roostin

Hi, thank you for taking a look at the Roost!

You nailed it, laptops are bad for extended work. Which combined with the huge increase in laptop popularity in the last 5 years, has caught a lot of people off guard. And increased awareness is always good!

The Roost provides a great, ergonomic desktop replacement for those that can't afford an external monitor with their laptop.

Thank you for taking a look! Those are good products, anything people can use will help.

I tried all sorts of portable solutions before working on the Roost, I found I never traveled with them because they were too bulky or heavy, which defeated the point. The Roost is 5oz, and takes up hardly any room in the bag, which was the tipping point for me to actually use the device. I also found those stands didn't get the laptop screen high enough, and that it was critical to use an external keyboard to achieve proper separation between keyboard and monitor.

Absolutely no worries, it's early on a Monday!

I think it is an awareness problem, I had no idea what "ergonomics" meant, it's not the hippest word on the street.

If someone had come out and said, "Don't hunch over your laptop all day", I know I would have perked up much sooner.

Chreiya, it is never too late to do something about it, and the bod's ability to heal is amazing.

I thought I was cooked, went in for a "nerve conduction test" (think electrified needles doing a bandwidth test on your nerves, highly do not recommend), and my nerves were working well, but very upset at me. The continued typing causes the muscles in the hands/arms to lock up, which aggravates everything else. Go see a doc or physical therapist, there is a great regiment of stretches that can get things in check.

The crazy amount of performance packed into laptops these days has completely changed the paradigm for how a lot of people work. Now people have the freedom to do serious work (graphic processing, video work, etc) wherever they want.