Vehicle Laptop mounting

I tried mount the laptop on the wife's knees so she could keep an eye on the progress but too heavy and bit of prob getting air to circulate. Now I got a little eee and I reckon that will be easier. I am putting a lid on the box that replaced the centre consol so it will sit there.

I have seen pics of mounts that bolt to the floor but my hilux is a bit crowded now already but like you, I would like to see some better ideas here.

Owen

Go to Johnny Appleseed's site and look through the Ram Mount section for a POD III
They look like this



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and cost about $330 but can be adapted without the top tray which is over $100 and is too big for an EEEPc

I have one which I would consider selling if you are interested.

Look in my profile for pics of how it mounts to seat bolts

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Didnt glue the tray so that with a bit of gease it turns 360deg.
Bolts down into console mount, strut across front and behind is a 25mm PVC pipe shaped around jesus bar attached with large zip tie, all very solid.
Removal is, cut zip tie, undo tek screww and unscrew barrel union at the bottom.
In reality I never take it out, in fact i dont even lift the table off when not in use.
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Steve,

Have the rampod legs and bracket if you want them. The laptop tray is great. I had a custom mount made for the GU by Brown-Davis in Bayswater. Great job. There are a couple of photo's of it on "My Profile". Here's the LINK to Profile. (Or go to "My Profile" at the bottom of my reply).

Best way to go I reckon. A little bit pricey but mine has survived some of the roughest country Oz can throw at a vehicle. I have a very heavy Panasonic Toughbook ruggardised computer and it doesn't move a millimetre.

Cheers Mick.

Wouldn't those things be very dangerous in the event of a prang?????

Good timing with this post. Over this weekend i\I am going to try a different approach to same problem. I've just got an Acer Aspire netbook. I reckon I can put stick on velcro strips on the dash and bottom of the computer and it should be able to be placed jus where I want it,. stay firm and be removeable. When not being used in the car, I will seal off the dash strips and those on the computer with a strip of either the eye or hook that I just remove when I wnt to use it in the car. Cost? about $6.00. I'll let you know if it works.
As this means gettiong the thing reasonably close to the windscreen, I might have to add a hood to keep too much light off the screen.
I saw special in Post Office shops that looks brilliant for in car computer use, A kit with a small. roll up mouse pad: a tiny but quite functional mouse that has left/right buttons and scroll wheel, an led light on a flexible extension arm. the mousepad has 4 USB points built into it. Cost of the whole lot was $29.99 but reduced to $19.99 at PO stores at the moment. It really works very well and you can plug your USB mouse into the output on the mouse pad. The mouse is miles better than a track pad. (Why do I still say "miles better" rather than "km better?) I am looking to mount the mousepad/ mouse and light on a board that can also be secured/removed via velcro. Haven't figured iut just where the board goes yet.

Gday,
I reckon Willem posted some pics of his set up a while ago ( lap top in Patrol )
Might be worth doing a search?

Cheers
Hairy

I've taken the double din radio out of the GU and replaced it with a single din radio and a pocket. I have made a tray mounted to a lump of wood that fits snugly into the pocket. The 10" eeepc sits on the tray (held in place with velcro at the moment) with half the screen above the level of the dash. Haven't done any big trips with it yet but works well around town.

thankyou all for your input,, still want more idea etc, not convinced this is all there is in the way of mounts or idea to mount a laptop,, keep it commin please,, there might be a market out there for me to design a less obtrusive system hmmmm thinking