MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Magnetic iPad Stand From Lululook

Does anyone ever win these giveaways?

I won a walnut iPad mini stand from one of these a couple of years ago. It's quite nice.

Nice! I could use that. I like the mini-iMac aesthetic.

I had one of those for my 11" iPad Pro.

And I really hated it.
Been sent to recycling by now...

It is OK if you never move it, and never adjust the hinge.
If you keep the tilt angle exactly as it is, and the stand in exactly the same position on your desk, it'll be fine.

But that is not my use case.
But YMMV.

I move the stand around a lot. Between my desk and the coffee table and the dining table and the kitchen table and back.
And every time I also adjusted the viewing angle of the hinge.
If you do all that, then this stand is definitely not for you!

On top of that, this stand is actually very heavy. Is not much fun to constantly carry around. Bulky and heavy.

After merely 2 weeks, the hinge went limp. The iPad always drooped. In fact when the hinge drooped the first time, my iPad also dropped off the stand, which caused a small dent on the iPad's rim as it hit something on my desk...
Bummer.
Luckily the screen did not break.

The stand comes with a hex driver, and you really need that one!
Be weary of any stand that comes with a hex driver! Because you likely will need it! And a lot.
I ended up having to tighten the hinge every day - it has two hex screws on either side of the hinge. If I tightened both screws, the stand worked for another day, which in my case meant about 3-5 hinge adjustments, after which the hinge wore out again and the iPad started drooping again...
Retightening both hex screws again...
Rinse lather and repeat.
It got really annoying.
Useless stand, in my opinion.

After I threw this Lululook stand away, I purchased this one from Invzi instead:
https://invzi.com/products/invzi-magnetic-aluminum-stand-for-ipad-pro-ipad-air-4

Does the same thing, but is much lighter, hence easier to carry around - while still sturdy.
And after 4 weeks of use, the hinges are still strong.
In fact this stand does not even come with any screw or hex driver - and the hinges have no means of tightening. They do not need it.

Much better product IMHO.


Just my 2 cents on that Lululook stand...
Don't get it. Save your money. Get another product.

Poor Man's iMac... ;)

With your fully specced 1TB ipad pro 12.9 5G ? Not so sure

Does anyone ever win these giveaways?

I had one of those for my 11" iPad Pro.

And I really hated it.
Been sent to recycling by now...

It is OK if you never move it, and never adjust the hinge.
If you keep the tilt angle exactly as it is, and the stand in exactly the same position on your desk, it'll be fine.

But that is not my use case.
But YMMV.

I move the stand around a lot. Between my desk and the coffee table and the dining table and the kitchen table and back.
And every time I also adjusted the viewing angle of the hinge.
If you do all that, then this stand is definitely not for you!

On top of that, this stand is actually very heavy. Is not much fun to constantly carry around. Bulky and heavy.

After merely 2 weeks, the hinge went limp. The iPad always drooped. In fact when the hinge drooped the first time, my iPad also dropped off the stand, which caused a small dent on the iPad's rim as it hit something on my desk...
Bummer.
Luckily the screen did not break.

The stand comes with a hex driver, and you really need that one!
Be weary of any stand that comes with a hex driver! Because you likely will need it! And a lot.
I ended up having to tighten the hinge every day - it has two hex screws on either side of the hinge. If I tightened both screws, the stand worked for another day, which in my case meant about 3-5 hinge adjustments, after which the hinge wore out again and the iPad started drooping again...
Retightening both hex screws again...
Rinse lather and repeat.
It got really annoying.
Useless stand, in my opinion.

After I threw this Lululook stand away, I purchased this one from Invzi instead:
https://invzi.com/products/invzi-magnetic-aluminum-stand-for-ipad-pro-ipad-air-4

Does the same thing, but is much lighter, hence easier to carry around - while still sturdy.
And after 4 weeks of use, the hinges are still strong.
In fact this stand does not even come with any screw or hex driver - and the hinges have no means of tightening. They do not need it.

Much better product IMHO.


Just my 2 cents on that Lululook stand...
Don't get it. Save your money. Get another product.

This other one you link to

You are welcome.


I don't want to badmouth the Lululook stand. But it really is not for everyone.
That is what I learnt the hard way, and which I wanted to inform others about.
It certainly was not for me.


In case you are looking for a fixed stand to mount your iPad in place at your desk.
You never intend to move the stand from where it is on your desk.
You never intend to adjust the hinge angle, you always prefer it at one fixed angled position.
Then this Lululook stand could be for you.

It is heavy and bulky, massively built. Therefore it won't easily move on your desk at all. It will stay put.
And if you tighten the hinge really, really tight with the hex driver, then the hinge will never adjust again and hence it won't droop either.
It'll likely be fine.


But in case you are looking for a flexible stand, that you can more around easily in your home and constantly adjust the angle depending on portrait and landscape orientation and your seating height.
Then the Lululook stand is definitely not for you. It does not work that way.

For that second use case I would definitely recommend the Invzi stand
https://invzi.com/products/invzi-magnetic-aluminum-stand-for-ipad-pro-ipad-air-4

I am really happy with mine so far. (Knocking on wood.)

Its backplate is also exactly the same size as the iPad (at least on the 11" model), which makes it super easy to place the iPad on it, as you can just align the iPad outline shape with the backplate outline shape. They are a 1:1 match.
The Lululook backplate is smaller than even the 11" iPad, so it was harder to place it correctly as you had no "guidance" from the backplate shape.

Those two stands are the only ones that allow for a negative angle, i.e. the iPad looking downwards.
Which was something I wanted as it would allow me to show items lying on my table to a video chat counterpart by just adjusting the hinge downwards.

If the downward angle option is not necessary for you, here are two other magnetic stands I found.

The MagFit:
https://www.magfits.com/products/magfit-ipad-stand-with-magnetic-foldable-adjustable-float-stand-for-ipad-pro

And the Magflött:
But this is still just a kickstarter project. You can only preorder it, so careful with all the usual kickstarter caveats that this comes with.
tinyurl.com/aeu9b53j ('http://tinyurl.com/aeu9b53j')





To answer this question.

Yes, the iPad is only mounted (held in place) by its own built-in magnets which the stand has counter-magnets bult-in at just the right places.
The magnets are really strong. So you need quite a bit of force to "rip" the iPad from the stand. At least the 11" iPad Pro is very securely mounted. It also strongly snaps to the stand if the magnets are correctly aligned.

One caution though:
There are many magnets on the iPad and if you misalign them with the stand, you still get some sort of magnetic attraction, but it is much weaker.
Chances are if misaligned you may think that you aligned the magnets properly as you can feel the magnetic foce, but when you let go of the iPad, it falls off the stand and drops onto the desk as the misaligned magnets were not strong enough to actually hold the iPad in place.
Happened to me a few times with the Lululook stand.
Where I almost dropped the iPad as it was not properly aligned.

Which is why the Invzi stand with its backplate size identical to the 11" iPad's size really helps you guide aligning those magnets.
Is much more foolproof, that Invzi model, IMHO.
The Lululook stand seems not really intended for constantly putting the iPad on and taking it off again. You put it on once a day and leave it there. The Invzi stand is definitely built with more flexibility in mind.

Will the magnets wear out over time? Who knows? Certainly something to be aware of.
In a couple of years, perhaps they are so weak that the iPad will no longer stick to the stand securely enough. Time will tell.
But chances are you have a newer model iPad by that time.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098B2SRW2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_SSH08TVBGXFG8JSVJFQZ

I think you might be complaining about the old version, which looks like it has a hex screw. The one in the giveaway appears virtually identical to the one you recommend, and is probably the same generic thing with just different branding stamped on it