Answer
The MOFT Z records a folded thickness of 1.3 cm and a weight of 960 g against the mStand's 1.46 kg fixed block, with no recorded stability figure.
A folding sit-stand laptop desk that raises a laptop to ten inches, works as a lap desk and a riser, and folds flat to half an inch.
Full product researchOn the record, the MOFT Z is the more portable of the two stands in this category, and the reason is one recorded figure: a folded thickness of 1.3 cm, half an inch. The Rain Design mStand records no folded thickness at all, because it is a fixed block of aluminium at 1.46 kg that stays on the desk.
Whether that makes it good for travel is a question about what you carry and how you work when you arrive, and the catalogue holds enough to answer part of it.
The recorded audience for the MOFT Z is users who alternate between sitting and standing, or who want a stand that folds into a bag instead of living on the desk. Folding into a bag is in the record, and the folded thickness is the figure that supports it.
The mStand records a height of 150 mm, 5.9 inches, aluminium as its material, a width and depth of 253 by 190 mm, 10 by 7.5 inches, and a weight of 1.46 kg, 3 pounds. It records adjustable as no, and keyboard access as requiring an external keyboard. Its recorded audience is users who use an external keyboard and want a stable fixed-height stand.
The gap that matters for travel is the weight and the fact that it does not fold. 1.46 kg is 500 g more than the MOFT Z, and a fixed block does not go into a bag.
Nothing here measures how the MOFT Z feels to carry, how well its magnets hold, how steady either stand is once set up, or how either lasts in a bag. There is no recorded measurement of friction or retention, no recorded fold cycle rating, and no recorded folded footprint beyond the thickness. No price is recorded for either stand, so the value of a folding design cannot be weighed against cost here.
The honest summary is that the MOFT Z is recorded as a folding, adjustable, 960 g stand that fits into a bag, and the mStand is recorded as a fixed 1.46 kg aluminium block that does not. Whether that is the right choice for a particular trip depends on how you work when you get there.
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Why it is here: The subject of this question. Its recorded folded thickness of 1.3 cm, weight of 960 g and recorded audience of people who want a stand that folds into a bag are the values the answer is built on.
Height: 25 cm, 10 inches, standing. 12 cm at 25 degrees, 19.4 cm at 45 and 25 cm at 60
Why it is here: The comparison the record supports. It records a fixed 150 mm aluminium block at 1.46 kg that requires an external keyboard, and it records no folded thickness.
Height: 150 mm, 5.9 inches
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Verification state and what the record does not settle
The folded thickness, weight, dimensions, height, material, load capacity, laptop support and keyboard access were read from the manufacturer's product page, and the mStand figures come from the Rain Design product page. The catalogue holds no price, no stability measurement and no record of either stand in use, so this answer covers the documented specification only.What the other stand in the category records
The mStand records a fixed height of 150 mm, aluminium as its material, a weight of 1.46 kg, 3 pounds, a width and depth of 253 by 190 mm, adjustable as no, and keyboard access as requiring an external keyboard. It has no folded thickness because it does not fold.FAQ
On the recorded specification it is the more portable of the two stands in this category. It folds flat to 1.3 cm, half an inch, and weighs 960 g, 33.7 oz, where the mStand records a fixed 1.46 kg block that never folds.
Source:Rain Design mStand page
The recorded weight is 960 g, 33.7 oz, and the recorded folded thickness is 1.3 cm. The mStand records 1.46 kg, 3 pounds, so the folding stand is 500 g lighter.
Source:Rain Design mStand page
Yes. The recorded folded thickness is 1.3 cm, half an inch, and folds flat appears in the recorded feature list. The mStand records no folded thickness, because it is a fixed block of aluminium.
Source:Rain Design mStand page
The recorded laptop support is laptops up to 16 inches, and it also works with tablets, with a recorded load capacity of up to 22 lb and recorded dimensions of 279 by 239 by 12.7 mm.
Source:Rain Design mStand page
Yes, in the raised position. The recorded keyboard access is that it works as a riser with an external keyboard, and the recorded description also names a lap desk among its arrangements.
Source:Rain Design mStand page
No. The mStand records 1.46 kg, 3 pounds, and a width and depth of 253 by 190 mm with no folded thickness, so it is a fixed object to lift onto a desk rather than one to pack into a bag.
Source:Rain Design mStand page
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The MOFT Z folds flat to 1.3 cm, raises a laptop to 25 cm through three tilt angles and weighs 960 g. What the record covers, and what it does not.
The Rain Design mStand is the only recorded alternative to the MOFT Z: a fixed 150 mm aluminium block against a folding 1.3 cm sit-stand.
