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Funny, I went as far as the credit card entry form of http://www.geekdesk.com http://www.geekdesk.com today but stopped short of sending the order. I looked fo

Funny, I went as far as the credit card entry form of http://www.geekdesk.com http://www.geekdesk.com today but stopped short of sending the order. I looked for cheaper alternatives, and found http://www.ergodesktop.com http://www.ergodesktop.com, which is still pretty damn spendy. What I want is a solution that's easy to setup, and is portable. I work at a variety of locations and would like some mechanism for turning any surface into a standing workstation. I think I may whip up a few prototypes in my spare time.

sreitshamer 15y ago
I made 2 boxes out of plywood and put my desk on them. It was free (I had the scrap plywood). And it wasn't quite high enough (lower back pain) so I added 1x4s until it was high enough. Pretty portable too I guess. You'd need someone to help you lift the desk on/off the blocks.
- marknutter 15y ago
  Ha. I'm talking portable as in airplane portable.
thetable 15y ago
Ikea sells a motorized version of their "Galant" desk for about 500 Euros. You can mount any kind of surface on it. I bought one 3 years ago, and it's great. However, it's not really advertised in any of their catalogs, but I've been told they still carry it and you have to ask for it. Not sure about availability in the US.
sodiumphosphate 15y ago
On portability... I've been thinking that a laptop tripod would be nice. Googling around, I see that there are some out there, but they are too short and look too flimsy. I think a solution could be rigged up with a good, sturdy surveying tripod.
- oostevo 15y ago
  I've only seen a few models of surveying tripods, but the ones that I did see didn't have locking legs. Their stability comes from points on the bottom of the tripod legs which you drive into the ground when setting up the tripod. I'd imagine driving three stakes into your floor at home wouldn't be optimal for you. You could probably find a used astronomy tripod (used to hold a large telescope and then position it precisely) that's out of spec for astronomy use but that would hold your laptop just fine.

sreitshamer 15y ago

I made 2 boxes out of plywood and put my desk on them. It was free (I had the scrap plywood). And it wasn't quite high enough (lower back pain) so I added 1x4s until it was high enough. Pretty portable too I guess. You'd need someone to help you lift the desk on/off the blocks.

marknutter 15y ago
Ha. I'm talking portable as in airplane portable.

thetable 15y ago

Ikea sells a motorized version of their "Galant" desk for about 500 Euros. You can mount any kind of surface on it. I bought one 3 years ago, and it's great. However, it's not really advertised in any of their catalogs, but I've been told they still carry it and you have to ask for it. Not sure about availability in the US.

sodiumphosphate 15y ago

On portability... I've been thinking that a laptop tripod would be nice. Googling around, I see that there are some out there, but they are too short and look too flimsy. I think a solution could be rigged up with a good, sturdy surveying tripod.

oostevo 15y ago
I've only seen a few models of surveying tripods, but the ones that I did see didn't have locking legs. Their stability comes from points on the bottom of the tripod legs which you drive into the ground when setting up the tripod. I'd imagine driving three stakes into your floor at home wouldn't be optimal for you. You could probably find a used astronomy tripod (used to hold a large telescope and then position it precisely) that's out of spec for astronomy use but that would hold your laptop just fine.