JazzFinder
08-06-2006, 04:37 PM
Giving the time I spend working with laptops, either at home or on travels, I’m looking for an excellent laptop desk (please read lapdesk = laps; and not those models designed to be put on a desk).
My basic requirements:
1- Must be light enough to be carried in a laptop bag
2- Must considerably keep the laptop's heat off the laps (by increasing the air space under the laptop to allow better heat dissipation) without compromising requirement #1 .
3- It should have non skid pads to prevent laptop from sliding
4- It must be wide enough to support 15”+ laptops.
5- It should be stable and comfortable for laps
It doesn’t need to have a retractable mouse pad.
It doesn’t need to have padded surface for wrist rest
No gimmicks, like cooling pads that you put in the freezer!
So far, I visited these websites (in no particular order):
- The Podium CoolPad (http://www.roadtools.com/podium.html): $29.95. But I’m afraid of its 15 oz weight and mainly from its dimensions. Seems too small (10.5" x 8") even if they claim it’ll fit any laptop.
- Targus Notebook Portable Lapdesk (http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=PA243U) - Around $20. Weight: 1.3 lbs - Seems like a joke to me. See buyers comments here (http://reviews.cnet.com/Targus_Notebook_Portable_Lapdesk/4505-8896_7-30464339.html)
- Ergodirect LapDesk (http://www.ergodirect.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=213) – $19.95 - Seems OK, but seems heavy to be carried in a laptop bag.
- Lapdesk with Light (http://www.healthyback.com/store/traveling/lapdesk.htm) - $49.95 - Not in a million years!
- Laptop LapDesk (http://www.spermtest.com/sperm_test_products_lapdesk.php) or here (http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/xblapdesk-features.htm). Too small for 14”+ laptops. In addition, it’s far from keeping the heat off the laps
- Laptop Lap Desk from She-Works (http://www.she-works.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=she-works&Product_Code=D-909) - $23 - Seems to be too heavy to be carried in a laptop bag.
Any experience with these products or a “first-lap” experience with other products. I’m willing to buy a much more expensive product as long its meet my requirements. I would even go up to building my own lapdesk (http://www.lapdeskplans.com) but then I would loose the portability and weight requirements.
TIA
My basic requirements:
1- Must be light enough to be carried in a laptop bag
2- Must considerably keep the laptop's heat off the laps (by increasing the air space under the laptop to allow better heat dissipation) without compromising requirement #1 .
3- It should have non skid pads to prevent laptop from sliding
4- It must be wide enough to support 15”+ laptops.
5- It should be stable and comfortable for laps
It doesn’t need to have a retractable mouse pad.
It doesn’t need to have padded surface for wrist rest
No gimmicks, like cooling pads that you put in the freezer!
So far, I visited these websites (in no particular order):
- The Podium CoolPad (http://www.roadtools.com/podium.html): $29.95. But I’m afraid of its 15 oz weight and mainly from its dimensions. Seems too small (10.5" x 8") even if they claim it’ll fit any laptop.
- Targus Notebook Portable Lapdesk (http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=PA243U) - Around $20. Weight: 1.3 lbs - Seems like a joke to me. See buyers comments here (http://reviews.cnet.com/Targus_Notebook_Portable_Lapdesk/4505-8896_7-30464339.html)
- Ergodirect LapDesk (http://www.ergodirect.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=213) – $19.95 - Seems OK, but seems heavy to be carried in a laptop bag.
- Lapdesk with Light (http://www.healthyback.com/store/traveling/lapdesk.htm) - $49.95 - Not in a million years!
- Laptop LapDesk (http://www.spermtest.com/sperm_test_products_lapdesk.php) or here (http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/xblapdesk-features.htm). Too small for 14”+ laptops. In addition, it’s far from keeping the heat off the laps
- Laptop Lap Desk from She-Works (http://www.she-works.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=she-works&Product_Code=D-909) - $23 - Seems to be too heavy to be carried in a laptop bag.
Any experience with these products or a “first-lap” experience with other products. I’m willing to buy a much more expensive product as long its meet my requirements. I would even go up to building my own lapdesk (http://www.lapdeskplans.com) but then I would loose the portability and weight requirements.
TIA