Tabletote - Portable Compact Lightweight Laptop Notebook Stand by PC Table LLC
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Digital camera reviews of Tabletote - Portable Compact Lightweight Laptop Notebook Stand
Digital camera Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this desk. It's perfect for the amount of space I have. I am in Afghanistan now, and our rooms have limited space. It fits my laptop great. I like that the top extends for the use of a mouse. I also like that it shrinks to the about same size as my laptop. It can be as tall as a real desk, or as short as desk that can be used on the bed. Extremly portable. The other guys were and still are jealous.Digital camera Review: Awesome product
Summary: 5 Stars
The space required for this awesome table is tiny. Military or professionals who travel should buy this product TODAY!!! Smaller than my laptop and made the trip to Afghanistan. Wonderful table and essential for all world travelersDigital camera Review: Better Than You Can Imagine
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great portable table for a laptop. I take it whenever I travel, as well as use it at home on a regular basis. It is extremely stable. Just the right size; including its legs, about the size of my laptop. Can be set up in one minute. It just does the job, no more no less. I've had mine for 2 years-use it all the time. A laptop is designed to be portable, it's surprising how many places this handy table is just right for the job. No complaints. Nothing negative. Just a great table.Digital camera Review: Cheap
Summary: 3 Stars
Product as described. You get what you pay for. If you want a portable work space the price is right. If you want high quality, don't buy this product. Remember you get what you pay for.Digital camera Review: Clever design, handy when you need it
Summary: 4 Stars
SUMMARY:
This table is for the person who appreciates the clever design, likes to put things together, and is willing to fiddle with the legs to gain maximum sturdiness. It's not for someone who needs extremely quick setup or who hates to assemble things.
DETAILS:
I've had this for years now. At some point after I got it, I realized that one of the legs didn't lock correctly in certain positions; one of the telescoping sections had a broken part. I was able to contact Tabletote and get a replacement leg and all of them have worked fine since (I also have the damaged leg as a spare, should I ever need it). After years of varied use (everyday for a while, occasional since), my Tabletote still assembles and disassembles correctly and the foam still holds the document holder parts when I'm not using the doc holder (they are underneath the assembled table and could potentially fall out if the foam fails). The places where the sliding top clicks into are worn enough to no longer click noticeably, but I can still tell where they are by feeling for them or checking by eye. This may or may not be a big deal to someone; the top is relatively firm anywhere between the two click spots, so if you can make sure you don't have it pulled too far out, it probably doesn't matter if it clicks into place or just holds by friction.
I have used this most often with the legs at their shortest, as I was sitting on the floor and needed to raise my laptop only a little. The table is rock-steady in that position. As the legs are telescoped longer, it gets less steady, with each telescoping section being the least stable when pulled out the farthest; so if you need the table somewhere in between shortest and tallest, you will get the most steadiness from partially telescoping each leg section rather than fully telescoping one or two. There are lines on all the leg sections to guide you when trying to make all the legs the same height. (One drawback to the design, for some users, is that the user must make sure the legs are equal in length when using any height other than shortest or tallest.) My Tabletote is acceptably sturdy for me at its tallest height; getting that level of sturdiness requires arranging the legs by making them as slanted as you can (so that they're as far apart as they can be) before placing the computer (or whatever) on the table. It wiggles a bit when bumped, but it has never spilled anything but pens/pencils (which rolled off). I currently have a Roomba, and the last time the table was set up at its tallest, the Roomba ran into the legs repeatedly and the computer was fine.
I am currently using it primarily as a lap-desk, since the chair I most often use my laptop in is a reclining zero-gravity chair; the table gives a firm surface for the laptop, which has its vents on the bottom of the computer, so I can't use it directly on my lap without risking blocking the vents. I use the table this way because I already have it; it may or may not be cost-effective to order it for such use, depending on what other products are out there and what you can repurpose or make for yourself if you're handy.