Best laptop stand for bed or sofa

Here is a laptop stand for your bed or your sofa that you can build in 10 minutes. That is, assuming you have the "parts".

My chiropractor has instructed me to stop looking down at my laptop while I'm sitting on the couch. It is bad posture. She insists that I get a table and chair in the living room. Spouse does not approve.

I have looked at a few of the other instructables including the "tables". They look like a lot of work to build. OK, maybe only a few hours... I'm lazy. Also, my wife does not want a big bulky wooden thing to sit around in the living room. 

Solution: Twine/Rope/String. 2x Safety pins. One big sofa cushion. 2 knees.

Step 1 Attach rope to cushion with safety pins.

Attach the string/rope with safety pins to the cushion. Make it tight enough that the laptop sits high. But make sure it is wide enough to sit between your laptop screen.

Comments

[sstone9]

Are you running Ubuntu?! : D

[mikey1975777]

That really is a good idea, as I'm on my back a lot too. The only problem I see is that the laptop might get hot because of the cushion blocking the bottom vent. Maybe put something underneath the front of the laptop to kind of lift it up so the vent is clear?

[Bongmaster]

your laptop is gonna cook like that :/

[pcollins12]

My mac is venting fine and doesn't feel too hot (and it is a hot night). But for more power hungry laptops you could easily put something under it to let the airflow.

[Alphonsus]

actually macbooks vent from the back by the hinge and not from the bottom... so mac users are in the clear.

[rpjamess1]

Most modern laptops vent to the rear. However, they have to draw fresh air from somewhere. This is typically the bottom of the laptop. Eventually this design will negatively impact the system.