Customer Reviews

Fellowes 21140 Booklift Copyholder(Metallic Silver)

5 star:		(49)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Because I'm a free lance writer and reviewer, I often have to have books on a holder for reference or for when I'm direct quoting.

I had a book holder from another company, but it was a piece of junk. It wouldn't hold up thicker books and the thin, rounded "holders" at the bottom kept popping off. I even had my husband tried to fix them by shoring up the holders with tape and such.

It kept breaking and out of frustration, I went to an office supply store to look for another one. The silver Fellowes Book Holder was all they had. Although the clerk assured me it was a sturdy, I was skeptical. I had him go into the office, get me a thick, hardcover book--and proceeded to take the Book Holder out of the box to test it. (Yes, right there in the store!)

I was immediately impressed with the sturdiness and snugness of the wide holders at the bottom. The plastic looks flimsy, but I'm tellin' ya, this baby really does well for holding open thick books! I've been using mine for about a week now and love it. No more headaches when I need to get a quote! YAY!

Really the only product advertised as capable of holding more than just a few sheets of paper, the Fellowes Book Lift Holder serves its purpose well enough. I use it specifically to have an open textbook as a reference on my desk while doing schoolwork, yet the product quality certainly could use some improvement. This holder is made of a flimsy plastic, not exactly the kind of durable material needed to consistently hold heavy textbooks. In my opinion this thing needs to be made of metal, but hey, what do you expect for 10 bucks? So if you are looking for something to hold open your textbooks (cooking books, papers, etc.) you really will not find much else on the market. Just do not expect this to be of a very high quality.

I've owned about 3 of these so far. There is a little tab in the back that inserts into a hole where you select the height of the stand. The little tab bears ALL of the weight of the book & stand, and it is plastic along with the rest of the unit.

I keep crazy glueing the tab back, and it continues to work for a while, but it's frustrating. There is another clipboard/bookstand out there called the "easy reader", which is a little more pricey and heavier, but infinitely more sturdy. It might have been discontinued too.

I really don't understand why they don't make the part that has the tab metal. If they did, the stand would last a whole lot longer, and would hold bigger books. As a medical student, I need it to hold larger textbooks, and it doesn't do the job. It works well for smaller books.

Sometimes I need to have a few books open at the same time, and still have clear desk space for note taking. I used to keep one in my lap, or close it with a scrap of paper in it to keep the page, or sometimes just put an open book on the floor so I could open another. Not any more! Now I look back on those days and laugh at myself like a maniac until my face hurts because of what a total moron I was. What the crud was I thinking anyway?? This thing keeps my books open, and saves space on my desk. The little page holders fall out, but not all the time, so who cares? You're not going to loose them unless you've got a silver shag rug that's three inches deep, and it's not a big deal to pop them back in.

In truth I have two of these pretty good book things!

I have tried a dozen holders; this is the best available.

Others tip over easily, or they hold only books of a limited size, or they are large, heavy, bulky, and therefore absurdly expensive, etc...

This is light, yet sturdy. Hint: I included a few large metal clips, the ones with long silver grasps that flip over and hold the pages in place. With the clips, this bookholder works excellently well.

In addition, it is also preforated to fit into any three-ring binder. The manufacturer thought of everything on this one. I keep one in the car for when I read in restaurants, another at home, and still a third on my office desk.

I read the other reviews on this bookholder and wasn't so sure about it. However, after buying and trying it out, I have no regrets. Don't know why I waited soo long to get one (dont be like me and wait until you start to feel some neck strain from hours of studying hunched over before buying one). Although made of plastic, it is very study and has nice rubber feet to keep it from sliding. The clips on the bottom work very well to keep pages open and you can change how firm or loose you want it to hold. Unlike other models, this one folds completely flat so you can carry it in your backpack between books. I have used it mostly for softcover textbooks and have no problems

I thought this was metal. It's plastic. The clips at the bottom are flimsy. The way they took this photo it looks as if the book holder will open up but it doesn't. They just formed the plastic so it would look as if it would fold out in the photo. What a rip off.

I read a lot and I was always annoying of having to hold the book open to a certain page. I also hated having to try to type something from a book while having to hold the book open to a certain page. Well, I finally decide to try this nice little invention, and let me tell you, it's definitely worth it! It's cheap, but the plastic works fine and does the job well. It stands up and holds the book to a certain page just as promised. The stand is adjustable. It's great, it makes my life so much easier, and I'm sure glad I bought it!

I use it to hold my 14" Toshiba M4 tablet PC, big and heavy. This book stand does an excellent job, despite that it was not designed for this purpose. I also upload some pictures showing this book stand at work.

PRO:
-- easy to adjust angle, easy conversion from handwriting angles to typing angle.
-- light and compact, carried in my suitcase

CON:
-- a little too soft for a computer (understand that it was not designed for this job though)

For those who own a Tablet PC and use stylus and keyboard inputs together, this is an excellent choice to hold your tablet on the desktop.

It worked much better than expected. The page clips also were very good, but one fell off about 5 minutes into owning/using the item (I put it back on, but fell off a couple more times). I also get the feeling that the other parts are fragile as well.