Why you need a ‘lap desk’ (and how to pick the best one)

Protect your neck: Even a cheap laptop desk, aka a lap desk, is better for your posture than nothing at all.

Let me begin this article with a confession: I wrote most of it from the couch.

But thanks to my trusty lap desk, this was more comfortable than it otherwise might have been. By propping my laptop up on an inclined surface, the lap desk helps bring the screen closer to eye level while I’m lounging around, so I don’t have to crane my neck so much.

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