BookArc for MacBook | Space-saving vertical stand to organize work & home office for Apple MacBooks, *Now compatible with M1 MacBooks* (space grey)

I bought this to keep my laptop cool and it is brilliant for that as it is not just lifted above the desk like a lot of other solutions that I have tried. But it looks fantastic and makes more space on the desk. I am so pleased with it. This stand is brilliant.

Arrived packaged in the most beautiful box I think I've ever seen, it even has a magnetic catch on the lid!. Possibly explains why the thing is so stupidly expensive. Genius idea, design something that works well, make it a must-have design and watch the money roll in. Very nice piece of minimal industrial design, despite some of the bonkers reviews (not heavy enough..???), it works just fine, GENTLY position your MacBook in place, GENTLY lift it out again. It holds your expensive laptop perfectly. The 'slot' is lined with soft-touch silicone rubber to cushion the MacBook. Be aware it has a 'front' and a 'back' - the slot is shaped to house the slightly different contour of the lid and the underside of the MacBook. £43 on Amazon, £50 on Apple.com!!! Very nice box tho'....

Looks good & holds the MacBook well - very sturdy, no issues. With a case on the MBP I had to swap for one of the included inserts, but found it still works well. The reason for docking a star? Most of the price must be in the packaging - I'm glad it arrived safely, but the premium unboxing experience is over the top for a simple laptop stand.

Perfect

I bought this after reading the other negative reviews, thinking I'd return it if it's as terrible as others have said. However I'm keeping it because I think it suits my needs enough and I shouldn't run the risk of it toppling over. The Goods: Small form factor - I'm going to be using it on my bedside table with my 2023 16" MacBook Pro, which is a heavy beast. I keep my iPad and my MBP on the bedside table and the MBP's just taking up too much space - sticking off the side all the time. Being able to stand it up without reserving a massive area for the base was a must. The simple design means I can fit it on the table with my other tidbits whilst leaving comfortable amount of space left for my iPad. I can imagine myself taking it on holidays as well. Nice design - it looks good and timeless. All the other vertical stands I've seen are very blocky and just don't appeal to me. It's flexible (literally) - I've tested it with my work laptop - a Dell plastic thic boi; my iPad; M1 MacBook Air and my new 16" M3 Max MacBook Pro. They all sit comfortably in the stand, with the 16" MBP being the least sturdy due to its weight and height when stood up - leaving it more vulnerable to toppling like a double decker bus on a race track. This leads us to: The Bads: The rubber isn't particularly grippy on the base - this baffles me considering the target market are MacBook users - the smooth aluminium edge of MBPs don't particularly grip well against the rubber, which means easy lateral movement. It's intentionally designed to not pinch the laptop at the bottom to allow them to say 'future proofed' and not forcing you to buy different grips for 16" laptops like the older BookArc - at the cost of lateral stability. The stand is ironically better suited for my work laptop, some plastically Dell that's thicker and less dense, but the 16" MBP - my most expensive laptop - ends up being most susceptible to falling over. Jack of all trade, master at none - going back to the flexibility point: whilst it works for laptops of different thicknesses, thinner and lighter laptops don't get pinched as much at the top of the stand, which compromises stability again. So I don't quite have the perfect laptop that I feel the stand is really designed for. It does the job, but I just don't know how reliable it will be. Single narrow pinching point at the top - I understand the curve design offering a wider base and it feels like a clever bit of design and engineering to get this stand made. But looking at most vertical stands - they generally have 2 pinch points (4 points of contact with 2 on each side) or full width pinching, I certainly expect greater stability from them than this. Bottomline: All that said, I think it's a good looking stand that you can make work for you as long as you're careful and have good placement on your desk / table. If I end up having my laptop fall over and break, I'll be sure to return to update my review!

I use this with my 2019 Intel 16-inch MBP and the F insert holds it in place quite nice. It saves me a lot of space on my desk and I have it placed in front of my PC that's using the NR200P case. These two setups pretty much take up similar space in terms of height and width. Temperatures are pretty much normal and similar to when I had my MBP flat on the desk (still running in clamshell mode) but airflow is probably improved now. I think the arc blocks a small amount of the exhaust vents on the MBP but doesn't seem to have any negative impacts so far.

As someone with a small desk, this was a great space saver. I’ve been using my laptop as a makeshift PC during lockdown and it had been taking up a large amount of space on my desk. The item arrived in fantastic packaging, undamaged and on time. No setup or installation required, ready to use from out the box. Simply place your MacBook into the grooves. They are rubber padded so I don’t need to worry about scratching my Mac for a second. The stand is sturdy and I have no worries if I my bash my desk that my Mac will fall (which I have tested out!) The stand also allows me to see my Mac and makes cable management a lot neater. As seen in one of the images, just two cables (power and HDMI) are plugged into the Mac, the rest is hidden away. It acts almost as a cable management solution! Got this on a lightning deal for £27, would definitely buy again. Perhaps would think twice at original price, but the build quality is great and the stand matches the colour of my Mac (space grey) perfectly. For the amount of space it’s saved, it’s a lifesaver! Wish I had bought it earlier. If you don’t use your Mac as a secondary display, which I found I don’t, this is the perfect solution. I previously had a laptop stand which held my Mac open, but it took up a lot of space and I didn’t realise how little I actually use my Mac screen when connected to the desktop. 5 stars all around, if it weren’t on a lightning deal perhaps 3 or 4 stars for value. Still recommend!

god damn unstable, soon as I started using it with M1 14 inch, the MacBook fell, all over the place, now dented. not to mention breaking all my peripheral usb devices, including my thunderbolt cable!