Pros

• Places laptop in ergonomic position
• Light, compact, and easy to travel with
• Easy to position and place variety of laptops on
• Helps keep laptop cool

Cons

• A bit pricey

The Bottom Line
If you’re looking for a way to prop your laptop up while out on the road or even daily at your office, then Innovative has your perfect laptop bag companion, the Cricket. Small like its namesake, the little guy expands easily to let you plop your laptop on and get it in that perfect viewing angle. And, as a plus, it helps keep your laptop cool!

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Recommended
Yes

Full Review
SvenOnTech reviewed the Attaché Laptop Desk a few months ago and wasn’t impressed with its cooling abilities. Then we get the Cricket and while its purpose has nothing to do with cooling, guess what? It actually helped keep our MacBook Pro cool! In fact, it felt cooler on touch after use than with the Attaché. How fun is that?

Now lets get into the true purpose of the Cricket and thats to position your laptop while not robbing your computer bag of room. I got to admit, I was immediately impressed with the Cricket when I unboxed it. Heck, it even comes with a nice little bag to hold it in. When compacted, the Cricket is one small tike ready for work. Simply press in the large round button to place the unit into an arch, like an A frame. Spread out and pull on the legs to get room for laptop placement. Set your puppy on and you are good to go. Now make the adjustment with the round button in the middle of the arch to raise or lower the laptop. That’s it. Simple, huh?

Uses for the Cricket include set up with a wireless (or wired) keyboard and mouse turning your notebook into a monitor without need to use its onboard keys or touchpad. Raising the stand higher allows for you to use your laptops screen for small presentations with a wireless mouse or pointer. Or you can just set it up on a hotel bed and watch a movie before you call it a night.

The Cricket can hold up to 12 pounds and can be used with Tablets and nearly all makes of laptops.

Overall
SvenOnTech has reviewed Innovative products before (previous review) and we liked its stuff then and we like its stuff in the name of the Cricket now. Innovative really does make, well, innovative products. The Cricket is small, light, and really stinkin’ easy to use. It serves a great purpose and looks slick. With three colors, Eco Green, Mac White, and Charcoal, you’re toughest decision for this product will be which color?

Price: $39.95

Platform: Standard sized laptop

Website: Cricket™ Laptop Stand

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