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Any suggestions for RV laptop desk for RV'ing?
Posted: May 3, 2013
I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions. We have a dinette in our RV (which is too high for comfortable typing height), and we also have a sofa, which is very comfy. I'mtrying to find a portable, fold-up, table that goes low enough to use it sofa height and can come close enough to be above my lap, not out to the edge--want to sit back on the sofa basically. Has anybody found anything besides a Tablemate, which I was afraid was too flimsy for holding both my laptop and my extra keyboard and my mouse. Thanks for any help!
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tablemate - i do
[ In Reply To ..]I used a tablemate for a whole winter when I was traveling around with my laptop. Worked great for me.
Questions to tablemate - Hitting the road
[ In Reply To ..]Thank you for your help.
Did you just slide the legs under the couch and it didn't get too wobbly? I want to use it while we're actually driving too, so I wondered how slippy/slidey it would be. Did your mouse work on the tablemate surface? How about the foot pedal -- was there enough room under there for your feet and foot pedal?
I wanted to have a multi-level surface actually because I want to have my laptop behind my keyboard, unless I just put my keyboard on my lap and the laptop further out on the table like at knee level. What did you do?
desk - try this
[ In Reply To ..]Google "portable laptop computer desks" there are too many to tell you about on here. There looked like some that would have legs to fit under a chair so you could pull it up close. But I used a tablemate too.
To Try this - Hitting the road
[ In Reply To ..]Thanks for the suggestion. I already spent a long time looking online. It's so hard to tell without being able to actually see something, which is why I posted for suggestions for somebody who had an idea besides a Tablemate. The problem is, I don't want it to fit a chair under it, but to fit over the lap on a couch, which is why it's so tough, because there are a lot that you can scoot a chair up under. But, as you know, there isn't a lot of room, so it needs to be folding as well... and the 99% of them aren't folding. It has to store either just to the side of the couch in about 5 inches of space or under the couch (maybe). I could just use the dinette table, but I would have to sit on an extra cushion or something because it's high.
I live in an RV - One who knows
[ In Reply To ..]I just put in two shelves one wider than the other and works perfectly. Measure careful where you want both. Saves space.
What about this? - abc
[ In Reply To ..]I haven't tried this at all, so I can't give you an opinion on it, but it seems to be the type of thing you're looking for.
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