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Working on a laptop and looking down at the monitor creates neck flexion, which can lead to pain and discomfort. The LULULOOK foldable laptop stand allows you to position the held screen in an ergonomically correct position, provides passive cooling, and can spin your anxiety away. Read on to see what I think! What is it? The LULULOOK foldable laptop stand is similar to the Benks Infinity Max laptop stand that was reviewed shortly before this publication. The stand features a rubber-footed base that rotates below an aluminum foot. The foot is connected to a computer/tablet stand by a pivoting armature. The computer/tablet stand has holes in its center to permit passive ventilation and the top surface is covered in soft silicone to provide a grippy surface and also to protect items placed on it. The bottom of the stand has a retractable lip to keep items held at a steep angle from sliding off. What’s in the box? • LULULOOK foldable laptop stand Hardware Specs • item Weight: 1.45KG • Plate dimensions: 26.8 x 22.8cm • Materials: aluminum and silicon Design and features The LULULOOK foldable laptop stand base is a rotating circular section of aluminum completely coated with silicon that is about 7-1/2″ across. There is a center section that is stationary about 1-1/2″ across. There is a spring dog that is part of the base to keep the base from rotating uncontrollably. To me, the sound of the spring brings back memories of childhood toys that made similar sounds. I find listening to this sound again quite soothing and calming. I find it unlikely that the makers of the LULULOOK foldable laptop stand could have imagined this effect but I’m happy that they chose this hardware to keep the base in a fixed position. They could have used a set screw and a set of washers to make a rotating base but this is a much higher quality design. The silicone covering on the base is so smooth that it has a sort of suction effect on smooth surfaces. There isn’t anything that is creating a vacuum but when the base is clean and on a smooth surface there is plenty of grip to keep it from moving. The top of the base has the words LULULOOK chemically etched onto the top of the base. The pivots on the armature are capped in machined aluminum plugs. There doesn’t seem to be any way that the tension in the joints can be adjusted up or down. Right now they are very tight. In fact, the stand can hold a 25-pound dumbbell without moving. However, if this item is routinely opened and closed, I can imagine that the pivots may lose