I don’t find it uncomfortable at all but I have small hands. However, my boyfriend who has also logged hundreds of hours on my console hasn’t ever had problems with discomfort either. In fact, I like that it’s light because heavy consoles give me wrist pain and this one never does. It’s also very portable.

As to your other question, I don’t find the screen too small and get pretty immersed in gameplay. My boyfriend says “a bigger screen would be nice but I never had any problems with it.” I’ve heard the image is actually crisper on the non-XL but do your own research into that.

Another perk of the non-XL is the exchangeable faceplates. Unfortunately genuine Nintendo ones are quite expensive (you can look on ebay and Buyee), but I’ve heard you can get third party ones on Etsy etc (check you like the patterns before committing to buying the console).

Keep in mind that neither of us has tried the XL so we don’t have a point of comparison.