On Your Lap: Playing With Corsair’s Lapdog

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cknobman

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I could accomplish (and have) a similar feat by getting myself a $4 piece of plywood and cutting, sanding, finishing it.
Then attaching some $5 foam/bean pillow(s) to the bottom of it.

So for less than $15 and maybe an hours worth of work I have something similar.
Put on my keyboard, mouse pad, and mouse.............good to go.
 

c_for

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I did this by picking up a Lapdesk
and attaching my keyboard to it with velcro. Offset the keyboard so half hangs off the edge and you are left with more than enough mouse room. It looks a hell of a lot better than this too.
 

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Looks like an ergonomics nightmare to me... I see no elbow support at all, meaning your wrist will have to do a lot of craning to work right. I'll pass. For now I'll stick with my Steam Controller for couch gaming.
 

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I could accomplish (and have) a similar feat by getting myself a $4 piece of plywood and cutting, sanding, finishing it.
Then attaching some $5 foam/bean pillow(s) to the bottom of it.

So for less than $15 and maybe an hours worth of work I have something similar.
Put on my keyboard, mouse pad, and mouse.............good to go.
Add your logo and sell it for $69
 

hitman400

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I could accomplish (and have) a similar feat by getting myself a $4 piece of plywood and cutting, sanding, finishing it.
Then attaching some $5 foam/bean pillow(s) to the bottom of it.

So for less than $15 and maybe an hours worth of work I have something similar.
Put on my keyboard, mouse pad, and mouse.............good to go.

So in other words, you made $9 an hour and spent it on a lap tray. Yikes, $9/hour? I would rather spend my time earning more. That's how I like to see things.
 

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So in other words, you made $9 an hour and spent it on a lap tray. Yikes, $9/hour? I would rather spend my time earning more. That's how I like to see things.

That doesn't even make sense. So because he spent $9 making something that's all the money he makes? Riiiight.

Personally, I would have liked to see something like this, but cordless.
 

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Uhhh... Perhaps you should try and figure out your own skills and how to make money. Corsair says the Lapdog without keyboard and mouse will be $89. By building his own (note you didn't disagree with his hour estimate, so we'll use that), he saves $89 (what it would have cost to buy) - $15 (what he spent making his version) = $64. So, if you wish to look at what he is making by building this, it is $64, If he could make that hourly, that's about $133K a year, not a bad job. With the mad math skills you exhibited with figuring his wages for this at $9/hour, I'll bet it more likely you're working McD's that pulling in over $133K a year!
 

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I have floated a keyboard in my lap for years.. always had a flat place for the mouse close by.. its a bit much for a large board with everything shifting with your body.. just to much to ask..
 
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