I have an z1 extreme ally but I am hyped fir this The use of GeForce now I feel gonna be perfect for this

I bought this a little over a week ago And since then I have not been able to play more than 5 minutes of a game without it crashing and I’m returning it tomorrow

I just picked one up for $375 and it was basically new. It's a good replacement for my Ayaneo 2. It's a great device especially with lossless scaling.

Wait for the Legion go 2, easy.

I do deep dive research on these types of things, mostly for myself. I was going to purchase one today, but after watching this I am now hesitant. Maybe I should wait to see if the LeGo 2 is better. Or maybe I just get an Asus RoG Ally X instead. I already have a Steam Deck OLED and a Switch OLED. Both do exactly what I want them to do, the SD needed a little bit of tweaking here and there, it does what it was built to do with a tragic battery life. I will continue to research for a handheld that is supported by its creator. So far though for me Switch is leading the charge, shockingly.

For me, i dont mind that I have to do some tweeking and tinkering, I can all most see it as a feature and gives me are more personal "relation" to the device, and it can also be quite fun.

Legion go controllers feel terrible compared to the ally

I am buying one tomorrow. Albeit used. A FB marketplace selling lowered it from 400 to 300 with an official dock. So I jumped on it! I can't wait! I have a ps5, and a bosgame mini PC (which is incredible in it's own right, bought mainly for music production and writing) I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a steamdeck finally!

He's right! Amazing device but Lenovo's follow through with their device is TRASH! The Go has so much potential if Lenovo took the time to perfect it rather than try to put a newer more expensive model on the street. I realize all these companies can really care less about the end product because they are on to the next. They already have your money in hand so it doesn't matter. You are right though, if you want a premium device you will have to tinker with, go with the Legion Go. If you want something that just works, go with an Steam Deck.

As someone looking into buying my first PC handheld - primarily as a cheap(ish) way to build up a steam library - this was really helpful. I think I might get one from a place that has a X number of days return policy and see how I get on.

I have reservations for all the reasons you’ve listed. But, that larger screen is just easier on my eyes. The Ally X is just a flat no at 7”. The Steam Deck OLED is passable at 7.4” but only because it’s also OLED and has a lower pixel density and this slightly easier to see. I will certainly be buying the gen2 of this with the OLED screen and am honestly amazed that Lenovo claims the gen2 joycons will be backwards compatible. Not typically Lenovo’s style.

Since lenovo announced we will get steamos support for older legion go, i guess we'll get a better experience. Let's hope we'll get it sooner rather than later

"Gadgetguardians" did a great review on the best handheld for 2024 and who takes the crown 👑

I just bought one, stoked to get it and I don't see why im not going to love it. Thanks for this video.

Give it some time for updates & this machine gonna be beast especially the next upgraded model im sold on the analog placement & button layout especially that screen this is my biggest handheld wet dream!

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The legion Go is my favorite handheld so far ..I have a PC, a Ps5, a steam deck, a switch. The only issue i find with it is the battery. But most time i play games on the Go i am plugged in or i find myself near a plug. I dont experience any of those mess or bug oe whatever you talking about so i disagree with you

Great chanel and editing! Hoping for that review!

My biggest complaint with the windows handhelds is when you buy them the first like 4 hours is just installing updates and drivers and stuff. Then once you do that and you download your games you have to go in and mess with the frame generation or the integer scaling or the Radeon super resolution and mess with all the different settings to get the game to run the way that you want it to run. So I do like how on the steam deck it has just a quick access menu that you pull out and can quickly adjust the settings and that's it super easy. Also I just got my legion Go for $400 at Best buy on sale and then returned it because after like 3 days the right bumper would just work sometimes. And it was super buggy and I had to detach the controllers and reattach them to get the game to recognize that I was trying to use a controller versus on the ally you can just hit the quick menu and toggle the gamepad but that's not a thing on the legion for some reason

Bought one a month ago and I didn't have any issues. Having said that I still love your review and I have subscribed to your channel. Keep the good work up and happy new year 🎉

I paid 475 for the 512gig in November. I’ve done two graphic driver updates since then. I think the legion go is better than the ROG Ally regular. The screen is immersive.

Loved the go. Returned it. BTW they are toys.

I own a Legion go and everything you said is true. I feel like Lenovo sold me a prototype with poor speakers and a portrait screen that Lenovo are struggling to get updated gpu drivers working with. I personally will not be buying legion go 2.......... As they say in the UK "once bitten, twice shy"

As a legion go owner... there is no better way to sum up how I feel. And yes nobody else is talking about it. What alarms me is everyone on the hype train to get the "steam verified" legion go s. Which is basically bazzite on an rog ally. I really dont get Lenovo and lost all faith in the company that makes other great gaming laptops. Wont support them anymore. I have such a bad after taste that im willing to switch to the ps5. Just for sane peaceful out of the box experiences

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Mozambique here!

I just brought myself one for Christmas, been wanting one for ages and decided to get the og version, and so far I love it ❤ I got to play the game I love on console on the go ❤

Hey Bro great review Thank You. Something that might interest you. Noise? I have the 32gig version of this laptop myself. Loving it for sure. OLED all the way. I noticed that my model had a small whistle sound situation. After investigating I learned that it was the air moving through the vents. This was really pissing me off. I actually took the back panel off to see the sound difference and it was pretty noticeable. Glad it wasn't my fans. So I decided to cut holes in the back panel with small strong nail pointy vice clippers. Worked great easy. Just around the fans only. When the fans kick in the whistling is now 100% gone and the sound is quieter as well. This made me happy. Then I also took a play out of the Mac book Air Thermal Pad mod. I ordered some thermal pads and placed them on top of the heat sinks so that the pads touch the back panel. This just made the laptop even quieter for longer if not all the time while doing Windows stuff. Silent all the time this is huge. It's like a Mac book Air now Silent. When gaming or doing intense CPU/GPU work the fans kick in still but their quieter due to the holes. To add when I use the laptop on battery I never game so I take sticky notes and tape and cover up the holes to protect the fans. When the fans need to kick in it still cools more then enough with out issues. There basically there all the time I take them off when I game. Also in the future if I ever want to sell the unit a back panel can be ordered from Lenovo. On battery mode I set windows up to most power efficient, obviously for more on usage time and the vans pretty much never kick in. Right now plugged in while the power setting is on balance mode no van noise at all. The Thermal pads work really well. Thank you for a cool review. To add, Lenovo power settings are on silent mode always pretty much. I only change that when gaming. The windows power settings really move the Clock speeds on the CPU a lot. I run Windows 11 X-Lite a great modded version of windows. The Micro version. So much is removed the system always flies.

This is hands down the best laptop review I have ever seen. I can literally feel a customer experience review of a person who ACTUALLY spent some time with the device. Great job!

I was expecting atleast 500k subs ....wtf man your content is top notch

My question is can this beat a 500 dollar gaming laptop in performance as i am getting the legion go at 500 dollars here.

Video is totally on point..at this point lenovo's left us to our own devices, literally! We've just gotta hack the hell outa it to max our own user experience...n that proposed Legion Go Lite..trash heap, completely abandon's their initial innovation, might as well buy sumthin else in the future & keep your OG Legion Go!

So true, dude.

Hey man we need your Zotac Zone video you promised RIGHT NOW! 😅 Merry Christmas by the way. 💚

I love my legion go never had a problem. i don't mind to manually update drives..

I feel like you are glazing it just a bit too much. Kinda makes it hard to believe the review. Especially when you say it’s better than the Rog Ally X or Lenovo Legion. LCD steam deck falls behind in that.

Informative and amusing, to the point and unpolished (when needed). The best review of the Legion Go. Subscribed and liked 😂👌

I spent $5 to enter a Tekken 8 tournament (never played) and got entered to win this. Won it. I’m hella excited to play it.

fomo is temporary, value is forever

facts nothing but facts

I have my legion go for a while now, and i bought it solely because of the large screen compare to its competitors. Yes i completely agree that legion go is so janky specially on its software side legion space is kinda crap to be honest. But after a month or two i stopped thinking about if my drivers are up to date or not, as long as my games can run a decent stable 60fps then im good.. Ps just buy the rog ally x 😂

It looks like they did a driver update on the 13th of this month

Genuinely honest reviews. Thank you!

Bazzite or CachyOS would likely help your user experience :)

8” screen, 32gb of RAM and oculink support and this would have been my next purchase! We’re so close to perfection, I’d hold your cash. If you’re dying to buy a handheld get the SD Oled. Price, ergonomics, oled, touch pads, Linux, direct support from steam and valve. Look into undervolting and over clocking. Increase TDP to 20w and get cooling fan. Best bang for buck and excellent current gen performance. Did I mention oled.

This thing is desperate for a Bazzite treatment. However, I don't expect the hardware issues to vanish.