LANGRIA Portable Laptop Stand Desk Cart with Mouse Board, Adjustable Height, 360° Swivel and 180° Tilt, Lockable Casters, 60 x 34.5 x 60-90cm, (Walnut)

A Few Weeks Later...By now, the desk has been used in anger on a number of occasions. In general, all has been well, although there are a few niggles when it comes to actually using the desk. For me, these are:1/ This required moving the desk and flat packing the assembly prior to it's journey. As I said that in the original assessment (below), the mechanism that involved is not clever i.e., once the desk has been flat packed, you are left holding the main bolt, washers and wing nut. They could at least have provided an additional "transit" hole in the assembly, with which the bolt, etc., could be temporarily inserted. This would reduce the risk of the inevitable: One day, whilst moving this piece of kit, you are going to lose the bolt. What then?;2/ Once in use, it seemed to have an unenviably large "floor footprint." I mean, in my case, it's only supporting a slim line laptop. Not only is the large footprint unnecessary, it's damned irritating too, especially if there are other stands, etc., cheers competing for space;3/ Even if you haven't moved it, make sure that you have the screwdriver and spanner at hand i.e., as provided for assembly. I'd also advise that you have a plan to deal with the main bolt's wing nut refusing to come off. The reason that you should have these items is that I have found that the table needs adjusting, from time to time; quite regularly; so be prepared (it's all good in the assembly instructions). On the other hand, you could dispense with the adjustments and, if wobbly, unstable desks are your thing, you be as happy as a pig in ... except you won't be, will you?; especially come the day when your beloved laptop falls crashing to the floor. And trust me, these things (and far worse) can and do happen.Anyhow, that's the story after a few weeks of use. Read on for my initial assessment; should you so desire.Original AssessmentOkay, first up, this product comes extremely well packaged (so, if you happen to be a collector of polystyrene, you're going to be well happy). And, as you would expect, inside the packaging, there are lots of bits and pieces; y' know?; the kind that cries out for real men to just get on with the "assembly" with no need for instructions or checking that all of the components are present. Sound familiar? Well, it seems that Langria have given this some thought and, very politely on the front page of the assembly instructions, make it abundantly clear that the use of this document is mandatory. I readily confess, I was mildly disappointed.No matter, conveniently presented before Step 1, I find a grid showing all the parts that should be in the package. To the manufacturer's credit, this is very clear, especially with the smaller components being coded as A thru I and provided in small transparent bags, coded accordingly (i.e., A thru I); it couldn't be simpler To be honest, I was nearly impressed, but truth be told, I was eager to get to Step 1.In all, there are five steps. All of these are very clear and the assembly process is relatively painless. Indeed, a mere 15 minutes later, I have my PC desk, exactly as I expected; nice and sturdy, lots of room for my 14" laptop and its USB mouse, all parts assembled as instructed, so all is well, right? Well, no. I am loathed to criticise this product, but I seem to have encountered two issues. These are:1/ Step 1 involves fixing the table's four castors to the desk's base unit. This involves inserting the threaded stem of each "wheel" into one of the four corner sockets (threaded acordingly). There's even a spanner supplied to assist you, which you will need. Unfortunately, for some reason, one of the castors refused point-blank to play ball. Try as I might, I couldn't get the threaded stem to engage with the threaded socket. Eventually, I decided to investigate and found that, the reason for the problem was in plain sight. The top of the socket's thread was covered with a slither of plastic e.g., somewhat like the waste that results from certain injection moulding processes. To clear the thread, I carefully cut the plastic shard away to reveal the socket's thread and proceeded to attach the castor. Problem sorted, but had I made a mess of rectifying the problem, what then? Simply put, this problem was visible and should have been spotted and resolved during Langria's manufacturing process.2/ The second issue is related to how the product can be "folded and collected ... when it is not used." Now, for myself, this is important as the table will be making at least one journey to the rehearsal rooms where it will be put to good use. Again, Langria has this covered and provide instructions for folding the table into a flatter, more transport friendly form. That's good, right?; well, yes. It's just that, to accomplish this, you are required to remove a bolt, two washers and a wing nut. In itself, this is not difficult (depending on how well you tightened it, of course) but, if this is performed regularly, Sod's Law will undoubtedly rear its ugly head; most likely, resulting in the accidental loss of either the bolt, the washers or the wing nut; perhaps, them all; who knows? Well, what I do know is that designing a "foldaway mechanism" that utilises, say, a lever and lock, as opposed to removing small components, isn't hard. That said, and given the overall quality of the product, I'm surprised that Langria didn't address this issue.However, in summary, I consider my money well spent, although I will have to establish how it stands up to the rigours of supporting an incredibly light laptop and its USB mouse over the coming months. Right now, I can't conceive of any potential issues. Let's hope that I'm still as satisfied in a year. In the meantime, my advice would be this: If you need a table/desk for your laptop (and mouse) that can be used whilst you are seated or standing, this product is for worthy of your attention. Simply put: It's a table (or a desk, if you prefer). It's solid, it's spacious, it looks good, it does the business, etc., etc. No, it's not rocket science, because it doesn't need to be. It's just fit for purpose and does what the advertising blurb said it would. That, in itself, is worth commenting on. Simples.

This product arrived in probably the best packaging I have ever seen. All the bits were there, the parts clearly labelled and the instructions easy to follow. For the most part assembly is fairly straightforward BUT there is a part of the assembly that involves screwing two bolts into pre-tapped (threaded) holes and this proved to be impossible. Either the thread was damaged or the holes were full of paint - it was hard to see which. Fortunately for me I happened to have access to the tool needed to fix this problem but most households would not and since this is a critical part of the assembly they would be faced with either sending the unit back or paying for it to be fixed. Once assembled this is an excellent unit and good value for money.

I bought this table as I'm disabled and often bed-bound so find it more convenient to use a laptop in bed. So the price for this item was very good but that and the aesthetics sold me, the product photos looked good and I wasn't dissapointed when I unpackaged it and began to put it together. I know the wood is only laminated with what seems like a plastic veneer but, to be honest, the finish still looks pleasing and feels pretty rugged, like it could take some accidental abuse from time to time.Luckily, I didn't encounter any of the difficulties mentioned in the 1 and 2 star reviews section, setup took about 30-40 minutes from opening the box to placing my new laptop on it for the first time. Instuctions were very clear and illustrated well, no PHD required to decipher them. As this table wass for overbed use only I didn't bother with the castors as the table wouldn't have fit beneath the divan (I never put castors on anything if I can help it, just looks too cheap and nasty and doesn't aid manoeuvrability as much as you might think. I prefer to have the weight of the item just hold itself more firmly in place.I can't add really anything that other reviewers here haven't already covered I'm sure, but just wanted to give my vote for this as a quality and excellent value little table. Like a lot of people I only really tend to give reviews when a product exceeds my expectation, which this definitely has. A very good buy indeed!(PS I would have preferred for the table top to have been one entire piece instead of two separate bits bolted together, but that's just personal preference.)