Laptop sun shades for the non-pasty
It’s no fun being indoors in a windowless basement while it’s a rare-for-Portland 82 degrees and sunny, no matter how much fun graphic design is. I need to get one of those laptop sun shades so I can join in the outdoor WiFi coffee shop fun too.
I poked around, and here are the contenders for sun shades meant for the outdoorsy laptop user .
Hoodman USA makes the Eclipse Laptop Hood ($34.99). It looks to be a collapsing model ala the wire and nylon reflectors we use on film shoots. However, I did notice that the keyboard is left out of the hood, so there might be finger access issues between the bottom of the hood and the keyboard. That said, I’ll probably buy this one over the others because of the name and the offering at B&H Photo.
CompUshade ($29.95) offers a version that connects to your LCD screen and folds up when you close the laptop by way of a left and right half that separates in the center. This laptop shade allows easy access to the keyboard because there is no bottom panel. The CompUshade is certainly the most seen online, and their video demo makes using it look easy, but the CompUshade web site needs a redesign.
Finally, I found a telescoping laptop shade by Screen-Shade. I’m not sure if you can close the laptop with this installed or not. The design suggests that it may be possible. I love the idea, but at $129.95, it doesn’t make sense for my frequency of use and the Portland climate. Maybe if I took a vacation once in a while…
Of course, for the ultra budget conscious, there’s always this route:
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