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Monday, August 9th, 2004 at 11:32 AM |Tired of the laptop burning your leg or hurting your hands when you type? The Laptop Desk Ensemble is the solution to a more ergonomic and comfortable setting.
The Laptop Desk version 2.0 is a lightweight tray that’s roughly 21 inches long and 11 inches wide for holding the laptop or even handheld device keyboard. It doesn’t buckle when you put the tray on your lap and the laptop on top of it. Some handheld device keyboards don’t stay flat when in your lap and this tray takes care of the problem.
Fold the tray in half for storage or creating an ergonomic angle for typing on the keyboard. It has five typing and viewing angles as it has ridges underneath for increasing or decreasing the angle with a holder.
The tray has ridges that act as ventilation for the laptop. In between the ridges are non-skid contact pads to add an extra grip onto the laptop or keyboard.
The ensemble also includes the SwivlPad and MouzPad. In this household, we have one laptop and constantly share it. Sometimes we slide the laptop around to show the other person something on the laptop screen. This means lifting and turning around, which is not a healthy thing to do when you’re leaning over and putting stress on the lower back. The SwivlPad goes right under the tray NOT underneath the laptop to make it possible to rotate the laptop.
It works some of the time depending on the surface. The bed is not the best surface on which to use it and that’s one place we frequent share it. However, if you try swiveling the tray, it’s more difficult. The SwivlPad, similar to the size of a burrito tortilla, weighs six ounces and stores in the tray when folded, but the tray doesn’t stay closed. Jiggling the disc, it isn’t possible to get it to fix perfectly in the folded tray where the tray stays flat. It’ll stay close if you put the folded tray holding the disc into a side pocket of the laptop carrying case.
The MouzPad is the third piece of the ensemble, which like its name is for using the mouse. While you can use the mouse on the tray, there may not be enough room or the right amount of traction for effective use. It adds about three inches to the length of the tray.
The MouzPad add-on snaps right onto the tray on either side, so lefties can use it on the left side. It also has notches and holes for holding cables in place. When using a mouse with a cable, slide the cable through a hole to prevent it from falling when jiggling the laptop. It tests well with a wireless mouse.
If for whatever reason I need to work away from the desktop, I can take the wireless keyboard and mouse and put them on the tray to use it on my lap or the floor. In fact, I am typing this paragraph using the tray.
The lightweight ensemble includes the tray, SwivlPad, and MouzPad sells for $49.95. The tray alone sells for $29.95. Visit the Laptop Desk web site.
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