Tabletote - Portable Compact Lightweight Laptop Notebook Stand
by PC Table LLC
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Customer Review: great product for low price
Summary: 5 Stars
It is light weight and easy to assembly, fit into my expectation for low cost/good product.Customer Review: this table
Summary: 5 Stars
this little table is perfect for my semi truck and it fits in my laptop backpack.Customer 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.
Customer Review: Nice Product, with a few pros and cons
Summary: 4 Stars
I wanted to buy this product since I do a lot of traveling.
I love practicality of any design / product, more than its looks for that matter.
Let me jump into the pros and cons that I noticed about this.
Pros: 1) Small and light. Fits into the laptop bag (Not all laptop bags since it is 1+ inches thick, like the old fat laptops of yesteryears)
2) Telescopic legs, easy mechanism to adjust the height (this is a drawback here too).
3) Quite sturdy to keep a laptop, a cup of coffee and hang a piece of paper for reference.
Cons: 1) The legs could have been telescopic yet foldable in a way that it is already attached at one end to the table. As of now, everyone around you will watch as you take out each of the legs, extend the length and fit it one by one.
2) The table top extender (which is also the slidable cover for the legs storage area, has two notches that can break due to frequent use (since the plastic is a bit brittle and hard) Gotta be careful when sliding them in.
3) There are binder clips and a note hanger that is hidden in the foam area in the legs storage space. These tend to fall off if you leave them there, being not in a mood to use them.
4) The table tote is not sturdy if the legs are extended all the way to its max length. It seems to wobble a little.
5) 40 dollars seems a bit pricey and it is in my opinion that more buyers would have sought this if it was between 20 and 30.
Note: It is better to balance the height of the legs first and then fit them in. I found this to be easier than fitting them one by one and adjusting the height.
Overall: This is a nice solution, great for travel, if you would want to avoid yourself from lapping a heated laptop and relax while this table tote does the trick for you!
Customer Review: Does the job, I love it!
Summary: 4 Stars
I love my tabletote. It is about size of a reference manual/catalog. Actually I'd say a better ref would be to the size of my laptop, but thicker, about 1 inch thick. The subject of sturdiness...you know it isn't the dinning room table or the office desk but it holds my laptop quite nicely. I wouldn't put my lap top on it then let a bunch of kids run around it or anything, but I set it up when I go to visit a customer. I borrow a chair from them and then use my tabletote as a desk for my laptop. It is not perfect but if you're looking for a surface to support your laptop and travel mouse this works great. I wouldn't recommend using it as a student with a pile of text books on it, the mfg clearly states a 20 pound limit, but for my purpose I love it. It is a great item to use in an airport or for a child or student as a writing surface. It would also work well as a eating table for a person. The legs telescope and then fold up inside the belly of the table. It takes me about 2 min to put together and take apart. I don't feel like it is going to fall over or anything like that. The "lid" slides off and then can reattach as an extension for a longer work surface, I use it as room for my mouse. I'd buy it again and recommend it for any reasonable use. I would use it for a projector or a lap top with out reservation, but I'd question if I felt comfortable walking around the room presenting while the projector was on this because it does feel top heavy but if I was next to it I'd feel fine.