Curve Flex laptop stand review: Supremely portable

The Curve Flex is an adjustable lightweight laptop stand for people on the go.

A white z-type Curve Flex laptop stand on a brown desk
(Image: © Erlingur Einarsson)

Our Verdict

Designed to look natural underneath MacBooks and around Apple products, the Curve Flex is elegantly simple in design, and its supreme portability makes it a great choice for hybrid workers. The stiff hinges are offset by its sturdiness, and the wedges at the front do enough to keep compact laptops in place even at extreme angles.

For

  • Can adjust both height and angle
  • Packs almost completely flat
  • Looks neat and inobtrusive

Against

  • Laptop can slip off the front when adjusting
  • Stiff hinges

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Twelve South, the maker of the Curve Flex, specialises in stands, bases, sleeves and other accessories. Like the company's other products, the Curve Flex is aimed at Apple owners, its design mimics the clean aesthetic of the MacBooks it's meant to carry. 

What people look for in a laptop stand is firstly the ability to raise their screen to eye level to make sure you're not hunched over your screen all day, so a good stand can improve your posture. With many office workers and professionals also using a monitor as a second screen, being able to lift the laptop up to the level of the monitor is also a great benefit. And with remote and hybrid working now standard practice across industries, portability is a must. If you can't take it with you, then what's the point in one? 

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Twelve South Curve Flex

Designed to look natural underneath MacBooks and around Apple products, the Curve Flex is elegantly simple in design, and its supreme portability makes it a great choice for hybrid workers. The stiff hinges are offset by its sturdiness, and the wedges at the front do enough to keep compact laptops in place even at extreme angles.

Erlingur Einarsson
Tech Reviews Editor

Erlingur is the Tech Reviews Editor on Creative Bloq. Having worked on magazines devoted to Photoshop, films, history, and science for over 15 years, as well as working on Digital Camera World and Top Ten Reviews in more recent times, Erlingur has developed a passion for finding tech that helps people do their job, whatever it may be. He loves putting things to the test and seeing if they're all hyped up to be, to make sure people are getting what they're promised. Still can't get his wifi-only printer to connect to his computer.