I’ve had many handhelds that are worse. It’s as good as it needs to be for a long play session without getting annoying.

I have pretty big hands and a naked steam deck makes them cramp a bit. The Jsaux case makes it perfect for me.