If you have a Steam Deck with an LCD screen and its battery is starting to fail, repairing it has become surprisingly expensive. The official replacement battery for the original model has gone up in price again at iFixit and now costs $179.99 for the battery alone, or $184.99 for the complete repair kit. To put this into perspective, the battery originally launched at $79.99. Just a few weeks ago, it returned after a period of limited stock at $129.99, and this new $50 increase means its price has now jumped by 125% compared to the original price. Steam Deck
Draw the line in the sand how? What’s the alternative? slap 20 AAs on the back
The myriad of reasonably priced unofficial batteries on eBay and AliExpress.
Given that they wanted to drop the replacement completely at first, they are probably more than fine with that
2 to 4 18650 cells would work