Best Lap Desks – Consumer Reports

A lap desk is a platform that you place on or over your lap—you then position your laptop, tablet, phone, and books on top of the platform. It provides work flexibility and freedom from the tyranny of your home office, the library, or your dorm desk.

However their distinctive designs make some lap desks more comfortable, convenient, and portable than others, so to separate the great options from the blah ones, CR evaluated five popular lap desks while using a laptop, reading, and writing in a notebook. Three were our top choices for comfort, useful features, and portability.