Despite its thin aluminum frame, this simple Rain Design stand is rock solid. Don’t worry about it buckling while you type away in your living room, office, or airport. The fixed height raises your laptop 5.5 inches, and it folds up to just 9.5 x 6 inches—small enough to fit into any bag that fits your tablet or laptop. I also appreciate that it comes with a svelte carrying sleeve for easy packing. Bonus: It weighs less than a pound.
If you need something a bit lower, there’s also the foldable mBar pro and the mBar fixed stand, both of which elevate your laptop 3 inches.