Ultra comfy laptop usage

September 10, 2008 5:46 PM

How can I get a suntan on my back and use my laptop at the same time comfortably? I guess I'm looking for some contraption that lets me comfortably lie on my stomach while having my arms and neck free to type and view. Also interested in indoor options which allow laptop use lying face down. Comfort enabling options for other postures also welcome.
posted by zaebiz to technology (8 comments total)

1. Get a sun lounge.
2. Lay down on it on your belly.
3. Put laptop on ground.
4. ?
5. Profit!
posted by turgid dahlia at 5:58 PM on September 10, 2008

Get a massage table (the kind with a hole for your face) and put your laptop under it. If it's not too wide, you should be able to hang your arms down and type. Personally, I just lay on the floor and prop my chest up on a pillow, which supports most of the weight of my head and arms. Prop yourself up on your elbows, put the laptop in front of you, and have at it.
posted by Death by Ugabooga at 5:59 PM on September 10, 2008

turgid dahlia: "1. Get a sun lounge."

Ok I'm dumb as - but what's a sun lounge? Aren't they those really uncomfortable wooden or plastic things you see on cruise ships?
posted by zaebiz at 6:10 PM on September 10, 2008

Aren't they those really uncomfortable wooden or plastic things you see on cruise ships?

Generally, yes. But you could get one of these.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:25 PM on September 10, 2008

I do this all the time, including right now.
You just find a comfortable surface (bed, lounge, grass, towel, etc.) and stack up a couple of pillows.
Lie down on your stomach, rest your chest and elbows on the pillows, and move your laptop close enough that you can reach it to type. Voila!
posted by exceptinsects at 7:25 PM on September 10, 2008

You need a face-down lounger.
posted by Exchequer at 8:35 PM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

massage chair
posted by docmccoy at 10:23 PM on September 10, 2008

tanning causes skin cancer. - dont' do it.

well more seriously. a masasge type surface would be cool. mayeb with the legs cut shorter so you can reach the laptop.

or just get a plank of wood, cut a head hole out, put some legs on it and maybe some comfy padding and there you go!
posted by mary8nne at 6:23 AM on September 11, 2008