I was a bit hesitant, considering the price and the fact that I had just tried a slightly less expensive floor stand that did not, at all, meet my needs. This stand is excellent.
Be warned that when it arrives it is heavy, you do not want the unopened package falling on your feet while you open it, so be carful. It doesn’t matter which side is up, if you are laying it on the floor to open the box (which I suggest), As both sides are packaged with parts. That heaviness is directly related to the very stable base, which means, when assembled, that it doesn’t tip at all.
I agree with other viewers that the assembly instructions could be improved on. If you are used to assembling things you’ll manage, as I did, to figure it out. The illustrations of a few areas need to be bigger, with far more definition, and be clearer. I had one issue while putting it together: the piece that screws into the base arrived with the bottom lug and the top lug screwed onto it. The bottom lug unscrewed with a tiny bit of effort. The top lug would not budge. I put it in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes, then held it over a steaming pot (don’t burn yourself), after a few seconds it unscrewed, but with effort. Screwing the top lug onto the base (with the support pole in position, and the base lug already screwed on) also required quite a bit of effort (with arthritic hands). The assemblage was stable, but my efforts had, later, to be supplemented by younger, and stronger, hands than mine.
The iPad I’m using is very easy to get in and out, the mechanism stays open or closed with no problem, and the iPad doesn’t fall out when in the open position. You can plug in the iPad while using it. There is a lock on the back, on one side, which is easy to click, after you put in place whatever device you’re using. However, if the iPad is flipped 180 degrees, the lock may be somewhat hard to reach in one direction, until you flip the device part way, in the opposite direction. This is a very minor issue. The rotation, orientation, and hight adjustments all work very well, and offer a lot of positions. Another minor issue for me is my height at 5’ 3” (I have short legs and arms), so I sit in a small, low upholstered chair that fits me well: which means I would have liked the pole’s shortest position to be shorter by about one (or maybe two) more inches to be absolutely perfect. However, I’ve not had problems getting the iPad into whatever orientation I desire because the holding device also tilts the face up, as well as down, so to get it lower I can tilt the iPad downwards.
Typing on whatever device you use is easy, because the holder can be moved in so many directions. The holder, because it’s mounted at the end of a long-ish arm, produces a bit of bounce if you are heavy handed, not enough to stop me from typing. To solve this the entire product would have to be engineered to a higher standard, using heavier metal, and would end up being more expensive to produce and lead to a higher price. I think the small accommodations that exist with the product, as it is now, means IMO this is priced well for everything it does offer. The weight of the base alone already requires higher built-in shipping costs.
I use this every day, for a lot of the day...I’m so very happy with it. My neck and shoulders, which are always painful to some degree, have been much happier, because I don’t have to support the weight of the iPad. My arthritic hands and fingers are happier too. I can orient the face of the screen the way I need it, and at an appropriate height, including a standing position. I can sit in my easy chair and be extremely comfortable, which leads to very reduced pain levels. Because it is on four wheels I can pull it around to other chairs, the couch, or use while I’m in bed, if need be. It would be nice if there was an easy to access lock on one wheel (for tile), but I admit I haven’t yet had any issues on my tiled areas.
As far as I’m concerned it meets my most important needs, is a vast improvement over holding my iPad, is used frequently in my daily life, is decently engineered, won’t tip, and is totally worth the money! It currently ranks as the single best purchase I have ever made from Amazon!
| Standing screen display size | 6 Inches |
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