I held my nose and hit "buy" on this because I needed a nice laptop stand for my mobile DJ laptop/controller. The price is more than I wanted to pay, but it does purchase you a high quality laptop stand that won't need to be replaced any time soon. It can be used in different configurations, but I mainly use it as is pictured. I do like that you can attach this stand to a microphone stand and do that when working in my studio from time to time.