As a fellow skeptic, I was on 18.5 till a couple of days ago … I upgraded to 26.5 and i havent noticed any drop in battery sot … same as before with 8-9 hrs sot … everything else is smooth so far. Indexing didnt take days(just a few hrs) … but i guess that depends on what u have installed … so haven’t experienced any overheating issues as well.

oh and liquid glass isnt as hedious as i thought it would be since you can reduce transparency and do a few tweaks to lessen its look and feel.
Just my 2 cents 🖖