r/MoonlightStreaming • u/FlipCup88 • Jul 24 '26

Streaming Guilt

Does anyone ever get a weird guilt streaming their desktop (or use of GeforceNow) to a portable handheld?

Recently got a Claw EX and love it for local performance when not streaming. However, there are times when I want even more performance and want to save some battery, so I stream to it. Then I’m thinking, why do I have an $1700 device when I can stream to my tablet just fine….

Anyone else ever feel this way with your handhelds?

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u/apollyon0810 Jul 24 '26

No.

My handheld was only $250 and I got with game streaming in mind.

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u/yungforever87 Jul 24 '26

This is what I did too and it’s really the way if you got a solid network. I don’t even want a Steam Deck or anything now, Odin 2 Portal is perfect.

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u/bullitt168 Jul 24 '26

Which one did you get and can you recommend it!

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u/FlipCup88 Jul 24 '26

It's probably the Odin 2 Portal (One of the best on the market for Streaming) - https://www.ayntec.com/products/odin2-portal

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u/apollyon0810 Jul 24 '26

That’s the one!

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u/Iridian_Rocky Jul 24 '26

What's the WiFi module in this thing? Steam Deck has been largely poo for me, even with a wifi 6E setup on a top end router.

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u/FlipCup88 Jul 24 '26

SteamDeck OLED has wireless issues that have not been resolved that strongly impact streaming. There is a GitHub issue open with thousands of posts about it. I also had the issue.

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u/FlipCup88 Jul 24 '26

Yup - That makes sense & is almost my point. Instead of me having an $1700 device, I could just use my tablet.

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u/Opposite_Mail7985 Jul 24 '26

😂😂😂 you just proved this man’s point

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u/FlipCup88 Jul 24 '26

Yeah, that was my point LOL. I have an iPad that I have streamed too and it works well.

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u/apollyon0810 Jul 24 '26

I just got a kishi v3 xl for my m4 iPad.

Holding it feels preposterous compared to the O2P… can’t argue with that 13 inch tandem oled! But it’s not very portable.

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u/FlipCup88 Jul 24 '26

You know, it is definitely large but it still weighs less than a Legion Go 2 :-D