Readaeer Bamboo Book Stand, Large Book Holder with 6 Adjustable Height, Foldable Cookbook Stand Desktop Document Holder for Kitchen & Office (13.4 x 9.3 Inch)

I bought this stand to save my neck when reading for law school. I needed a sturdy book stand that could handle heavy casebooks that can contain ~2,000 pages, but could also fit in a backpack easily. This stand performs admirably!I bought a larger size to handle my casebooks. The lip is large enough that the thick books stay on without slipping off, and the stand is sturdy enough to hold them up easily. It’s thin and light enough to fit in my backpack or leave on a book shelf or in a locker with no issues. The back has a pretty vertical angle even on the shallowest setting – which I prefer – but don’t expect to use the stand to lay the book at only a 30˚ angle etc. if that’s what you’re looking for. The bottom is plastic which means there is little noise when sliding this around on a desk, which is great for studying in a silent library.I don’t really use the metal arms to keep the pages open, but when I have they worked fine. They aren’t quite arched enough to move on and off of pages in my thickest books without (nearly) damaging the bottom edge of the paper, but for all but the thickest books they are fine. The metal is also flimsy enough that you could probably bend them to a better angle if needed. The arms have rubber tips at the end for grip that work pretty well. Because they create pressure by bending the metal of the arms, there can be some slippage or “settling” before the pages reach a position that the arms will hold them in place. (I found this usually only happens at the very beginning or very end of new, very thick books that haven’t been broken in yet – like the first/last ~40 pages of a new textbook). Again, this hasn’t been an issue for me at all (since the rubber tips prevent damage to the pages when this happens), but something to be aware of.My one issue with the stand is that part of the actual standing mechanism flops around when it is folded up for storage. There is a metal bar that fits into the plastic bottom to hold up the back of the stand. While the plastic bottom seems to (magnetically?) stay attached to the back when the stand is folded up, the metal bar can flop around. I found this to be annoying when trying to fit this stand in my backpack or locker, but I solved it by sticking some velcro to the bar and the back of the stand.Overall I would highly recommend this stand.