9 Best Lap Desk Models for 2023

Atumtek’s two-in-one table and lap desk for bed are ideal for working from home. There is a strip of foam to support your wrists and two larger strips of foam at the base to support your lap. As a result, you get the perfect amount of comfort. 

You can literally use this in bed, sitting on the floor, or any other conceivable position without creating extra strain. Above all, we never found it slipping or sliding away from us, which is important.

Its anti-scratch wood-look surface is particularly impressive. It feels premium despite the affordable $69.99 price tag. It’s made from MDF, but this is high-quality and allows it to be light.

The overall design is large enough to do the job without being too cumbersome to carry around. When you use it for resting on your lap, Its official measurements are 23.6 x 13.7 x 3.5 inches. Meanwhile, the premium steel legs take its height to 10.8 inches. These legs also have non-slip joiners.

What’s great about the width of this relatively large lap desk is you’ll have no trouble using a mouse and mouse mat alongside your laptop. If just like us, you don’t like built-in mouse functions, this might be the best lap desk for you.

Furthermore, it carries a weight of up to 44lbs (20KG), so it will easily support your laptop and any extra stuff you might add alongside.

In short, you can use Atumtek’s versatile bed laptop stand anywhere once you’re outside a typical office workstation. The ability to lay under its legs or put it on another surface. Or simply use the memory foam directly on your lap, which is what sells it for us.

Snazzy is perhaps the best way to describe LapGear’s ‘designer’ portable laptop desk. There are no less than eight different styles to choose from, each with its own colorful pattern on the cushioned underside.

While this isn’t memory foam, the soft cushion material covers the entire surface area and meets a handy carry handle at the top, so you can easily take it anywhere.

The topside surface is faux wood, but its little extras are what gives this modern lap desk its appeal. At the bottom end is a small rubbery strip that will prevent your laptop from sliding off the desk. Then, at the top right is a slot to place your smartphone. This accommodates all phones horizontally and those up to 7.9 inches vertically. 

This is perfect, since having your phone on hand is important whether you’re working from home or just using a lap desk for leisure time.

Additionally, LapGear’s strap across the top left corner allows you to secure things like books, notepads, a secondary phone, or practically anything you want on hand without slipping away. However, this is more during use. If you were to pick it up by the carry handle, most of the time whatever’s strapped there will fall out.

Official dimensions are 17.75 x 13.75 x 2.75 inches, and prices start at around $22, depending on the style and material you choose. 

In conclusion, the LapGear Designer lap desk for laptop is an affordable solution for those that want to work in comfort at home or on the go. While it doesn’t have the memory foam or extra legs that some products do, the phone holder and strap are excellent features.

This laptop holder for bed by Hegreh packs in the features, letting you work and play in comfort from your bed, couch, or anywhere that isn’t your typical computer desk. 

It stands at 23.6 x 15.6 x 9.8 inches, which is one of the larger options on our list. However, it never feels cumbersome. The benefit is that it can fit larger laptops, up to 17 inches, while offering components other folding laptop desks don’t.

For example, you get a:

• Cup holder to keep that coffee from spilling.
• Side draw to store your papers, mobile devices, or any other small items.
• USB power supply surface that can take three USB devices. (Note: This itself has a USB under the desk. You must plug it into a power supply to function).
• Device holder at the top that can fit most phones and tablets.
• Small fan to keep everything cool, including yourself during the summer months.
• LED light to keep things illuminated if you're in bed in the evening.

There is also more than enough surface area to use a separate mouse and mat with this folding lap desk.

Moreover, to keep things portable, the non-slip legs easily fold under the tabletop.

You can get all this for around $40, which is excellent value for money.

In conclusion, there’s not much not to like about the Hegreh Lap Desk for Bed. However, if we were going to pick a fault, the USB power cable could be a bit longer to allow for better maneuverability. But this is far from a dealbreaker.

The Max Smart laptop lap tray is about as efficient as they come in terms of space. Instead of being too wide, you can pull out a tray if you need room for a standalone mouse. 

We especially liked the fact the tray can be pulled from the left or right, giving left-handed users just as much support. We also found this added surface useful to place a phone or notepad.

Its exact dimensions are 14.1 inches by 9.8 inches and can accommodate laptops up to 15.1 inches with a little overhang. 

Furthermore, it doesn’t overdo the cushioning. It’s actually fairly sturdy, but this was never uncomfortable for us, even after hours of use. The main thing is it is non-slip and, despite being only a couple of inches in thickness, provides a powerful heat shield. That means no scorched knees from an overheating laptop.

Because of its size, it’s one of the best lap desk solutions for portability. It weighs just 2.2 lbs., making it easy to slot into any bag. You can use it anywhere from your bedroom to the library with ease. 

If you’re looking for a lightweight lap desk without the frills, you can pick this up for less than $30.

Of course, that means no desk legs, cup or media holders, or any other extras.

As the name hints, these folding lap desks are ideal for multi-tasking. Not only does it feature a smartphone and smallер tablet holder, but alongside is a larger holder for laptop screens that separate from their keyboards. Or, indeed, larger tablets up to 15 inches. 

This particular portion of the tray is adjustable so that you can get it at just the right angle for your needs. The wooden stop at the front of the desk prevents your keyboard from slipping off. Likewise, you could use the whole desk to hold a book and stop it from slipping in the same manner.

The adjustable laptop tray table is also excellent for storage. Alongside the two holders is a pull-out drawer to place pens, notepads, and other small accessories. 

At 21.5 x 13.75 Depth x 9.25 inches, it easily accommodates a separate mouse and mat (surface included). 

This wooden lap desk has a solid premium build with a stylish walnut finish. Because of this, it used to go for over $100, but now you can find it for a very reasonable $50. 

While you’ll definitely need some room in your bag to take it on the go, everything is adjustable, including the legs. At the very least, it’s easy to move from room to room and is no heavier than 8.6 lbs. 

The only thing it really lacks is a cup holder. But we’ve never been too fond of having drinks so close to our equipment, whether there’s a holder or not. 

Ruitta’s laptop desk for bed is designed well as an adjustable laptop bed table, but it functions just as well in other portable desk scenarios.

Its standout feature is its numerous holders. Firstly, you get a 10.5-inch tablet or smartphone holder, or even for smaller detachable notebook screens. At the end of this, you can slot in a pen.

Then on the right is a cup holder to prevent those unnecessary spillages. This also doubles as another phone holder.

Overall, the desk is 23.6 x 15.7 inches on the surface, which can easily house laptops up to 17 inches. There’s even enough room to use a separate mouse. 

If you knock the table, there is no concern over your device going flying, thanks to the non-slip coating on top of MDF. Furthermore, there’s a layer of cushioning. And should your drink still slip through your fingers, waterproofing will keep it from causing serious damage to the table, at least.

If you want to move the multi-purpose lap tray, you simply retract the 11-inch legs, and it's more than light enough to carry at 4.9 lbs. On the other hand, if you want to take it on your travels, you’re going to need a fairly large bag. It’s much easier if you’re just using it in the home.

For just around $23, it’s arguably the best laptop desk for bed purposes in terms of value for money. All it lacks is extra cushioning on the bottom, which some include to allow use as a flat tray.

When you hear ‘bed tray,’ you probably think of something simple. However, the Saiji Laptop Bed Tray Desk can just as easily make the best lap desk for gaming rankings as any other purpose. It’s this versatility that immediately earned its place on our list.

Firstly, the entire table surface can be adjusted to four different positions: 12 degrees, 24 degrees, and 36 degrees. This makes it ideal for laying or sitting upright in bed and all sorts of other scenarios.

Overall surface dimensions are 23.62 x 17.7 x 0.39 inches, with a weight of 7.7lbs unboxed.

Secondly, the legs have five height adjustments that bring the desk to 10.7-inches, 11.8-inches, 12.9-inches, 14-inches, and 15.1-inches. 

Along with these adjustments are tons of little extras that add to the appeal of this bed desk for laptops. At the front is a groove to slot a pen, right next to a stopper to prevent anything sliding off the surface at the higher angles. Even then, that’s rare, thanks to the non-slip coating. 

At the side, you get a small pull-out drawer that can fit anything from your glasses or an extra phone to pens, a notepad, or small computer accessories.

Next, at the top side is a slot to fit a tablet or smartphone. In addition, you get a removable book holder that fits into the same slot but then supports a thicker book, a couple of thinner books, or a folder. This holder is conveniently sized, so a smartphone can still join alongside it in a vertical position. 

What else?

This Saiji model can withstand 40kg of weight, making it one of the best lap desks we’ve reviewed in terms of sturdiness.

If you’re looking for space-saving furniture, it also folds away nicely. Perhaps not small enough for your average bag, but you can easily slide it under a bed or place it in a cupboard without taking up a lot of space. 

If you can meet the $90 price, this is well in contention for the top laptop desk for bed and home use.

The Surf is one of the few brands marketing a lap desk for kids, ideally for 6-year-olds and up. The simple and affordable design can be picked up for less than $40 and comes in 12 different colors to fit any bedroom, educational setting, or child’s preference.

It’s a molded plastic lap desk that has a seat at the bottom and forms an S shape with the table at a slight angle at the top. This makes it an ergonomic desk when the child is sat cross-legged on the ground.

Table surface dimensions are 14.2 x 10 inches, making it good for laptops, but many other activities like written homework or even sitting down to eat are just as suitable. It’s very easy to wipe down and keep clean. 

The downside to its simplicity is that there is no adjustability, storage, holders, or other extras. Overall, it takes up 24 x 14.2 x 11 inches of space. Furthermore, it can topple over if nobody is sitting on it and something heavier is left on the tabletop. 

It also doesn’t fold, so it’s not something you can put in a bag. However, at just 3lbs, it’s still easy to pick up and move around as you need it. You could easily put it in the car and go to the park or move it from the bedroom to the living room or garden. 

In conclusion, as a kids lap desk, it gets it right, but a few more bells and whistles would make it that much better.

The Honey-Can-Do TBL-03540 is a series of small laptop computer tables that simply rest on your lap like a tray, with removable cushion support underneath. This creates the perfect barrier from laptop heat and allows for comfortable use over a longer period without needing a full-blown computer desk.

It measures 23.23 x 15.75 inches on the table area, while the whole thing is just 2.52 inches of solid MDF with a non-slip surface. Built-in is a simple carry handle hole, making it easy to travel with, though it’s also small enough to fit in a bag.

Colors include Mint, Hot Pink, White, Black, Indigo Blue, and Light Blue.

We did not immediately see the purpose of the removable cushion. Still, it can make packing and storage easier, and you may wish to use the tray on another surface where the cushion isn’t needed. 

A simple flap also works as a cable management system, keeping everything tidy if you have multiple cords coming from your laptop or tablet. 

Unlike other lap desks, this one is not aimed at beds or any particular environment, and there are no holders or extras. We found it works best as a simple laptop tray for couch or chair sitting.

Of course, you could just as easily use it to place your tablet, Kindle, a book, or perhaps even your evening meal. It’s not easily stained or scratched.

Because of its basic design, you can purchase the TBL-03540 for between $18 and $23, depending on the color. This is the cheapest laptop lap desk on our list.