Comments on: Xbrand Cool Travel Laptop Stand

By: troydsherman

troydsherman — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:19:22 +0000

lorcro2000 you’re right about the need for the wrists to be in a neutral posture, but you are forgetting that the angle required for that neutral posture will vary from person to person depending on a number of factors including but not limited to chair height, desk height, laptop thickness, angle if any on the laptop (some are sloped) … and if you are using it in your lap you have the added varriable of the angle of your lap (most people don’t sit with their lap parallel to the floor. The lap is usually sloped downward towards the floor. As a result you might need a positive or a negative tilt on the Xbrand product to create the neutral writs posture. You can achieve both with the product, just flip it around according to your needs.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:05:15 +0000

Yup, it’s an antique laptop It’s still going though, just like an Energizer Bunny!

By: lorcro2000

lorcro2000 — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:39:53 +0000

No, I mean this picture:

Raising the laptop off the desk even further means you need a low desk or else you’ll have to raise your arms from the shoulders. Ideally when typing your arms should be out straight in front of you with a 90-degree bend at the elbow, to minimize strain on your shoulders and neck.

Also, the angle of the laptop (raised in the back) really isn’t good for ergonomics either. Your wrist should be as straight as possible when typing, not tilted up or sideways-and-up – that will constrain your carpal tunnel, the little hole in the center of your wrist where all the nerves to your hand and fingers pass from your lower arm to your hand.

Causing that to become irritated will lead to fun stuff like loss of sensation in your fingers at the first stage, followed by even more fun in the form of pain if it gets worse.

This stand doesn’t seem very ergonomic to me, that’s all.

PS. Is that a Dell Inspiron 8000? I used to have one of those.

By: Nekoneko

Nekoneko — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:20:59 +0000

lorcro2000 wrote:

Interesting, but elevating the front of the laptop seems like a negative thing rather than a positive one. If your hands are at a higher level than your elbows a lot of the time when typing… hellooo, neck-and-shoulder pain!

Seems to me this would also cause you to angle your hands up at the wrist… this is another ergonomic suicide move, really… the proper way to place the laptop on this one is to put the stand on backwards so the front is higher than the back.

:confused: Are you referring to the pictures? I believe the pictures are of the rear of the unit to showcase their logo.

By: lorcro2000

lorcro2000 — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:41:21 +0000

Interesting, but elevating the front of the laptop seems like a negative thing rather than a positive one. If your hands are at a higher level than your elbows a lot of the time when typing… hellooo, neck-and-shoulder pain!

Seems to me this would also cause you to angle your hands up at the wrist… this is another ergonomic suicide move, really… the proper way to place the laptop on this one is to put the stand on backwards so the front is higher than the back.

By: Nekoneko

Nekoneko — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:22:55 +0000

APC is selling the same item. Click here for more images. They can be found at Compusa for about $30.

By: doug-jensen

doug-jensen — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 01:12:20 +0000

XT stand is much better: If you have a very hot laptop (my Dell D800 falls into that category) and especially if you leave it running for many hours (several days at 24H/day in my case), XT is the perfect stand. Better than XBrand because it lets air flow under the laptop with minimal obstruction — but also you can add a Stinger crossflow fan … Google “Stinger fan” or go to

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1331967/vpcsid/0/SFV/30046

and a little 12VDC power supply (send me email if you want instructions how to do that) and keep your laptop totally cool.