Bonelk Elevate — Laptop Stand
from $54.54 ex GST
($59.99 inc GST)
Laptop stands raise a screen to eye level, which is the single cheapest fix for the neck and shoulder strain that comes from a teacher spending a day looking down at a laptop on a desk. Aluminium construction, folding flat where the design allows.
Choose your model:
Elevate Stance — a fixed aluminium riser, the simplest and lowest-cost option. Silver or black.
Elevate Junior — compact and foldable, sized for smaller laptops and Chromebooks
Elevate — the standard adjustable stand, folds flat to travel between rooms
Elevate Flow — adjustable with an open design for airflow, for laptops that run warm
Elevate 360 — rotates, so a screen can be turned to show a student or a group without moving the laptop
Where these matter in a school. Staff workstations and front offices, where someone is at a laptop for hours. The 360 is also worth considering for a teacher who regularly turns a screen to show work to students, and for library and help-desk positions.
Check the fold. If the stand stays on one desk, a fixed riser is cheaper and sturdier. If it moves between rooms with the laptop, choose one that folds flat.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South BookArc Flex — Vertical Laptop Stand
$63.63 ex GST
($69.99 inc GST)
A vertical stand that holds a closed laptop on its edge, freeing the desk space the machine would otherwise occupy. For a workstation where the laptop drives an external monitor and stays shut all day, this is the tidiest way to store it.
What it does:
Holds a closed laptop vertically
Adjustable to fit different thicknesses
Chrome or white
Where it fits: a staff desk running a laptop in clamshell mode with a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Also useful for storing a set of laptops upright on a shelf rather than stacked.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South Curve Riser — iMac & Displays
$127.26 ex GST
($139.99 inc GST)
A riser that lifts an iMac or an external display, with space underneath to slide a keyboard away when the desk is needed for something else.
What it does:
Raises an iMac or monitor to a comfortable height
Storage space beneath for a keyboard
Black steel construction
Where it fits: a fixed workstation in a library, office or design lab. The space underneath matters more than it sounds on a shared desk that also gets used for paperwork.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South Curve — Compact Laptop Stands
from $54.54 ex GST
($59.99 inc GST)
Compact stands from the Curve range — smaller and lower-cost than the full Curve, for desks where space is tight or the stand needs to travel with the laptop.
Choose your model:
Curve Nano — the smallest, folds flat to travel. Slate, dune or coastal.
Curve Mini — a step up in height and stability
Curve Flex — adjustable height and angle, for setting a screen exactly at eye level
Why raise a laptop at all. A screen on the desk means looking down all day, which is the most common cause of neck and shoulder complaints among staff. A stand is the cheapest ergonomic fix available — though it does mean adding an external keyboard, since the built-in one is no longer at typing height.
Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South Curve — Laptop Stand
$81.81 ex GST
($89.99 inc GST)
The full-size Curve — a fixed aluminium stand that raises a laptop screen to eye level. No moving parts, which is why it's more stable than an adjustable stand and why it lasts.
What it does:
Raises a laptop to a comfortable viewing height
Open design underneath for airflow
Fixed height — no joints to loosen
Worth knowing: raising the screen means the built-in keyboard is no longer at typing height, so budget for an external keyboard and mouse alongside it. That's true of every laptop stand, and it's the step people forget.
Need something smaller or adjustable? The Curve Nano, Mini and Flex cover compact and height-adjustable options. Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.
Twelve South HoverBar Duo — Adjustable iPad Arm
$127.26 ex GST
($139.99 inc GST)
An adjustable arm that holds an iPad wherever you need it — over a desk, beside a monitor, or angled down at a workbench. The arm is the point: a normal stand puts a tablet in one position, this puts it anywhere.
What it does:
Weighted base with an adjustable arm
Holds an iPad at almost any height and angle
Black or white
Where it earns its place in a school:
As a visualiser — angle an iPad down over a desk to show worked examples on the board
Recording demonstrations — science, art, food technology and maker work filmed from overhead
Stop-motion animation — a stable overhead position is exactly what the task needs
Accessibility — positioning a screen for a student who can't hold a device
Cheaper than a dedicated document camera if you already have iPads, and does more with them. Purchase orders accepted on school accounts.