I found even better laptop, if you don’t need any extra slots (most of the time I don’t):
GPD P2 Max 2022. The world's smallest Ultrabook: https://gpd.hk/gpdp2max2022
GPD P2 Max 2022. The world's smallest Ultrabook: https://gpd.hk/gpdp2max2022
Pocket max in the pelican was just on the other side of that threshold.
The benefit of the pocket 2 is the full windows/linux installation alongside the usable qwerty keyboard.