I love my Rain mStand. It's made of cast aluminum, looks great, works great, and I've had it for....15 years?
At some point I'm sure I could easily recycle it.
A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper
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#62A couple of points. It is not aesthetically pleasing at all, which is important to me, for whatever neurological reason. Also, I consider a laptop stand as just a device to raise the screen to a better ergonomic level on the understanding that an external keyboard and mouse will be used to operate the device. Otherwise, in a laptop stand, ergonomic keyboard use requirements pull the incline towards level, and ergonom…
Vladimir Horiwitz begs to differ.
Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper
#63A couple of points. It is not aesthetically pleasing at all, which is important to me, for whatever neurological reason. Also, I consider a laptop stand as just a device to raise the screen to a better ergonomic level on the understanding that an external keyboard and mouse will be used to operate the device. Otherwise, in a laptop stand, ergonomic keyboard use requirements pull the incline towards level, and ergonom…
Stands like this have to be paired with an external keyboard.
Raising the monitor so that the top is as close to eye level as possible (while maintaining a straight back) is better orthopedicly.
It's impossible to achieve this and a good keyboard posture, so you must introduce an external keyboard.
Without an external keyboard, there is no value in using a stand, you might as well just keep the laptop in a neutral position.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but if you _have_ to get something You don’t have to get it shipped, most of the time. Whenever you next go to town, go into any hardware shop and buy whatever they have. Heck, hop on freecycle and you’re bound to see someone giving away one of these that you can pick up for free, in person. Or buy one second hand. Or use a large book. Or, or, or…
Hey yeah I agree, I just thought OP was being over the top with the moralizing. Like, OK its a bit virtue signal-y but so is complaining about it. And its still better than plastic. I'm not sure that being shipped is much worse than buying from a store that also gets it shipped and wrapped in as much plastic. And if its a town over, you're driving there which is CO2 as well. Using nothing at all is better for sure an…
Fair, I agree with most of what you wrote.
However, advertising yourself as sustainable (like this store does) is also a marketing move which caters to a specific type of audience. If your products aren’t actually sustainable, it is valid criticism to point that out.
Imagine having two companies selling candy. One says their sweets not only taste good but are good for you, while the other doesn’t make any kind of health claim. Both are bad, but one of them is outright tricking you, which feels worse.
Note I’m not claiming this is what this seller is doing. Maybe they think what they’re doing is sustainable when it’s not. But that’s all the more reason to point it out so they can work of something better.
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#65I love my Rain mStand. It's made of cast aluminum, looks great, works great, and I've had it for....15 years? At some point I'm sure I could easily recycle it.
Very nice, just not very portable, but definitely recyclable.
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#66I remember the times when my monitor stand was "made" out of yet-to-be-recycled paper books - a few thick java references. Later, when I bought a new monitor I donated them to a library. I hope they got recycled, or at least, garbage-collected. Although I can't imagine anyone finding old java books in the garbage and find them useful for anything.
I used to dumpster dive for old compsci books at the end of semesters. It's how I learned java, c, perl, vim, and SQL.
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#68A couple of points. It is not aesthetically pleasing at all, which is important to me, for whatever neurological reason. Also, I consider a laptop stand as just a device to raise the screen to a better ergonomic level on the understanding that an external keyboard and mouse will be used to operate the device. Otherwise, in a laptop stand, ergonomic keyboard use requirements pull the incline towards level, and ergonom…
I like it because it's ugly.
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#69I love my Rain mStand. It's made of cast aluminum, looks great, works great, and I've had it for....15 years? At some point I'm sure I could easily recycle it.
They have the foldable mBar Pro now.
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#70It blows my mind that stands like this one as well as keyboards are designed with an incline requiring constant tension in the wrists. The natural position of the fingers when typing is below the wrist not above it.
They are meant to be used with an external keyboard and mouse, you don't need a stand to use a laptop normally.