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38 of 39 found the following review helpful:
 Second time's a charm! Jul 21, 2011
By Candice L Martin
We've purchased two of these over the last six years. Both are in good working order. The first purchase confused me on assembly and I felt it was too intensive for a book stand. In addition, it just didn't have the "look" I wanted in my office. However, after years and MANY more bookstand purchases (which were beautiful or easier, but never better) I have come to appreciate this design a great deal. In fact, it has become the only one we use. The others are tucked away in drawers or sitting on shelves.
This stand is practical and functional. Once the assembly is understood, which took us a time or two, it becomes less confusing and the realization of the practicality dawns. It is quite a good little book holder.
The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is the initial confusion (simple directions would be useful) and the look. It would be gorgeous in wood. I also felt the price was a little steep, but notice I went and paid it again when we wanted a second stand. I do recommend it. I just wish it was prettier.
29 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth it Nov 20, 2011
By Haikuo Bian
"my2cents"
Cons:
A) Don't be fooled by the metallic look. It is made of 100% plastic. Very light duty, not good for HEAVY books (Wife's Pathology text book crushed one of the plastic peg in 5 minutes.
B) Not steady enough for BIG books. It tends to flip over very easy
C) Viewing angle is not really adjustable.
D) Expensive for what it does.
Pros:
Light and portable.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Too pricey for the plastic you get. Nov 15, 2011
By Your Future Ex Husband
"Vader Was Framed!"
Really, this product is not bad, it has many positions you can put it into and is flat when the pegs are stored, although when enough time passes the holes will be loose enough so that the two plastic pieces won't hold together. Eventually all holes get loose. For about $30 though, no way. I paid $20 for a lightning deal and even I am kindof on the fence about that. $15? Maybe. $10? Yeah, I really could see this thing being ten bucks. Definately NOT $30 and yes, that is a proper review because the price effects the product if it seems cheap.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Beware the pegs Dec 06, 2011
By S. Benedict
"reader"
I got this book stand for my 87-year old mother who is recovering from a broken elbow and cannot hold her paperbacks. The stand works great--it's fairly stable, holds mass market paperbacks pretty well. But it keeps getting dropped at the nursing home, and now, in just 3 weeks, they've lost one of the pegs. And, since I can't find replacement pegs at Amazon, now I have to hunt for dowels or something to replace them. So it's not been the solution I'd hoped.
If you're getting this to use somewhere it won't get moved too much, it's great.
If you're getting it for someone who will need to move it a lot and where many people will handle it, you might want to reconsider.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Most Expensive Piece of Plastic Ever Sold Nov 16, 2011
By SteelRing
Who would've thunk such a simple arrangement of hard pieces of plastic can be so useful. No, it truly does work. For the longest time I struggled with positioning my reading material on the table with a desk lamp directly shining above it. With the book lying flat on the table, you would think that is how a normal person would read, but the glare from the light somehow gets perfectly reflected back to your face in such position. This becomes particularly irritating with magazines and their glossy pages. Comes this thing along, snapped from the gold box not knowing what to expect. Right off the bat it's a no-brainer to assemble and what a world of difference when I placed my Economist magazine on it. The angle is set just right so that the magazine itself does not fall even in almost vertical position, but now the pages are directly perpendicular to my face and voila there is now no more glare from the light. The surface area is big enough to accommodate just about any size of books and the pegs are useful for certain books whose binding tend to bring itself shut unless you put your hands in to keep them open. This is particularly true for paperbacks with 300+ pages in it, the ones that are shaped like a brick, but those are meant to be read with your thumb buried in them anyway while you carry them around to the couch and on the bed. I find this would be particularly superb if you somehow must type into your computer what you're reading from the book/magazine like when writing a paper or so. Of course in this age of ipad and kindle nobody would probably need this for actual old-fashioned book reading if you're under 30 years of age today. However, I was able to successfully place my 10.1 galaxy tab on it and it sure works like a charm for watching movie or reading the kindle app on it, with the peg in use of course.
My only complaint will be that I will probably lose the pegs quite easily since it's not easily stored / attached to anything. Of course if it's too hard to secure it will also defeat the purpose of the peg. With the so-called "durable" plastic, I am not convinced it will withstand any accident such as one's bottom sitting on it while it's misplaced on the couch or the bed, but if safely placed on a reading desk I have no doubt it would withstand any normal book weight just fine.
Lastly, it's literally just 2 pieces of hard plastic (with holes) and 2 plastic pegs altogether cost no more than a nickel to manufacture but sold for $30. I do find it useful for something ingeniously simple but I'm torn with the fact that I'm feeling totally ripped off at the same time. Would it really hurt their profit to include a few more pegs just for spare?
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