Logitech Alto Cordless Notebook Stand
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(4.5 out of 5)
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(5 out of 5)Good buy
The good:
1. Keyboard looks nice, touches nice, and connects without any problem.
2. Stand holds laptop firmly.
3. Saves a lot of room by folding the keyboard back to the base.
The bad:
1. Unit is heavy than some laptops.
2. Just 3 USB ports.
3. Stand angle is not adjustable.
4. Cannot access front part of laptop.
5. Keyboard Hotkeys cannot be customized.
I bought this notebook stand for my 13.3" Sony laptop, which is the same model in Logitech's advertisement. One of my original expectation of buying this stand is to avoid touching the touchpad while typing at the laptop's keyboard, which happens quite often for small size laptop. The first feeling after I got it in my hand is this unit is heavy. Almost twice the weight of my laptop, so you won't want to take it with you when you are travelling. It's made in plastic, but sturdy enough to support most laptops. It also looks very nice. I would say it's a perfect color match for carbon fiber Sony laptop, and Logitech's ad is a good example. Other comments from the internet have mentioned the design prevents user to access front part of the laptop, and that is true. I couldn't use the fingerprint reader on my laptop after putting it on the stand. See Logitech's ad, you will know your finger cannot bend to that angle to reach the reader. If your laptop has card reader, wireless switch or other buttons at the front, then you will have difficulty to reach them. Moreover, you cannot completely close the lid due to this design. The full size keyboard touches good, much better than most laptop keyboard. I feel disappointed because there's no software that allowing me to change the hotkeys. Some of them you'll never use, but you cannot change it. Angle/height is not adjustable, which means the screen height is fixed. It might cause some problem for people with high table. AC adapter is included, so you don't have to worry about USB power as stated in some comments.
Overall, I think this is a good buy if you are just looking for a stand that lifts your laptop's screen and a keyboard that you could use without wire. Despite of the bads I mentioned above, I still like this stand, so I give it five star.
(4 out of 5)Happy...and not happy,..but mostly happy.
- Everything is very nice with this set up and I'm 95% pleased. BUT once I set my Gateway laptop in the holder I no longer have access to the microphone/headphone ports in the lower front of my computer! PRETTY DARN FRUSTATING. I thought their would be a hole in that lower front part of the holder/shelf-thing for those ports and no, nothing. ARRGH!!!! $&*#)!!!
So, what did I do? Well, (don't laugh but...) I stacked plastic leggos about 1 1/2 inches stacked (yep the toy) under both lower ends of the laptop - down on the ledge in front - to raise it up...and then proceeded to duct tape the back of the computer to the holder (had to to secure it at that new height. This worked. The ports are now accessable but geez. I spent 100.00 on this set up only to be fiddling with leggos and duct tape?!
The only other thing about the set up that I don't like at all is how incredibly SHORT the A/C cord is. I mean I read how short someone else thought it was in another review - but I thought - no, it couldn't be THAT short - but it IS. Like ONLY 3 feet long! So I (too) had to move my whole computer table right next to the wall jack just to be able to plug it into the wall.
So - althought this is not a portable device actually, it is nice they included the AAA batteries needed to start it up. Amazing they were KIND enough to do THAT but somehow overlooked the no port access and the too short A/C cord problem? I don't get it.
But don't get me wrong. I'm happy with my raised laptop - I was really suffering with upper back pain from slouching at my previous set up. I hope this helps. Already my posture is better. So I'm happy with that - which was my aim in purchasing this. I bought it because if I'd just bought a holder alone, I would have still needed a new keyboard anyway - and I liked that they went together.
SO - only two bad things about this product, but each one is a problem. I solved these problems myself - but wow, for this price there shouldn't be ANY problems! At least none as obvious as these. What happened, did the design team fall asleep at the wheel or something? I will be interested in reading other reviews of this product.
The keyboard - happy with it.
The mouse that doesn't come with it (so be aware of this) that I
bought (also Logitech) is cordless and very nice.
Set up was easy. Good because I'm no techie!
I'd give it a 5 stars - easily - if it weren't for the short A/C cord and the fact that the ports in the front of my laptop would be completely unusable without my own major creativity + duct tape and well, an old set of leggos!
It looks very nice - but too bad my computer is silver and not black. Next time I will buy a black laptop - so my set up can look as cool as it does in the photo of the product. Gee, now, there's a good reason to buy a black one (sarcasm) - wink/smile.
But something tells me no matter what color laptop I buy - they will never stop making fun of my leggos and duct tape. Fortunately I don't care...much. Right now. Today. Okay, not too much. But still...
So I'd say buy this, but know that you will need to buy a longer A/C corn and you will not have access to the front ports of your laptop when it is in use unless you own leggos and duct tape. (eye-rolling).
Thanks for reading my review.
(5 out of 5)Very satisfied, for the money
While expensive, I realized that as much time as I spend typing and interacting with my laptop, this was a worthwhile investment, long term. I wasn't disappointed.
Things potential buyers will want to know up front that are of note but not really a concern: 1) the keys are a little "heavy," but that's compared to my laptop keyboard; and 2) I am still, after a few weeks, getting used to the configuration of the Delete/Home/End/Page Up/Page Down button cluster, which is very unusual ... the placement is very unnatural and not like standard keyboards, but I'm hoping I'll adjust over time.
That said, this really did as promised AND is a great integrated desktop solution for my laptop. No disappointments, and no real negatives, just a little bit of a learning curve.
(5 out of 5)Pure sweetness
This thing is pure gold. If you don't buy this, then something is wrong with you. Sure, a hundred bucks? Let me tell you, it's worth it.
The keyboard is great, not too mushy and not too strong. Just right. And the stand puts the laptop at the correct height and there's no more straining on my neck.
I love it.
(1 out of 5)Too little
I bought this to use with my laptop at home. But there are a number of problems with it -- all of which are simple things that they should have fixed:
(1) Why include a keyboard and not a mouse? I had to buy this separately.
(2) Why only 3 USB parts?
(3) The station needs to be plugged in to work ... so the keyboard will not work when plugged into the USB port of my laptop unless I have also plugged in the adaptor. Why? Other wireless keyboards don't have this requirement.
(4) My external hard drive will not work when plugged into one of the 3 ports on this device - so I had to get a separate port replicator for this.
(5) The plug on the device is too short - it couldn't make the short trip from the dining room table to the wall outlet - so I had to get an adaptor.
Basically, you're paying for a hunk of plastic to prop up your laptop monitor, plus a wireless keyboard, plus a fairly poor port replicator.
If I had it to do over again, I would purchase the PCI docking station for home usage from Toshiba. I would lose the monitor stand, but I would be able to do more with this replicator.
Toshiba PA3542U-2PRP Dynadock USB Laptop Docking Station with DVI Port