TOUPUWAN 30-Slot Laptop/Tablet Storage Cart

[phoronix]

Phoronix: TOUPUWAN 30-Slot Laptop/Tablet Storage Cart

To clear up the ever-growing stack of laptops, I recently bought a TOUPUWAN 30-Slot Laptop/Tablet Storage Cart. This laptop/tablet storage cart can accommodate 32 devices in total while slots for up to 30 laptops/tablets 16.3-inches in size. It does have built-in power strips as well to easily facilitate charging of the devices while securely stored away but for my purposes I was just looking for something to better organize the mess of laptops I only occasionally pull out when running new Linux laptop benchmarks.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/toupuwan-30-32-laptop-cart

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

Neat, thanks for the review. My needs weren't that extreme, but I still had several laptops I needed to store in a more efficient way. I ended up picking up one of these for my office.

https://elestoria.com/products/adjus...tective-stable

Most of the multi laptop stands aren't weighted and are cheap junk. This one at least held multiple large laptops (HP ZBook 15 workstation, Asus Strix G15, Apple MacBook Pro 14, and a tablet) solidly with no wobble or jankiness. I ended up getting a second one for my wife's office to organize her work laptop + personal laptop on the corner of her desk (they connect to a TB dock).

This unit you reviewed seems like a good deal considering a whopping 30 devices, room for power, a locking door, etc.

[Michael]

Neat, thanks for the review. My needs weren't that extreme, but I still had several laptops I needed to store in a more efficient way. I ended up picking up one of these for my office.

https://elestoria.com/products/adjus...tective-stable

Most of the multi laptop stands aren't weighted and are cheap junk. This one at least held multiple large laptops (HP ZBook 15 workstation, Asus Strix G15, Apple MacBook Pro 14, and a tablet) solidly with no wobble or jankiness. I ended up getting a second one for my wife's office to organize her work laptop + personal laptop on the corner of her desk (they connect to a TB dock).

This unit you reviewed seems like a good deal considering a whopping 30 devices, room for power, a locking door, etc.

Thanks, yeah this seems to be the best value for what I could find... I thought about getting some stands similar to what you pointed out and then just putting them in a cupboard/cabinet, but when buying enough good stands for like ~30 devices, it would end up being around the same price as this well built cabinet (sans the minor shipping damage). Seems to be the best combination of value and build quality for what I could find at the lower end of pricing, especially for those that come fully assembled.

[ssokolow]

I like the idea. Unfortunately, those guides appear to be fixed and the laptops I'd want to store are thick ones from the 1990s so I guess I'll have to look more.

[Kayden]

A nice upgrade over the desk file organizer I got for my home office, or the IKEA napkin holders we used in one of the Mesa CI farms.

I still remember when we asked our former boss if we could order some napkin holders. He was like, "What?" but after we explained that we were going to vertically store laptops on shelves to take up less space in the lab, so we could fit more machines, he promptly put in the order...as soon as he finished laughing.

[Michael]

I like the idea. Unfortunately, those guides appear to be fixed and the laptops I'd want to store are thick ones from the 1990s so I guess I'll have to look more.

They are fixed albeit removeable... Depending upon how thick the laptops are, you could just remove every other aligner... Or drill your own holes to offset. I haven't seen any with adjustable dividers/aligners. Presumably would add a lot to the cost depending upon the method they employed for aligning.

[Michael]

A nice upgrade over the desk file organizer I got for my home office, or the IKEA napkin holders we used in one of the Mesa CI farms.

I still remember when we asked our former boss if we could order some napkin holders. He was like, "What?" but after we explained that we were going to vertically store laptops on shelves to take up less space in the lab, so we could fit more machines, he promptly put in the order...as soon as he finished laughing.

Nice one with napkin holders! Dish racks can work pretty well too for single board computers - https://www.phoronix.com/review/phor...fimass_cluster

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

A nice upgrade over the desk file organizer I got for my home office, or the IKEA napkin holders we used in one of the Mesa CI farms.

I still remember when we asked our former boss if we could order some napkin holders. He was like, "What?" but after we explained that we were going to vertically store laptops on shelves to take up less space in the lab, so we could fit more machines, he promptly put in the order...as soon as he finished laughing.

Awesome story, thanks for sharing.

[yump]

This takes me back to middle school. At some point the admin got it into their heads that instead of bringing the students to the computer lab, they'd bring the lab to the students.

I don't remember if they had purpose built carts back then though. It might've just been a shelving unit with casters.

[schmidtbag]

Given the ventilation and power connectors, why not plug in the laptops and attach a couple fans to the cart so you can benchmark them while they're stowed? So long as you're not benchmarking too many at the same time, it could save time and space not having to bring any out.

EDIT:
If fans were to be added, I think focusing on negative pressure would yield the best results for this specific application.