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Why reinvent the bed? All you need for a lay down desk is a 12 inch orthopedic foam wedge and a laptop tray. Both readily available in Amazon. I've been working

Why reinvent the bed? All you need for a lay down desk is a 12 inch orthopedic foam wedge and a laptop tray. Both readily available in Amazon. I've been working this way for years.

hammock 6y ago
Well it is a $30 billion market and still (somehow) growing at 10% a year globally..
- Ancapistani 6y ago
  > still (somehow) growing at 10% a year globally My intuition is that as people's standard of living improve, bedding is one of those things that gets easily overlooked when you can't afford it but is somewhere investing some "real" money returns a good result. I went from using the bed from my parents' house (which was a hand-me-down) to a dorm bed (briefly) to the absolute cheapest thing I could get my hands on that wasn't stained brown or covered in bugs. It wasn't until I was relatively successful and making ~$80k / year that I felt like it was reasonable to invest in a nice mattress, and even then, I came to the conclusion that the "mattress store" beds were way overpriced and had little to differentiate them. I ended up with a memory foam bed off Amazon. It was ~$200 for a queen and I've had it for about five years. The biggest issue I have with it is that the fabric seems to take stains more readily than my previous mattresses. Comfort-wise, I'd put it on part with a $1,500+ "mattress store" brand, so I'm happy replacing it every few years and passing my old one on to someone who doesn't have a decent one. In fact, it's getting to be about that time...
oftenwrong 6y ago
And the monitor is suspended above you?
- skye-adaire 6y ago
  It's easiest for laptops, since the laptop trays have adjustable angle. If you need a desktop monitor, you can get an over-bed table and mount a small VESA mounting arm. If you can spend 1k, the absolute best is to get a medical VESA arm and mount it to the wall. These can also have trays for keyboard and mouse. https://products.multibrackets.com/en/wallmounts/flexarms-vesa/m-vesa-full-motion-medical-arm https://products.multibrackets.com/en/wallmounts/flexarms-ve...

Why reinvent the bed? All you need for a lay down desk is a 12 inch orthopedic foam wedge and a laptop tray. Both readily available in Amazon. I've been working this way for years.

hammock 6y ago

Well it is a $30 billion market and still (somehow) growing at 10% a year globally..

Ancapistani 6y ago
> still (somehow) growing at 10% a year globally My intuition is that as people's standard of living improve, bedding is one of those things that gets easily overlooked when you can't afford it but is somewhere investing some "real" money returns a good result. I went from using the bed from my parents' house (which was a hand-me-down) to a dorm bed (briefly) to the absolute cheapest thing I could get my hands on that wasn't stained brown or covered in bugs. It wasn't until I was relatively successful and making ~$80k / year that I felt like it was reasonable to invest in a nice mattress, and even then, I came to the conclusion that the "mattress store" beds were way overpriced and had little to differentiate them. I ended up with a memory foam bed off Amazon. It was ~$200 for a queen and I've had it for about five years. The biggest issue I have with it is that the fabric seems to take stains more readily than my previous mattresses. Comfort-wise, I'd put it on part with a $1,500+ "mattress store" brand, so I'm happy replacing it every few years and passing my old one on to someone who doesn't have a decent one. In fact, it's getting to be about that time...

oftenwrong 6y ago

And the monitor is suspended above you?

skye-adaire 6y ago
It's easiest for laptops, since the laptop trays have adjustable angle. If you need a desktop monitor, you can get an over-bed table and mount a small VESA mounting arm. If you can spend 1k, the absolute best is to get a medical VESA arm and mount it to the wall. These can also have trays for keyboard and mouse. https://products.multibrackets.com/en/wallmounts/flexarms-vesa/m-vesa-full-motion-medical-arm https://products.multibrackets.com/en/wallmounts/flexarms-ve...