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For me it was the fact I'm not planning to make use of the joy-cons, won't be playing local multi-player, and thought the Lite was big enough as it is (coming from a PS Vita, even a Switch Lite is massive!). I guess the other big one is do you want to plug it into a TV or not. Not an option for the Lite. Though using it as a non-handheld wasn't a consideration for me.
Basically, any of the 'advantages' of the full-fat Switch, I wasn't going to be making use of.
Both the joy-cons & TV connectivity only really seem beneficial for local-multiplayer use (IMO). If that's not going to be much of a factor, I'd be leaning towards the Lite. "Lite owner in preferring Lite shocker!", but yeah, have a look what you're paying extra for, and see if it's actually of any use (or if you've got a strong preference on the size of the console).
On a separate note, have you got him hooked on Kerbal Space Program yet?
mmccarthy-
Nah. He's at Minecraft coding camp this week and really enjoying that. He also wants to start a BL2 character after watching me play.
I've been super busy at work learning to make Android apps in Python (mostly arguing with buildozer and shitty Android emulators - fuck you genymotion). As a result I have floated the idea of doing something in Pygame with him. That might be more ambitious than his current attention span these days.
Aroogah
Is the Lite the superior option do you think? Better initial Bang/$?