ItвЂ™s ridiculously light and portable, made of aВ thin plastic, so I found myself getting asked to compare the two quite often as I traveled more with the X-Stand. ItвЂ™s a stand for your laptop thatВ sets it at an ergonomically-friendly height by slanting it open,В requiring you to use an external mouse and keyboard.

My girlfriend and a few friends had backed the RoostВ when they launched on Kickstarter, so IвЂ™ve had access to one for over a year. I propped the monitor up on a few books, using the X-Stand for my laptop, and though I got the heights where I wanted them, I couldnвЂ™t find a good configuration forВ an external keyboard and mouse. I had so much fun, I decided to add it to my bag and headed out to work from Elevator Commons.Д«ack home, I set it up again, this time wanting to use my external monitor while standing. IвЂ™m 5вЂ™5вЂі and it gave me a perfect standing height on its lowest setting. Nevertheless, I immediately set it on my desk at home, in less than a minute, and got to work. Next, I thought it felt a little heavier than IвЂ™d like to be portable.

My first reaction was that itвЂ™s as stylish in person as it is on their site. When I heard about the X-Stand standing desk, it sounded like the perfect solution to my desire to stand and need to be mobile. Where I put my first standing desk worked well for the morning light, but not so much for the afternoon, and I found that I simply didnвЂ™t use it often. In Portland,В Oregon, where I live, access to natural light drives my desire to be mobile. I simply wanted to move around and change my scenery (hence why IВ cofounded Workfrom). It wasnвЂ™t that I didnвЂ™t like standing while I work. When I first decided I wanted a standing desk, I installed a couple of shelves-one at the perfect height for my keyboard and the other about a foot higher for my laptop and extra monitor.

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