Doesn't seem like quite what I'm looking for, though. I built a quick mockup using cardboard and string, and although obviously the pro version has much more comfortable straps, I feel like it still places the laptop too low, while the strap around your shoulders encourages you to look down. Not good for posture— and moving the laptop up makes it uncomfortably close to the face.
What I really want is a harness that suspends the laptop at about the place I hold it up to use it, which is significantly higher and further from me than my waist— and ideally it should be supported from my waist rather than my shoulders.
I think this is actually a feasible thing to make— I'm going to play around with cardboard some more.
Edit: Okay, my second prototype consists of a board, about 8"x12", which sticks up from my waist the long way at about a 30˚ angle. A strap connects the far end of the board around my lower back, which holds the board up; the laptop sits away from me on the board, with the front end resting on the straps.
I'm typing this using it right now. The laptop ergonomics themselves are pretty nice, exactly the holding-the-laptop-but-type-with-both-hands feeling I was going for. The prototype apparatus is obviously way uncomfortable, though. A padded waist piece and strap would probably make it perfect, but I would still want to investigate the effect of the shear forces on my spine before using this full-time. (Proposal: Trade in the strap for a rigid structure, counterweight the back. Better proposal: Counterweight the back with extra battery for the laptop.)
Honestly, aside from more comfortable and adjustable pieces, this is pretty much what I want. So, uh... does anyone make something like that? :) (Another crucial feature would be a non-load-bearing safety strap that does go around my neck— I tested the harness pretty carefully before trusting the laptop to it, and it was sturdy as a rock, but it still feels flimsy.)
Come to think of it, I'm sure I've seen these before. Ex. http://www.amazon.com/Connect-A-Desk-Mobile-Laptop-Harness-D...
Doesn't seem like quite what I'm looking for, though. I built a quick mockup using cardboard and string, and although obviously the pro version has much more comfortable straps, I feel like it still places the laptop too low, while the strap around your shoulders encourages you to look down. Not good for posture— and moving the laptop up makes it uncomfortably close to the face.
What I really want is a harness that suspends the laptop at about the place I hold it up to use it, which is significantly higher and further from me than my waist— and ideally it should be supported from my waist rather than my shoulders.
I think this is actually a feasible thing to make— I'm going to play around with cardboard some more.
Edit: Okay, my second prototype consists of a board, about 8"x12", which sticks up from my waist the long way at about a 30˚ angle. A strap connects the far end of the board around my lower back, which holds the board up; the laptop sits away from me on the board, with the front end resting on the straps.
Pic for reference: http://imgur.com/OOf42
I'm typing this using it right now. The laptop ergonomics themselves are pretty nice, exactly the holding-the-laptop-but-type-with-both-hands feeling I was going for. The prototype apparatus is obviously way uncomfortable, though. A padded waist piece and strap would probably make it perfect, but I would still want to investigate the effect of the shear forces on my spine before using this full-time. (Proposal: Trade in the strap for a rigid structure, counterweight the back. Better proposal: Counterweight the back with extra battery for the laptop.)
Honestly, aside from more comfortable and adjustable pieces, this is pretty much what I want. So, uh... does anyone make something like that? :) (Another crucial feature would be a non-load-bearing safety strap that does go around my neck— I tested the harness pretty carefully before trusting the laptop to it, and it was sturdy as a rock, but it still feels flimsy.)