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The coolest iPad stand?

Like cases, everyone is looking for something different in a stand. For me, adjustability is not that important. I want stability, support for portrait and landscape and something that is easy put the iPad into (& remove it) and a small footprint. My homemade stand - made from a business card holder, some thick poster-board and some foam rubber suits my needs pretty well.

I posted an earlier version of this a couple months back - but have made some improvements since then. I started with the wire-mesh business card holder which other have used and works pretty well in landscape without any modifications. I was looking for a little more stability - enough to hold the iPad in portrait-mode. I attached the bus. card holder to a piece of black posterboard with double-stick tape, then covered the top with adhesive-backed foam rubber and added some rubber bumpers (the ones on the bottom aren't pictured but these are key since they add stability and prevent the stand from sliding around). Oh and of course, the Apple sticker...

It works great in portrait and landscape and if I turn it upside down it holds the iPad at an angle that works perfect for typing - rubber bumpers protect the iPad and hold it in place. The little white bottle you can partiall see in the last picture is a visine bottle filled with screen cleaner that stores nicely "inside" the stand.

I have a few other stands but this one works best for me. I use my iPad primarily in my living room and keep the stand on my coffee table for (for those rare occasions when the iPad is not in my hands). I also made a second one & keep that next to my computer.
 

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a0911091837 said:
I bought one of this. Love it, use it for my Macbook pro as cooler when working.

Also use for iPad to watch 24 during the dinner :apple:

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+1 for this stand. Super compact and easily portable and I don't have to remove my iPad from my Dodocase to use it.
 
I've been very happy with the Gibson 3A Wire Display Stand, available at Amazon and also online at the Gibsonholders.com website. Actually, I picked mine up locally at a Michael's Craft store, but when I went back to get more they were out, so that's why I started looking around online. You can't beat the price: $2.30 for a single one at the Gibson site, $4.80 at Amazon for a set of 2 black ones or $5.00 for a set of 2 white ones. They're easy to pick up, fold up and tuck into one's bag, or to have sitting around where you're likely to want to plop your iPad when not using it. Works just fine with the iPad in either portrait or landscape positions and naked or with any sort of case. Oh -- Post #23 in this thread shows photos of this very stand in action!



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tbayrgs said:
+1 for this stand. Super compact and easily portable and I don't have to remove my iPad from my Dodocase to use it.
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Another happy buyer here for the Mac4U stand shown above. Bought on eBay for under $20, and it's one of the best accessories I've picked up. I use it in my lap all the time, don't even bother with a table or desk. But it's also terrific in the kitchen for recipes, or at a coffee place while working with the wireless keyboard. Love the stability, portability, and price!
 
Perfectly stable when typing in landscape or vertical. More so than my TwelveSouth (which is good) or the Groovy Stand (which was a waste of money). Also doesn't wobble the way my flexible wire stand like the one another poster listed does. I've used that one with a Kindle for over a year, and while it's good (and cheap), it's too lightweight to trust my iPad with it.
 
IrishVixen said:
Well, it's interesting looking, I guess. It's more than twice the price of the folding stand I bought, non portable, and is it even adjustable?

But the red color would be cool, I'll grant that!
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If you read the post then you would have found out that yes it is angle adjustable. Oh yeah this isn't portable at all. You can even bolt the stand to a surface for commercial usage.
 
SchneiderMan said:
Or not yes, anything is possible 🙂
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That doesn't even make sense.

Anyway, it looks OK, but too expensive for not being adjustable or portable. It's going after looks more than anything else, but it isn't something i would call universally appealing, which is what you seemed to imply with your initial post about it. A great design is both aesthetic and functional at the same time, where this is at best one of those. I'll pass even at half the stated price.
 
RaceTripper said:
That doesn't even make sense.

Anyway, it looks OK, but too expensive for not being adjustable or portable. It's going after looks more than anything else, but it isn't something i would call universally appealing, which is what you seemed to imply with your initial post about it. A great design is both aesthetic and functional at the same time, where this is at best one of those. I'll pass even at half the stated price.
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I agree... Actually it looks a lot like my mstand for MBP. Too bulky and, even ugly for iPad IMO. My iPad even works with mstand.
 
PacMookBro said:
Thanks for the feedback. Let us know when yours is listed on Ebay.
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I just listed my Griffin for sale in the Marketplace here. I picked up a Twelve South Compass stand today. The Griffin is nice, but I want something easier to carry in my laptop bag. I have a Waterfield Keyboard Travel Case and the Compass folded up sits perfectly out of the way in the bottom. I like the idea of the JaDu Skadoosh stand, but it's too expensive and looks like it's a bit too bulky still when folded.
 
great desk stand and wall mount in one

here is what I just bought

http://www.keithlogan.com/Keith_Logan/iPad_wall_mount.html

I am very happy with it - nice solid build, handmade and lovely guy to deal with

I would highly recommend him - even the box came with all of the hardware I needed for a wall mount - the desk mount was a bonus as I really wanted the all mount and didn't want anything cheap and plastic or metal
 
Skadoosh!

RaceTripper said:
I just listed my Griffin for sale in the Marketplace here. I picked up a Twelve South Compass stand today. The Griffin is nice, but I want something easier to carry in my laptop bag. I have a Waterfield Keyboard Travel Case and the Compass folded up sits perfectly out of the way in the bottom. I like the idea of the JaDu Skadoosh stand, but it's too expensive and looks like it's a bit too bulky still when folded.
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It turned out... I got rid of Griffin A-Frame, which is sturdy, beautiful and sleek and saw JaDu Skadoosh for a lowered price of about $75 including shipping. Chose a black one. I know, it's still on the expensive side but only Skadoosh offers fully adjustable angle with sleek design of aluminum and portability. 😉

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bartb said:
Hey,

I got this Love Stand last week (made in Holland). Look's really nice and elegant. I use it primarily for watching video on the couch 🙂

It is made from polyurethane and is very stable. I got the white one, but it's available in different colors.

See for yourself: http://shapedad.etsy.com

ciao, Bart


ps. I see they have a discount now.
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That's a lovely stand for a great price. Thanks for sharing yours. 🙂
 
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