I have tried out Gnome, KDE, Lxqt and Xfce on a regular desktop and all of them feel nice. I haven’t tried many DE’s on a laptop.
Are there any particular DE’s you like on a laptop, because of things like power consumption and efficiency that would not come normally into consideration for a desktop?
Exact same experience with me I was doubtful about tiling managers because my laptop being 13 inch but poople in the Sway subreddit told me it is worth it and it really is. You can utilise your screen space so much better.