I kinda like the look of them and often feel myself wanting a second monitor if I’m working on my laptop.
(I’ve come to the conclusion if people think I’m working I won’t look like as much of a massive dork)
Always had the feeling they’d be a bit crap though, like the hinges break or the monitor isn’t too good or it’s big and bulky and you can’t really carry it
Ideally I’d like to find a single fold out side monitor that attaches to my laptop (big chunky ThinkPad) somehow and doesn’t need its own power supply but that may be asking too much
This is what I would choose, standalone rather than something that attaches to the laptop and folds out.
Attaching, hanging off the side, potential to be bumped, all the weight hanging out cheap laptop hinges. It seems like high risk of things getting loose and damaged, both the extra monitor and the base laptop.