My $80 portable monitor turned a bad cafe day into a good one

I was working from a cafe in Lisbon last week and the glare on my laptop screen was so bad I could not see my design files (you know how it is). I almost packed up, but then I pulled out this small portable monitor I bought for about $80. Plugged it in, moved to a darker corner, and got a full day of work done. Anyone else have a cheap piece of gear that saved you from a bad work spot?

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michael_bennett1113d ago

My $15 phone stand saved a video call in a park.

leerobinson13d ago

Honestly, I just see it as a band-aid fix. If the cafe lighting is that bad, it feels like you're fighting the space instead of just finding a better spot. I've tried those monitors and the quality is usually pretty rough for real design work. Sometimes the simplest answer is to just move to a different place entirely instead of adding more gear to carry around.