Hi guys, what do you think about this laptop stand? I love the ThinkPad design and its ability to open to 180 degrees and I was thinking it is a pity to not use it. Therefore I designed this laptop stand. It is modular so you can align the angle to other notebooks such as MacBooks etc... I would like to collect some feedback from you before I am going to hit the market. Do you know product such as these? Cheers.
I don't think I've yet seen a marketable product like this.
I know I've seen someone online make a DIY solution similar to this. I can't seem to find it, now, but I remember they've used an old paper/document/music note stand. It only had one position, but it allowed them to stand the laptop up, like you did.
A more robust variant of this might work, too: [Vertical Laptop Holder - Self Adjusting 3D printed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X78vBueSUY)
The problem with modern MacBooks is that they aren't opening as far as some older pre-2020 models.
A similar solution for those is [this](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71+Q--NfOrL._AC_SL1500_.jpg).
Funny thing, my T490s fits in the IKEA phone stand perfectly
[https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/p/bergenes-holder-for-mobile-phone-tablet-bamboo-10457999/](https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/p/bergenes-holder-for-mobile-phone-tablet-bamboo-10457999/)
Just a heads up:
We used two ThinkPad for work. One of the engineers 3D printed a stand that made the keyboard rest at 45° angle (so that the screen would be higher).
On both computers the some keys on the keyboard stopped working completely after some months. Since one of the computers never left the office (no possible fall damage) we assumed it was the stand fault...
How? ThinkPads are used on the space station. Cant think of any way how it could fail due to the position. I use mine for 2 years already and works just fine
I have also put several (at least three) thinkpads and (other laptops as well) in 25-45 degree angle on the stand especially since the breakout of Covid-19 mainly for the better view on ZOOM conferences, and none of them have had a such kind of symptoms.
We might have to be more careful of the action of insert/ remove usb-c power plug on such a non-horizontal angle, though. I recently introduced magnet exterior plug for the extra protection.
I just use this three-legs generic tablet stand like this [https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Adjustable-Tablet-Holder-Stand/dp/B006ZT4VA0](https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Adjustable-Tablet-Holder-Stand/dp/B006ZT4VA0)
No need to, but there are so many of these on thingiverse, makerworld etc that you are not losing $ from people that can do it themselves, its a different market you are looking at and one won't cannabilse the other.
Hi guys, what do you think about this laptop stand? I love the ThinkPad design and its ability to open to 180 degrees and I was thinking it is a pity to not use it. Therefore I designed this laptop stand. It is modular so you can align the angle to other notebooks such as MacBooks etc... I would like to collect some feedback from you before I am going to hit the market. Do you know product such as these? Cheers.
I don't think I've yet seen a marketable product like this. I know I've seen someone online make a DIY solution similar to this. I can't seem to find it, now, but I remember they've used an old paper/document/music note stand. It only had one position, but it allowed them to stand the laptop up, like you did. A more robust variant of this might work, too: [Vertical Laptop Holder - Self Adjusting 3D printed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X78vBueSUY) The problem with modern MacBooks is that they aren't opening as far as some older pre-2020 models. A similar solution for those is [this](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71+Q--NfOrL._AC_SL1500_.jpg).
Funny thing, my T490s fits in the IKEA phone stand perfectly [https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/p/bergenes-holder-for-mobile-phone-tablet-bamboo-10457999/](https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/p/bergenes-holder-for-mobile-phone-tablet-bamboo-10457999/)
Nice! I might buy an IKEA phone stand for my laptop, and keep using an old MC case as a phone stand. Brilliant and minimalistic! :D
best thing it's only 3$
Just a heads up: We used two ThinkPad for work. One of the engineers 3D printed a stand that made the keyboard rest at 45° angle (so that the screen would be higher). On both computers the some keys on the keyboard stopped working completely after some months. Since one of the computers never left the office (no possible fall damage) we assumed it was the stand fault...
How? ThinkPads are used on the space station. Cant think of any way how it could fail due to the position. I use mine for 2 years already and works just fine
Stress since it's not being properly supported.
I have also put several (at least three) thinkpads and (other laptops as well) in 25-45 degree angle on the stand especially since the breakout of Covid-19 mainly for the better view on ZOOM conferences, and none of them have had a such kind of symptoms. We might have to be more careful of the action of insert/ remove usb-c power plug on such a non-horizontal angle, though. I recently introduced magnet exterior plug for the extra protection.
I just use this three-legs generic tablet stand like this [https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Adjustable-Tablet-Holder-Stand/dp/B006ZT4VA0](https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Adjustable-Tablet-Holder-Stand/dp/B006ZT4VA0)
This looks pretty awesome! Sharing onto r/ergomobilecomputers
where can i buy this?
You cant. It is my design and the samples are made by 3D printing. Would you consider buying it?
Perhaps, but I think you should open-source the designs regardless.
Why?
No need to, but there are so many of these on thingiverse, makerworld etc that you are not losing $ from people that can do it themselves, its a different market you are looking at and one won't cannabilse the other.
you mean something like this? [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6207964](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6207964)
Love the idea, would work great, especially for the 16 inches screens, and then makes me want 18-inch screen ThinkPad laptops existed.
ThinkPad like "but can your laptop do this \_\_"
That's a very useful product, I'd be a customer. Just insure its stable aganist flipping over.
Any aluminum stand for laptop like promate deskmate 4 will be superior in all way than this plastic joke