Quick Look: LaTosta laptop stand
I didn’t own a laptop until a few months ago when I bought the MSI Wind U100 that I am typing this review up on. Laptop keys are pretty different than most desktop keyboards, but one major difference is the lack of a tilt. I always tilt my desktop keyboard upwards — I find it more comfortable, and I don’t have to reach as far for the keys. The LaTosta helps bring that desktop level of comfort to pretty much every notebook on the market — and all it consists of is two identical pieces of stainless steel.
Easy to carry, easy to install
The LaTosta is ridiculously easy to use: you put one one piece on the left side of your laptop and then you put the other on the right. You could even start on the right side and then work your way to the left if you want to get creative When they’re not in use, throw the pieces into your laptop bag and get on with your business (time).
Improve that keyboard angle
The main reason you’re going to want a laptop stand is to improve your typing angle – especially if you spend long hours at your little folding computer. Fastening the black nubs on the top keyboard is probably the best fit for most laptop models out there, and you can keep the laptop stand at either end of the laptop (above or below the keyboard) for your optimal typing angle.
You can also invert the stand, but it’s best to keep the red nubs right at the tip (above keyboard) of your laptop.
Strong, cool, and indestructible-ish
Once you’ve got the laptop stand in place it will stay there until you lift your laptop – I didn’t experience any untimely laptop drops, although I did forget the stands were there a few times and they ended up making a pretty loud noise on the table. Other than that, the LaTosta should function just fine with pretty much any laptop model you can buy (although I do remember them saying something about Macbook Air incompatibility). I tested it with an MSI Wind, a 15” ASUS, 13” Lifebook, and a 17′” HP and all of them were held up perfectly.
The other major advantage to the LaTosta is improved cooling, since the elevation allows more cool air to get under the laptop. Truth be told, my Wind never gets quite hot enough so I didn’t really notice an improvement here.
The stand is also nigh indestructible, and you really don’t have to worry about it bending or twisting under the weight of even the oldest, heaviest laptop (oh god, don’t try to prove me wrong there).
Conclusion
The LaTosta is a very useful little accessory with exactly two pieces, so you don’t have to worry about losing things. It has a set up time of about two or five seconds depending on how heavy your laptop is, and it’s also pretty darn affordable. If you’re on the market for something cheap, simple, and Herculean to prop your laptop or netbook up, you cannot go wrong with the LaTosta.
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You can pick up your own LaTosta for $12.95 at lightlaptopstands.com (free shipping to Canada/US – add $2 to ship to any other country)
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Mar 7, 2009
What a really nice concept, and such a simple device, I wonder about the pressure the leverage of the weight of the laptop, you would probably only want to use this with a well made laptop, and what if you fell asleep on the keyboard
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